Aaron Short
The Archive
DOE rewards teachers and retirees as student performance lags
The city’s school system gets little bang for its buck. While per-pupil spending has skyrocketed, student performance has hardly budged — and in some areas has slid — according to...
UFT scores big as school spending rises
There is one clear winner as school spending costs rise each year: the United Federation of Teachers. No group in the city has amassed more political clout than the teachers...
Three-quarters of city’s subway lines plagued by chronic delays
Three-quarters of the city’s subway lines are plagued by chronically late trains, and five lines are late more than 50 percent of the time, according to MTA data for the...
Principal pressured teachers on vote to join school program
The principal of a Queens middle school twisted teachers’ arms to vote for joining a pet program of Chancellor Carmen Fariña, and launched a revenge campaign after peeking at the...
Assad says worst of Syria's war is 'behind us'
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad — blamed in horrible attacks on the civilian population — believes “the worst is behind us” in his nation’s six-year civil war because government troops have...
New Yorkers are living longer, happier and healthier lives
The Grim Reaper has been kind to the Big Apple. New Yorkers are living 1 ¹/₂ years longer than a decade ago and nearly nine years longer than 25 years...
Trump's typo is now on someone's license plate
One state driver has a license to covfefe. A New York motorist bought a “COVFEFE” vanity license plate a mere 71 minutes after President Trump tweeted the nonsensical noun just after...
De Blasio botches paperwork for his rental properties
It’s Mayor de Blasio’s signature move — failing to follow bureaucratic rules for the two Brooklyn buildings he owns. He’s been unable to register the two residences he rents to...
State commissioners use 'acting' title loophole to keep salaries
Who knew acting could be so lucrative? Half a dozen state commissioners have kept their temporary “acting” titles to circumvent a state law that caps commissioner salaries. Anthony Annucci pulled...
Weiner lists swanky duplex where his life fell apart
Anthony Weiner’s unit is up for grabs. Weiner, 52, and his estranged wife, Huma Abedin, are moving out of 1 Irving Place by the end of June and their “very...
Obama talks Manchester attack with Prince Harry
Former President Barack Obama discussed last week's terror attack in Manchester, England during a meeting Saturday with Prince Harry in London. Obama and Prince Harry also discussed military veterans, mental health...
Woman paid teen for sex, let him booze and smoke pot
A Florida woman paid a 15-year-old boy to have sex with her over a dozen times, forking over as much as $300 for each sick session, police said. Port St....
Senators who skip out on meetings rake in thousands in stipends
At least four state senators who collect tens of thousands of dollars in leadership “lulus” regularly skip meetings of the committees they’re supposed to be helping to run, The Post...
Charity whose rabbi sought to deregulate circumcisions sues city
A Williamsburg charity is suing the city for not getting a tax break in what insiders say is mayoral payback for its rabbi’s role in the circumcision controversy. The city...
Pence lauds Trump in speech to college grads
President Trump has set an “example of leadership of perseverance,” and has already built a record of rolling back regulations and expanding school choice, Vice President Mike Pence said in...
Anthony Weiner's world is about to get much smaller and sadder
Anthony Weiner had the look of a haunted man. “I appreciate you doing your job,” he told a small pack of reporters, through clenched jaws, Saturday afternoon as he left...
Cuomo 'swooped in like Batman' at Times Square crash
Gov. Cuomo swooped into Times Square “like Batman” minutes after Thursday’s fatal rampage there, irking NYPD brass. “The governor was there almost instantaneously. It was outrageous,” a senior law-enforcement source...
Troopers are handing out traffic tickets at astronomical rate
They’re super troopers — at least when it comes to slinging traffic tickets. State Police officers doled out 14,542 summonses to New York City motorists in the first four months...
Commish sends memo after finding surprises in department's toilets
It was a crappy thing to say. City Aging Commissioner Donna Corrado raised a stink when she scolded staffers for failing to flush in a department-wide email. “If you have...
City retailers are feeling national downturn in employment
The city is weathering a national retail downturn. Brick-and-mortar retail stores employed 343,400 workers in the city in March, up 0.4 percent from the previous month and rising 8 percent...