The city state's transport system would benefit from being better able to match the demand and supply of taxis, particularly when it rains, which tends to happen suddenly in Singapore.

ECONOMIST: Urban research

The 108-acre city-state has its own judicial system, distinct from the Italian judicial system.

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The chancellor must also contend with the opinions of state governor, city and state assemblies, parents, the teachers' union, and the school system's own 3, 700-person bureaucracy in its Brooklyn headquarters.

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My problem is not with Robert Bobb as a person, or with the act of placing a school system or city into state receivership.

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Birdena Frye, 37, a clerk for the New York State Court System, is flying to New Orleans from New York City in late April.

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Like districts throughout New York state, the city has been negotiating with its teachers' union over a new evaluation system that makes it easier to fire teachers.

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The United Federation of Teachers also asked a state labor board to intervene in a standoff with the city over a teacher-evaluation system at most of those schools, though the city said the board had no right to weigh in on the matter.

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The memo sent Monday was in response to a letter from the state last month after New York City was one of few districts around the state that failed to meet a deadline to come up with a teacher evaluation system.

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