CBS 6 in Albany SCHENECTADY (WRGB) – When the state of New York took a tougher stance on bullying with its passage of the Dignity for all Students Act in 2012, it required each school to have a specially trained coordinator. Staff members, taking on the additional role as Dignity Act Coordinators (by law one per school) serve as a
As CBS 2’s John Slattery reported Wednesday, Parsons The New School for Design has done an about-face, dumping designer John Galliano following a slew of complaints.
Local politicians are speaking out against anti-Muslim graffiti found spray painted on a sidewalk in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.
Six months ago, Denise Weiss sat her 11-year-old down and talked about the perils of social media sites that allow users to post mean-spirited anonymous comments. She then shut down her daughter’s page on ask.fm, a site popular with 11- to 14-year-olds. But Weiss, of New City, wonders how many parents even know about ask.fm or similar sites where teens
New York’s police department was questioning a suspect in a series of mezuza burnings that occurred in Brooklyn on Monday, US media reported. Orthodox residents in several Williamsburg buildings had discovered Monday that 12 mezuzot hanging on their doors were torched. “It’s devastating. It’s very sad and such things shouldn’t happen,” resident Raizy Fogel told New York’s local CBS 2
