New York Post: SCHOOLS 'SPACE' STATIONS; RESERVED PARKING GALORE
Reported by lawandorder on Tue, Sep 02 2008
By DAVID SEIFMAN, City Hall Bureau Chief
Mayor Bloomberg yanked more than 80 percent of the school system's parking permits, but officials never examined the actual allotment of reserved spaces - and that's left some schools still with a generous supply of spots, despite their proximity to mass transit.
The most visible case in point - if only because it's two blocks from the mayor's home on the Upper East Side - is PS 6 at 45 E. 81st St. off Madison Avenue.
Records released by the mayor's office show the highly rated elementary school has 23 parking spaces for 54 teachers and 13 other employees.
But it's not clear why any teacher needs to commute by car when the No. 6 line, where the mayor himself is a frequent passenger, is only a few blocks away at Lexington Avenue and East 77th Street.
[more at: http://www.nypost.com/seven/09022008/news/regionalnews/schools_space_stations_127114.htm]
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Posted on Tue, Sep 09 2008 at 12:04 PM
"it's not clear why any teacher needs to commute by car when the No. 6 line... is only a few blocks away at Lexington Avenue and East 77th Street."
Umm, maybe because most Teachers can't afford to live on the No. 6 line, like our Billionaire Mayor does? I'm sure that a majority of the Teachers at that school, especially the young ones, live in the outer boros. 1 or even 2 transfers away from the No. 6. Besides, have you ever tried to troop meterials and supplies for 30 kids on the subway train? Much easier to use a car.
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