Events in new york city

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There was both excitement and concern Monday as thousands of students returned to the classroom in New York City. They had been shut down since last month , when the city’s positivity rate reached 3%. But those metrics are changing, and so are the rules. READ MORE: Sources: Salman Muflihi Faces Hate Crime Charges In Stabbing Of Asian Man In Lower Manhattan As CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez reports, the first day back at PS 199 on the Upper West Side was a really good one for fifth grader Ian Rauch and his mom. “It was incredible. I loved being back with my friends again,” Ian said. “I’m so happy. I hope it lasts as long as possible and everybody stays healthy,” said parent Jessica Rauch. WATCH: Mayor, Schools Chancellor Share Latest On Phased Reopening After being shut down for nearly three weeks, 850 schools reopened for preschool and elementary school students. It was a little bumpy restart, for some. More : New Data Shows Remote … [Read more...] about New York City’s Younger Students Head Back To School For In-Person Learning

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza suddenly announced Friday that he will step down, the latest top commissioner to flee the lame duck de Blasio administration in the middle of the pandemic. The torch is being passed to a homegrown product of New York City schools – who becomes the city’s first African American woman chancellor. READ MORE: Sources: Salman Muflihi Faces Hate Crime Charges In Stabbing Of Asian Man In Lower Manhattan As CBS2’s political reporter Marcia Kramer reports, when Mayor Bill de Blasio went to the reopening of a Bronx middle school Thursday, he had a secret: Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza was calling it quits, and a woman wearing a blue blazer who was with him, Meisha Ross Porter, was his replacement. “He’s turning the page, going on to a new chapter in his life,” de Blasio said Friday. I came to New York City 3 years ago with a mission – to help the DOE reach its full potential, and to serve and lift up all of our … [Read more...] about New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza Stepping Down

William Burns, the nominee for CIA director, testified before the Senate about links between a think tank he leads and a Chinese foundation that serves as a front group for the communist party. Burns said that he cut ties with the group, the China-U.S. Exchange Foundation (CUSEF), “not long after” he took over as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. But the founder of the foundation gave a pro-Beijing speech at a Carnegie event more than 14 months after Burns took over the think tank. CUSEF donated between $200,000 and $500,000 to Carnegie between 2015 and 2017. The founder of a front group for the Chinese Communist Party appeared at an event at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in May 2016, where he pushed a pro-Beijing argument regarding a decades-long stalemate over control of the South China Sea. The speech, by Tung Chee-hwa, the founding chairman of the China-U.S. Exchange Foundation (CUSEF), was held more than 14 months … [Read more...] about Founder Of Chinese Front Group Spoke At CIA Nominee’s Think Tank Amid Beijing Propaganda Push

close Video Bondi on sexual harassment allegations against Cuomo: ‘You have to hear all sides of it’ Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi reacts to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo being accused of sexual harassment by a former aide. New York Attorney General Letitia James is reviewing a letter from state senators asking her office to investigate the sexual harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Fox News has learned. Republican state Sens. Patricia Richie, Susan Serino, Pamela Helming, Daphne Jordan and Alexis Weik penned a letter to James’ office requesting a "formal investigation" into the allegations of "abusive, sexist and harassing behavior" of Cuomo toward his former aide, Lindsey Boylan. The senators, in the letter, requested the "immediate appointment of a Special Prosecutor to conduct this investigation," and called the allegations "potentially criminal in nature." "At a minimum, the seriousness of these … [Read more...] about Cuomo sexual harassment allegations: NY AG reviewing letter from Republican state senators asking for probe