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Published: May 29, 2014 Publication: The Villager By Lincoln Anderson The fallout continues to mount over the secret agreement to transfer $100 million worth of air rights from Pier 40 in Hudson River Park across the highway to the St. John’s Center site. The signed agreement has yet to be produced — despite politicians’ repeated demands to see it. The president of the Hudson River Park Trust is in hot water over the hush-hush deal — with a local assemblymember declaring the

Publication: May 9, 2014 Publication: Lohud By Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy The Rye city school district responded Thursday to a federal lawsuit filed by two district teachers accused of improperly coaching students on state exams. (Photo: Tania Savayan, Staff) RYE – Osborn Elementary School teacher Carin Mehler told students to change answers during the state assessments in 2013, according to the Rye school district. Dana Coppola, a Milton Elementary School teacher, asked stud

Published: May 8, 2014 Publication: The Rye City Review By Dana Coppola Less than a week after she joined fellow reassigned teacher Carin Mehler’s lawsuit against members of the Rye City School District Board of Education, third grade Milton School teacher Dana Coppola was suspended with pay and brought up on disciplinary charges. Coppola, a tenured teacher since 2000, has 10 days to respond to the 10 charges leveled against her on May 1. She, Mehler and two other elementary