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A Mom’s Perspective: Even With 111,000 Seats Sitting Empty in NYC Schools, Mayor de Blasio Can’t Find the Space for the New Middle School That Was Promised Years Ago

By Miriam Reyes

October 30, 2019

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Miriam Reyes is a parent of students at Success Academy’s Midtown West Middle School and Hell’s Kitchen elementary school. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.

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