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Saki Knafo

How Bloomberg's 'Dance Macabre' With City Council Saved New York Children's Services

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 06.26.2012 | Home
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In their apartment in a rough neighborhood of Brooklyn on Tuesday afternoon, Carmen Torres and her 10-year-old daughter, Jaylee Nieves, rattled off so...

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Saki Knafo

Bloomberg's Budget Cuts Could Cause Thousands Of New York City Parents To Quit Their Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.24.2012 | Home
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Thousands of New York City parents said they'd quit their jobs or leave their children home alone if they lost access to childcare and after-school pr...

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Saki Knafo

The After-School Crisis: What Mayor Bloomberg's Massive Cuts Could Mean For One Of The Most Highly Regarded After-School Programs In The Country

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.21.2012 | Home
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Some of the poems were about love and some were about clouds, but what really mattered about the P.S. 63 poetry reading on Wednesday night was the tim...

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Bloomberg Slashes Children's Services, Contributing To What Advocates Describe As A National Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.03.2012 | New York
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Teachers, parents and children's advocates across New York City shuddered Thursday morning as Mayor Michael Bloomberg released his executive budget: J...

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Bloomberg Budget Brawl: Children's Advocates Scramble To Save New York's State-Of-The-Art After-School System On Eve Of Massive Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.03.2012 | New York
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A coalition of more than 150 New York City groups, including the Children's Aid Society and the Police Athletic League, is making a last-ditch effort ...

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