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Since taking over, commissioner Carrion has tried hard to fix what she says was a "broken system." In addition to hiring 37 mental-health professionals, the feisty Bronx attorney has significantly restricted the use of physical restraints, created a 24-hour hotline for kids to report abuses and reinvigorated oversight mechanisms, like an ombudsman and independent review board - which most observers (including the state inspector general) agree had been terribly neglected under her long-serving predecessor, John A. Johnson. (Reached at his home in Buffalo, Johnson declined to discuss his tenure or the DOJ report he claimed not to have...
...Scarf. Dagogo-Jack: Why not. You got to tie it in the proper way. You got to leave it hanging sometimes. FM: Can you ever rock a dorm t-shirt out, at night? el Habashy: You can rock anything. FM: Where do you get a quick fashion fix in the Square? Baird: Second Time Around. Dagogo-Jack: When I have an itch to spend money I like to go to J. Press and buy one of their watch bands. They’re pretty awesome. el Habashy: Oona’sLonergan: The Tannery and Mint Julep. Polino: J. Press.FM: It?...
...students for good grades, experimenting with teacher merit pay and shutting down failing schools and reopening them with new staffs. He's still keen on such controversial turnaround strategies. In late August, he announced another competitive grant program that uses $3.5 billion in nondiscretionary funding in an effort to fix the nation's worst schools...
...says. "It's obvious the system's broken. Let's admit it's broken, let's admit it's dysfunctional, and let's do something dramatically different, and let's do it now. But don't just tinker around the edges. Don't just play with it. Let's fix the thing...
Still, Shelby has his reasons for wanting a bill to fix the financial sector, and they start with pride. "At 75 years old this is probably the last major thing he'll participate in," says one senior GOP Senate staffer. Democrats in the Administration and on Capitol Hill say they believe Shelby is negotiating in good faith. (Read "Geithner Faces Questions as He Prepares to Roll Out Toxic-Asset Plan...