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New York's Penn Station

the age of the train, this was still the attitude of society. As a result, when we consider this monumental trains station...

Mitchell Duneier's 'Sidewalk'

him with a direct window into their respective worlds. Stupidity, illiteracy or an absent work ethic has absolutely nothing to do...

Push Novel by Sapphire and the New York Public School System

this novel is located in the inner city of New York, within Harlem, where the education is not up to the standards of the rest of ...

Organizational Structure and Patient Care

Statement, 2006). It is also a goal of HHC to "join with other health workers and with communities in a partnership" (Mission Sta...

Martin Shefter's Political Crisis Fiscal Crisis

success, at least in retrospect. However, the author tends to bash Moses for several actions. Koch however was also a successful m...

2003 New York Smoking Ban and its Constitutionality

there are a lot of other things that people do not like such as talking loud on cell phones or wearing an extraordinary amount of ...

Schools That Are Failing and How to Fix Them

better. In a study, voucher students had been compared with public school pupils and it was found that those who had the vouchers ...

Arguing for Urban Area Decentralization

can do. Community Board #6 is attached to Park Slope and is responsible for things like community services, sanitation matters, t...

New York City's World Trade Center

the firefighters coming up the stairs as we were going down," said one worker from the New York Daily News(Dispatch 2001,B9). So i...

Organizational Structure and Metropolitan Hospital Center of New York

differs from HHC, it does not make that information readily accessible. The mission statement of the larger organization is in pa...

Jonathan Kozol and Gregory Baum on Blindness and Sin

reality, and in other ways a very powerful reality. For example, we could ourselves commit such a sin, even those of us who are so...

New York's Orange County and Farming

people make a living there. However, about 10.5% of the community lives below the poverty line (2005). Also, it should be noted t...

Middle Schools of South Bronx

In eleven pages this paper discusses the environmental conditions associated with South Bronx, New York's middle schools. Sixteen...

Lower Manhattan's African Burial Ground

In ten pages this paper discusses the archaeological discovery of the African burial ground in New York's lower Manhattan. Seven ...

Orange County, NY's Social Services Programs

In four pages this paper considers New York's Orange County and the city of Newburgh in a comparison of how each of these areas'...

New York State and Drug Testing

In five pages New York's drug testing policy implementation in the private sector, government, and at school are examined in terms...

New York's HMOs and Managed Health Care

In fourteen pages this paper presents an overview of managed health care and then focuses upon legal, staffing, and financial cons...

Sphinx of Senwosret II at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art III

An explication of this sculpture featured at New York's Met is presented in a paper consisting of five pages. Three sources are c...

Sanitation Issues on Staten Island

In five pages this paper considers Staten Island, New York's sanitation issues and the closing of the landfill known as Fresh Kill...

Civil Rights Movement Comparison

In five pages the early twentieth century civil rights movement is compared with the activities of the 1960s with New York's 1998 ...

Philosophies of Anzia Yezierska and Frederick Douglass

In six pages the similar philosophies of Russian Jewish author Anzia Yezierska of New York's Lower East Side and freed slave Frede...

Race and Gender Issues Among Firefighters

This research paper addresses the experiences of minority and women firefighters within the United States' various fire department...

OSHA Safety Standards and Fire Services

In five pages this paper examines how OSHA is involved in determining safety protocols and discusses how this affects fire service...

Contracting Fire Services and Police Pros and Cons

This paper consists of five pages and assesses the pros and cons of contractual fire services and police departments. Four source...

Truth and History

workers who smoked at their jobs, and no fire extinguishers (Triangle fire, 2006). At approximately 4.45 p.m. on March 25, 1911, ...

Volunteer Fire Department Volunteer Retention

one roof. The opportunity to become a certified emergency medical technician (EMT), coupled with a properly trained firefighter, ...

Emergency Medical Technicians and Volunteer Firefighters

16). However, in the 1970s, the public began to demand different kinds of services from local fire departments. Communities began ...

Fire Departments and Collective Bargaining

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at collective bargaining in public service. The role of unions in fire departments is e...

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FIRINGS: A BREACH OF ETHICS?

is another matter. The Merit Systems Protection Board has a whole list of reasons for dismissal; and not performing on the job is ...

New York's 22nd District and Congressman Maurice Hinchey

Located just below Canada and serving as an international sea port and transport hub for the world, New York is very in tune with ...