Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility KATIE HONAN, Author at Baltimore Independent

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NYC Ferry Starts Churning Through Taxpayer Dollars

A $2.75 ride on NYC Ferry is getting expensive for taxpayers. Meeting records from the city Economic Development Corporation show its board approved up to $62 million in new spending last month to float the boat network’s operation — for the first time including city tax dollars. Former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s budget office supplied […]

Queens Teacher Allowed Back to School After Report Details Alleged Grooming, Sex With Ex-Student

A longtime teacher at a top Queens school still worked on campus even after investigators recommended he be fired for an alleged sexual relationship with a former student, a report obtained by THE CITY shows. The Special Commissioner of Investigation, an independent monitor of city schools, contended Townsend Harris High School English teacher Joseph Canzoneri […]