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GoFundMe Launched for Upper East Side Teacher Who Lost Home in Recent Fire

Ethan Harfenist February 6, 2025 Odds and Ends No Comments

Parents and supporters are rallying around a Pre-K teacher at P.S. 158 (1458 York Ave) who was recently displaced due to a devastating fire that Read More...

Parents Sue UES Private School For Over $1 Million Over ‘False Promises’

Ethan Harfenist December 16, 2024 Odds and Ends No Comments

After spending upwards of a million dollars sending their three children to an elite Upper East Side private school, a couple is trying to have Read More...

Upper East Side Street to Close for Elite School’s Benefit–Neighbors Share Frustrations

Ethan Harfenist December 7, 2024 Odds and Ends 4 Comments

The city has announced plans to close down an Upper East Side block for the benefit of an expensive private school, and locals–at least those Read More...

2 UES Schools Included in Prestigious National List

Ethan Harfenist September 25, 2024 Odds and Ends No Comments

Two Upper East Side schools were named National Blue Ribbon schools this year. Read More...

Open Streets Expands to 71 NYC Schools, Including 4 UES Private Schools

Ethan Harfenist September 3, 2024 Odds and Ends No Comments

The New York City Department of Transportation announced on Thursday that it plans to launch 71 Open Streets around schools across the five boroughs, including Read More...

Dalton Teacher Resigns Following Allegations of Sexual Abuse: REPORT

Ethan Harfenist May 28, 2024 Odds and Ends No Comments

An English teacher at the Upper East Side’s Dalton School has reportedly resigned following allegations she sexually abused a former student of the elite private Read More...

NYC to restore a controversial admissions boost for Manhattan students, Banks says

Michael Elsen-Rooney, Chalkbeat New York May 4, 2024 Politics No Comments

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Schools Chancellor David Banks intends to bring back a controversial admissions Read More...

City Shuts Down Beloved UES Childcare Center

Mike Mishkin March 21, 2023 Odds and Ends No Comments

Now in her late 80s, Barbara Robinson founded The House of Little People in 1976. Read More...

$3 Million Allocated to Julia Richman Education Complex

Mike Mishkin February 9, 2023 Politics No Comments

Council Member Julie Menin and Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams have announced that $3 million in Council funding has been allocated to renovate the pool Read More...

Former Employee of UES School Sues For Sexual Harassment, Unsanitary Conditions, More

Mike Mishkin January 25, 2023 Odds and Ends No Comments

A former marketing and PR person at the Upper East Side iBRAIN (International Institute for the Brain) recently filed a lawsuit against the school for Read More...