Sally A. Friedman

The Education and Deconstruction of Mr. Bloomberg Sally A. Friedman

This is an exposé detailing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's education and construction policies between 2002 and 2009 inclusive. It covers all major education issues: schools chancellor, school budget, grading of the schools, reducing class sizes, small-, charter and culturally themed schools, standardized testing, school safety, overcrowding and mayoral control; and all major real-estate-development issues: rezoning, ULURP, self-certification, various fatal construction accidents and disasters, affordable housing, lack of construction-law enforcement and the large projects that characterized the administration. This book features a list of abbreviations and a comprehensive index in the back.