‘It’s Exciting!’: New Yorkers Cast Ballots With Hopes of a New City for All Share this story Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY As New Yorkers voted on Primary Day, many said they were struggling to adjust to a lot of things. While more than 190,000 New Yorkers cast ballots during the early-voting period that began June 12, the unusual timing of the election in June, rather than the traditional September paired with the debut of ranked choice voting introduced some new wrinkles. So did an unusually crowded field of candidates seeking seats from City Hall to City Council. THE CITY fanned out across the five boroughs on a rainy Tuesday to talk to New Yorkers weary after an intense and confusing campaign season conducted in the middle of a pandemic. But all were united by a determination to cast their vote for a better future.
‘Exceptional’ Staten Island student honored with Michael J. Petrides award Updated 12:17 PM; Today 10:48 AM Amy Mohamed, a senior at Michael J. Petrides High School, was recently honored with the Michael J. Petrides Student Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science. (Courtesy/Staten Island Borough President s office/Lifetouch National School Studies Inc.) Staten Island Borough President s officeStaten Island Borough President Facebook Share The award is named for Michael J. Petrides, a Staten Island educator who died in 1994. Borough President James Oddo and members of the Petrides family and scholarship committee presented the award to Amy Mohamed. The annual honor is given to a graduating high school senior who excels in math and science. Lacey DeLucia from Staten Island Technical High School was named first runner-up. Thea Akhrass from St. Joseph Hill Academy High School was named second runner-up.
Student-founded nonprofit organization, Bridge to Literacy, to host electronics drive Updated 2:02 PM; Today 2:02 PM Flyer for student-led international nonprofit, Bridge to Literacy, which is hosting an electronics drive at Staten Island Tech on Saturday, May 15. (Courtesy of Bridge to Literacy) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. –– Donate electronic devices to help support these high school students on their mission to foster a love of language through literacy in children. Bridge to Literacy, a student-led international nonprofit organization, will be hosting an electronics drive at Staten Island Technical High School on Saturday, May 15 from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Through Best Buy’s trade-in program, the organization will trade in donated mobile electronic devices in exchange for money to purchase new tablets for elementary and middle school students in Kenya and Ukraine.
Only 8 Black students admitted into elite NYC public high school Mayor de Blasio has called for state legislation to replace the admissions exam. Bill de Blasio’s new education boss, Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter, is speaking out following reports that only a tiny percentage of Black and Latino students had been admitted into the city’s elite high schools. Per Department of Education data, Black and Latino kids made up only 9 percent of the total admission offers to elite schools like Stuyvesant High School and Bronx High School of Science, down 11 percent from last year, per New York Times. Out of the 749 available freshman seats at Stuyvesant, only eight Black students received offers. Only one Black student was accepted into Staten Island Technical High School, out of 281 spots, according to the report. Over half of the 4,262 offers for the 2021 school year went to Asian students.
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