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Animal Care and Control volunteers bite back
Former helpers at city dog and cat shelters have turned into some of the system's most activist critics ⧸ Full Story
Cuomo cure for nonprofit excess exempts high-paid health execs
State cap on publicly funded salaries cuts out some of New York's biggest spenders ⧸ Full Story
New York City hospitals lag nation on free and discounted care
A dozen New York City institutions spend more on salaries of executives earning $500,000-plus than they do on charity services ⧸ Full Story
Fight for Sandy shelter unfolds in court
Bloomberg administration makes its case to end hotel stays for storm refugees ⧸ Full Story
Children to education officials: No more high-stakes testing
City Comptroller John Liu joins protest at Tweed against state bureaucrats; says teachers should create their own quizzes ⧸ Full Story
Where are NYC’s adult day care centers located?
See where more than 200 Medicaid-funded private senior clubhouses have set up shop ⧸ Full Story
City Council spotlights massive backlog in veterans’ benefits
Advocates press for local funding to serve unmet needs of ex-military ⧸ Full Story
Parents to schools chancellor: Kids can’t take tests
Today's tough new Common Core exams spark a boycott by 'anxious' children ⧸ Full Story
Are some doctors too old to practice medicine?
Doctors over the age of 60 account for a disproportionate share of disciplinary actions in New York ⧸ Full Story
Medical training suffers clogged artery: funding for residencies trails demand
New York Reps. Crowley and Grimm prod Congress to expand federal funding to train future doctors ⧸ Full Story
Breaking up big busing
The fate of giant Atlantic Express signals the future of school transportation: small, cheap nonunion companies ⧸ Full Story
Painful cuts hit neighborhoods with too few doctors
One victim of the federal budget sequester: medical training programs bringing physicians to underserved communities ⧸ Full Story
Bloomberg’s big REACH
Did the mayor oversell the power of electronic health records to transform medicine? ⧸ Full Story
City resists air testing for schools with known PCB leaks
Damaged lighting fixtures have been removed, but School Construction Authority resists EPA urging for air studies ⧸ Full Story
City Council braces to restore cut child care funding — again
Last year, the mayor and members made an 11th-hour deal to save funding to serve thousands of preschoolers. Is a rescue possible this time around? ⧸ Full Story
VA says no to SAFE Act
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs says it won’t comply with New York mandate to report dangerously mentally ill ⧸ Full Story
Public hospital MDs push back against pay tied to performance
Health and Hospitals Corporation says incentives will leave patients healthier; union representing some doctors begs to differ ⧸ Full Story
City investigates overpayment to contractors’ private pensions
“I don't think we really know what's going on, quite honestly, and it's not through lack of asking,” budget director tells Council ⧸ Full Story
Queens schools set for shuttering get squeezed instead
Kept open by court order in face of planned shutdown, Flushing and Newtown high schools will have new neighbors inside already-crowded buildings if proposed co-location is approved ⧸ Full Story
Titanic II on the Hudson
City Economic Development Corp. explored digging West Side berth for replica of the doomed cruise ship ⧸ Full Story