St. Charles School Receives $11,096 A+ School Reward
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC presented a check for $11,096 Tuesday morning to St. Charles School on Staten Island on behalf of Stop & Shop and its A+ School Rewards shoppers. The contribution is a portion of the $1 million dollars Stop & Shop will distribute to schools across the Northeast this month. Arlene Putterman, manager of Public and Community Relations for Stop & Shop N.Y. Metro Division, said “Now more than ever, schools need our support and the A+ School Rewards program is a new, easy way for customers to support their local schools every time they shop.” The rewards program provides customers with an easy tool to raise money for local schools. The check presentations will be arranged for the top five earning schools in the N.Y. Metro Division.
Report Identifies NYC Public Assistance Deficits
The Urban Justice Center’s Homelessness Outreach and Prevention Project (HOPP) report, released Tuesday, identified significant inefficiencies in NYC’s public assistance programs. The report suggests these deficiencies cost the city millions in tax dollars. The report, titled “Case Closed: An Examination of Exclusion in New York City’s Public Assistance Programs,”’ also suggests solutions the city can undertake to make services more efficient and make city bureaucracy easier to navigate. “The city needs to immediately take steps to eliminate waste and increase efficiency so the people who need the most help get it,” Director of Research and Policy at the HOPP Lori McNeill said. “With tax dollars at a premium, the city is losing money because of inefficiency and waste, and taking the simple steps we outline in the report would begin to fix the problems immediately.” The Homelessness Outreach and Prevention Project advocates for economic justice for low- and no-income New Yorkers.
Art Students League, Parks Department Host Live Sculpture Pouring
On Tuesday morning sculptor Allston Chapman, the Art Students League of New York (ASLNY), and the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation collaborated on the live pouring of a large-scale bronze sculpture at Riverside Park South in Manhattan. The event was part of the ASLNY Model to Monument (M2M) program to be unveiled in June. The M2M – Creating Public Art for Public Spaces is being accomplished in partnership with NYC Parks Department and will feature seven sculptures on public view along the river from 59th Street to 72nd Street. The Art Students League of New York, founded in 1875, is one of America’s premier art schools.
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