Court allows new charter school to open in UWS location 

A new elementary charter school will most likely move in to the
Brandeis Educational Campus at 145 West 84th Street after a State Supreme
Court Justice dismissed a lawsuit by parents blocking the move, the
New York Times reported. The Upper West Success Academy would be
joining five other public schools in the space.  Parents had criticized the proposal because they feared the school
would cause overcrowding or take away arts facilities the other
schools use. City officials had argued that the complaints about the
location should have gone to state officials first before starting the lawsuit. The legal battle
is just one of many as the Bloomberg administration has pushed the
expansion of charter schools throughout the city. Recently residents
filed a lawsuit to stop the construction of the charter school Harlem Children’s Zone
in St. Nicholas Houses. [NYT]