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One public school building, two worlds

PS 75 and MS 250 share the same Upper West Side building, but one depends on parental fundraising and the other on federal grants, in an educational divide that splits schools across New York City

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Fight for Sandy shelter unfolds in court

Bloomberg administration makes its case to end hotel stays for storm refugees

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Queens schools set for shuttering get squeezed instead

Kept open by court order in face of planned shutdown, Flushing and Newtown high schools will have new neighbors inside already-crowded buildings if proposed co-location is approved

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