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Sarwar Construction, a Brooklyn-based construction company, has been fined $7,450 by OSHA (the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration), following the death of employee Mohammad Nadeem who fell from scaffolding on Dec. 7 last year while working on a Bedford Park apartment building.

It's the kind of event park advocates and politicians celebrate, but like an archaeological dig, the groundbreaking for the new playground at the southeast corner of Van Cortlandt Park revealed layers of complexity below the excitement and ceremonial ritual.

The organizational means may have changed, but the spirit of dissent felt very familiar to DeWitt Clinton alumnae as they watched students stage one of the largest walkouts in recent city history.

DeWitt Clinton High School fired up its new metal detectors and scanning equipment for the first time this week, resulting in long lines and a growing sense of resentment among students. Clinton's staff generally support, or feel resigned, to the changes, but hundreds of students staged a walk out last Monday in protest.

It was bad enough Mayor Bloomberg vetoed sensible legislation to ban the installation of car alarms in New York City. Now, he has actually vetoed a bill that would ban the sale of those small, motorized scooters that plagued our neighborhoods over the summer.