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Upper West Side Uproar As City Tries To Diversify Schools


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Christopher Robbins

Published May 1, 2018

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Outside P.S. 199 Middle School on the Upper West Side
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Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.

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