Save Her The Money, Bill

De Blasio, on tour of Sandy battered Queens, offered to write college recommendation letter to girl wishing to go to NYU, his alma mater
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) September 29, 2013

Write her a nice letter of recommendation to a SUNY school and save her the money, Bill.

NYU - overpriced, over-hyped, overrated.

Kids should look very closely at CUNY and SUNY schools instead and visit Greenwich Village during their time off from school.

Unless NYU knocks the entire Village down to make dormitories, always a possibility with that real estate expansion thing of theirs going on ad infinitum.

Then they won't be able to visit the Village anymore.

BREAKING NEWS: Bloomberg, City Council Agree To Change Name Of NYC To NYU

It was really only a matter of time.

In other news, the 2013 NYC mayoral election has been canceled by Dear Leader Bloomberg.

Great Leader Quinn will assume power when Dear Leader Bloomberg steps down on December 31, 2013.

If Dear Leader Bloomberg steps down.

Remember, he's got his own army, and that army has missiles, so don't try and fuck with him.

It's Bloomberg's world.

He let's you live in it - for now.

NYU Students Carry Most Debt Of Any Private College In Country

NYU students take to Washington Square to protest debt levels at the college:

NYU students have a lot of debt and they are sick of it, apparently. Earlier this afternoon a group of students raged (peacefully) against the machine in Washington Square Park, donning masks and t-shirts on which they had written how much they owe. The aim was to bring attention to the fact that NYU's students carry a cumulative $659 million in debt, the highest in the country for a non-profit college or university.

The majority of the peaceful demonstration revolved around those in attendance donning masks and shirts emblazoned with their debt while standing very, very still for a few moments. It was organized by NYU Local and MTV's Andrew Jenks.

The Local's EIC Charlie Eisenhood—who spoke in the park about the burdens of student debt without blaming anyone—had some high hopes. Before it he told the Washington Square News that "I'd like NYU to feel compelled to put out a statement both on their own policy on financial aid and maybe what we could do nationally. If anybody who could offer a solution, it should be NYU." We'll find out soon enough if NYU takes the bait.

Yeah, the brain trust at NYU was too busy buying up downtown real estate to respond to the protest.

They did, however, raise tuition and fees just a little bit to cover the higher real estate costs (the market's up these days, you know!)