THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SYSTEM

CUNY enrollment declines as billions in repairs are delayed – Falling ceiling tiles, moldy walls and flooded libraries: an investigation into the infrastructure problems plaguing the nation’s largest urban university system (Gothamist/WNYC)

Bronx Community College heat outage has students studying in the cold – Students and faculty at one CUNY community college said there’s been no heat on campus during the fall semester (Gothamist/WNYC)

Bronx Community College moves to remote learning as classrooms remain without heat – Heating problems continue at a CUNY community college while classes move online (Gothamist/WNYC)

YESHIVAS

NY rebukes city oversight, citing inadequate education at Brooklyn yeshiva – The state says New York City officials are failing to provide required oversight of yeshiva education (Gothamist/WNYC)

New York seeks new private school regulations following allegations against yeshivas – The state eyes tougher education standards for private schools including religious schools like yeshivas (Gothamist/WNYC)

New York approves new private school regulations as yeshivas face mounting scrutiny – New state regulations on education standards for yeshivas and other private schools draw controversy (Gothamist/WNYC)

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY

Trump Org guilty verdict opens door for NYC golf course contract to end, councilmember says – A New York politician says the city needs to end its contract with the Trump Organization to run concessions at a Bronx golf course (Gothamist/WNYC)

Why The Department Of Investigation Has A ‘Dangerous’ Backlog On Background Checks For Top City Jobs – A deep dive into how the NYC Department of Investigation accumulated a nearly 6,000-case backlog on background checks (Gothamist)

WASTE AND EMISSIONS

Long-delayed project to convert compost, waste into gas for NYC homes slated to launch in January – A project to convert emissions from processing organic waste into heating gas is set to launch after years of delay (Gothamist/WNYC)

As giant trash bins come to NYC, will the city’s garbage heaps become a thing of the past? – Could container bins help eliminate the trash mountains all over New York’s sidewalks? (Gothamist/WNYC)

URBAN PLANNING

Homeless, But Part of Society in Montreal – How Montreal’s city government adopted a more humane approach to homelessness (CityLab)

SUPERSTORM SANDY

The Week That Was: Communities in storm’s path try to come back (p. 2) – Profile of Mastic Beach residents dealing with Sandy’s devastation (Newsday)

Library offers sanctuary in storm’s aftermath (online only) – The Mastics-Moriches-Shirley library is a haven for suffering residents during Sandy (Newsday)

BREAKING NEWS

Flight scare doesn’t frighten away smiles – Profile of Beverly Mills, a passenger on US Airways Flight 1549, which ditched into the Hudson River after a double bird strike (Newsday) || One year later – Spreading her own wings (Newsday)

Honoring sacrifice – Funeral of NYPD auxiliary police officer Nicholas T. Pekearo (Newsday)

COURTS

Sperm donor has a duty – Nassau County family court decision ruling that sperm donor owes child support (Newsday)

Judge’s ruling is golden (p. 2) – Long Island family of Holocaust survivor owns the ancient gold relic he looted from Berlin museum (Newsday)

Accused health aide had prior arrests || Loophole hid troubled past – Investigation into health aide’s criminal past erased by loophole in New York state law (Newsday)

WORKER SAFETY

Crowds key to Wal-Mart case – Coverage of Wal-Mart fighting an Occupational Safety and Health Administration citation over unsafe worker conditions at a 2008 Black Friday sale where crowds trampeded over seasonal worker Jdymitai “Jimmy” Damour, who died from his injuries (Newsday)

INFRASTRUCTURE

A year after the Queens blackout: Watt Now? (p. 2, p. 3) – Analysis of how Con Edison upgraded the western Queens grid after the 2006 blackout (Newsday)

FEATURES

Farewell – Funeral procession in Harlem for the legendary singer James Brown (Newsday)

Historic ship sails into history– Nantucket Lightship prepped for new home (Newsday)

They have art down to a science – Verifying rare art with x-rays at Brookhaven National Laboratory (Newsday)

Raw refined: Dining with foodies who avoid cooking but go gourmet (p. 2, p.3, p.4) – The gourmet raw food movement gains fans on Long Island (Newsday)

String theory – Free classical concerts at Brookhaven National Laboratory, a federal nuclear facility, are popular with staff and locals (Newsday)

LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD

Keeping a close eye on LIRR’s new steps – Elected officials react to LIRR platform safety updates (Newsday)

Measuring the gap – Map of LIRR stations with measurements of gaps between platforms and trains (Newsday)

HEALTH & SCIENCE

How do you move a 14-ton electromagnet? Very carefully (p. 2) – Brookhaven National Lab takes great pains in moving a massive electromagnet to Fermilab in Chicago (Newsday)

Secrets of Lake Ronkonkoma (p. 2) – Divers use sonar scanning to examine the bottom of Lake Ronkonkoma for possible contaminants (Newsday)

A new spin on spiderweb evolution – Coverage of research that found spiders that spin orb webs share an ancestor (Newsday)

Now ear this: New help for lobes – Cosmetic surgery procedures for torn earlobes (Newsday)

Doctoring disclosures – Study of doctor error disclosures (Newsday)