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Fewer Than Half NYC Kids Proficient In English, Math | Patch PM

Workers Plucked From Collapsed Scaffold | How To Flee L-Pocalypse | Hate Crime Charge After Homophobic Attack

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Less Than Half Of NYC Kids Are At Grade Level For English, Math

Most of the city's third- through eighth-graders didn't meet state standards in both subjects, new figures show.

2 Rescued After Scaffolding Collapses In Midtown

Emergency responders pulled one worker into the building through a window, FDNY said.

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New Website Aims To Add To NYC's Local News Coverage

Led by former Daily News editor Jere Hester, The City will cover a range of local issues with support from New York Magazine.

Where Williamsburg Should Go To Flee The L-Pocalypse

Here are the NYC neighborhoods where experts think Williamsburg residents will feel most at home.

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Homophobic Williamsburg Attacker Charged With Hate Crime: Cops

Queens man Brandon McNamara stands accused of beating two men into unconsciousness in Williamsburg Sunday night, police said.


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(Lead image: Mayor Bill de Blasio gives an education-related speech in The Bronx in September 2015. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

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