News Summary - August 9, 2011

(1)  Groups Advocating for the Arts Feel the Pinch  (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/arts/alliance-for-the-arts-wnet-municipal-art-society-in-talks.html

(2)  City Students Improve Slightly on Statewide Tests  (City Room)
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/city-gains-on-state-tests-as-state-stays-flat-or-worse/

(3)  Construction Permits Increase in New York  (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903454504576490670285901008.html

(4)  Food Trucks Seek Salvation in Queens Parking Lot  (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/08/08/food-trucks-seek-salvation-in-queens-parking-lot/

(5)  No. 7 Extension's Prospects Dim  (Crain's)

(6)  When Scandal Is Outsourced  (NY Times - Michael Powell)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/nyregion/seedco-official-reports-fraud-in-jobs-program.htmll

(7)  House to End Page Program After 200 Years  (AP)
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/08/house_to_end_page_program_afte.html