Teachers waiting for city’s pre-K pay promise

With a handshake, Mayor Bill de Blasio and council Speaker Corey Johnson agreed to a 2019-20 budget that included “promises to create a pathway” to equal pay for all teachers in the city’s Pre-K For All program.

Abused elders find a leading advocate at Hebrew Home

Janet Jones was born and raised on Coney Island. At 70, she was living in an apartment in Brooklyn’s Marlboro Houses when she suffered a stroke.

A photographic history of gay, lesbian writers

When Michael Klein looks back at his portrait from 1988, the memory is bittersweet. “I’m not that person,” he said. Klein was early in his writing career when photographer Robert Giard first contacted him about a portrait.

Parents doubt anonymous charges

Once again, the principal of Spuyten Duyvil’s elementary school is the target of an anonymous email campaign to get rid of him. But this time, a group of parents from his school are standing up and denouncing the attacks.

Challengers angle for Eliot Engel — from the left

It was a Wednesday mid-morning in Washington, and Eliot Engel was about to take center stage. In his role as chair of the House’s powerful foreign affairs committee, the congressman hauled Assistant Secretary of State R. Clarke Cooper into a June 12 hearing and slammed the Trump administration over an arms deal with Saudi Arabia.

SNAD hits major snag with Staten Island subtraction

As Community Board 8 members considered proposed changes to the Special Natural Area District that encompasses a good portion of its territory, one desire kept coming up: Split the Bronx from Staten Island, and develop two unique sets of rules for the two unique areas.

From Wall Street to Wave Hill, a leader who taught doing well, by doing good

From his many years as a finance and economics professor at Columbia Business School, to his role in ensuring the long-time future of Wave Hill — it’s hard to look anywhere in the community and not see something positive David Beim played a role in creating or preserving.

Seniors — both school, citizens — come together for prom

Walkers and wheelchairs should not stop anyone from having a good time.

Access denied

Dinowitz bill would put elevators to subways on track

Lack of elevators at northwest Bronx subway stations is just the first on a list of complaints among local commuters.

Sports

Tennis, hoops, softball, learning Chinese: Zakheim did it all

Brett Zakheim doesn’t need a calendar to know what time of year it was.

Questions remain after high-profile Biaggi staff changes

On May 10, Andrew Mutnick left Sen. Alessandra Biaggi's office after just four months, citing the March 13 incident on the state senate floor as a catalyst for his departure. Just a couple weeks later, Mutnick’s deputy, Christian Amato, was fired.

Janet Rothholz unmasks her own creativity at Buunni

Janet Rothholz might make masks in her spare time, but she’s not hiding behind one.

Bus lane proposal gets cool reception

First it was bicycle lanes sandwiching Broadway along Van Cortlandt Park. Now, if the city’s transportation department gets its way, it could be bus lanes just a mile or so south in Marble Hill.

Green Scene

You’d have to be crazy rich to own water lily fabric

Last time, we talked about one of two astonishing botanical references in the book “Crazy Rich Asians.” The first was Epiphyllum oxypetalum, also known as Dutchman’s pipe cactus or the orchid cactus.

Steve Brill leads hunt for Vannie’s shrub grub

Armed with a spade and a green iPad case hanging off his belt, Steve Brill prepared to lead a 25-member safari into the wilds of the city’s third largest park. An odd sight for the Bronx, perhaps, but otherwise just an average weekend for the self-described “wild man,” who claims to be the northeast’s leading expert in urban foraging.

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