Parents Say NYC Public Schools Overcrowded

Parents and public officials are warning that schools in some city neighborhoods are overcrowded, because a jump in residential development is not being matched with an increase in new educational facilities.

City Comptroller William Thompson Jr. said in a report to be released Friday that the school system's capital planning processes were "broken," according to the New York Times.

"There are far too many neighborhoods with overcrowded schools and no hope of relief for at least several more years," he said, according to the Times. Read more