| NYC Private School Teacher Gets 14 Years In Sex Case
NEW YORK -- A former headmistress and teacher at an exclusive Manhattan Montessori school, convicted of a sex liaison with an underage male student, was sentenced Thursday to a maximum of 14 years in prison. Lina Sinha, 40, showed no reaction as state Supreme Court Justice Carol Berkman pronounced the sentence. Sinha, who faced as much as 18 years, must serve 4-2/3 years before being eligible for parole. "She's intelligent, educated, well-raised, hardworking and beautiful, and she's a predator who lived a lie," Berkman said. "She abused the position of trust she had with (the victim). She took a great deal, I think, from (the victim)." .
NYC agency to assist on $79M in projects
A geriatric center in Brooklyn, a Bronx glass design center and a group of childhood development centers in Brooklyn and Staten Island will undergo $79 million in renovations with financial assistance from the city's Industrial Development Agency.
"These projects will ensure that vital social services are provided and expanded to children and aging residents in New York City, while also helping to spur private investment and create jobs," said IDA president Robert Lieber, in a statement.
The IDA approved about $30 million in tax-exempt bond financing and $840,000 in tax benefits for construction and faade work at Shorefront Jewish Geriatric Center, a 13-year-old skilled nursing center in Coney Island. The total project cost is $39.1 million, said IDA officials.
Geese Police Coming to Central Park
If you see some adorable border collies bothering Canada geese in Central Park this April, you may have seen the Geese Police. The Parks Department will be conducting a one-month pilot program "using an environmentally-safe method to attempt to reduce the number of geese in Central Park": Using border collies to drive geese away! The border collies, part of the Geese Police, Inc (motto: "Call Us to Get the Flock Out"), never touch the geese - they just try to herd them up. The Humane Society and the USDA Office of Wildlife Services approve of using dogs to herd up geese, as well as education (like, don't feed geese, or else they stay), as methods for Canada goose management. The Geese Police FAQ is awesome: Q: Why can't I use my dog (or other breed?) A: We only use working Border Collies because it is the only dog breed among other herding dogs that use a wolf-like glance called the ``eye".
Earth Day: It's time to think globally
With the alarming reports of global warming, climate change, melting glaciers and vanishing forests and resources, we are slowly waking up to the perils of tampering with planet Earth.
"We're using too much of the resources, and with more people breathing and polluting the Earth, something has got to give," says Walter Taylor, a University of Central Florida professor emeritus of biology.
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