GOP Skewers Gov's License Plan; Spitzer, Staff Defend It
BY JOHN TOSCANO
      Two Republican state legislative committees urged the state motor vehicles commissioner on Monday to dump Governor Eliot Spitzer's plan to issue licenses to illegal aliens, citing security concerns, but the official staunchly defended the proposed program.
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No Child Left Behind Hurts More Than Helps
B Y RICHARD GENTILVISO
      Five years into the federal No Child Left Behind law, NCLB is viewed less and less favorably, according to results of the 39th annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll. The PDK/Gallup poll found that as knowledge of NCLB has grown since it became law in 2002, the public view of NCLB and the standardize...
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Catsimatidis Makes Bloomberg-Like Move Toward Mayoral Run In '09
      Following the route that Mayor Michael Bloomberg took, and hoping to extend the Republicans' hold on City Hall, supermarket mogul John A. Catsimatidis has switched his political affiliation from Democrat to the GOP for a probable bid for mayor in 2009.
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6 Proposals Made For Aqueduct Casino
BY JOHN TOSCANO
      Six entities, including the Shinnecock Indian Nation of Southampton on Eastern Long Island, submitted proposals to state officials to operate video terminal lottery casinos at Aqueduct racetrack in Ozone Park on Monday. Among them were proposals from the operators of the Foxwood and Mohegan Sun m...
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Maloney: U.S. Must Take Active Role To End Division Of Cyprus
BY JOHN TOSCANO
      Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, a leader in the long campaign to reunify Cyprus, has called on the United States to play an active role in the United Nations-led effort to end the division of that country.
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Vallone Says, 'Put It In Writing- NYPD's In Charge Of School Safety'
BY JOHN TOSCANO
      City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. called for a written agreement establishing the Police Department as the authority responsible for safety in the schools in order to avoid confusion in sometimes hectic situations that can result from arrests.
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House Panel's Vote To Recognize Armenian Genocide Sets Off Furor
BY JOHN TOSCANO
      Despite heavy pressure from President George W. Bush, the House Foreign Affairs Committee last week voted to condemn the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Turkish government in power almost a century ago.
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