[jsherry]

Perhaps just as interesting as the article itself are the comments.

http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2011/0...

It's interesting to hear the varied opinions from residents of NYC, some of who are angry about public dollars going toward a private institution while the public schools in NYC struggle. Also interesting are the varied opinions on competition in NYC: some love it, while some wish the money went towards the incumbents such as Columbia, etc. Personally, I think that the competition could help raise everybody's game in Applied Sciences area in NYC - at least that's the hope.

[SnowyEgret]

Jsherry...I am with you on competition...it definitely raises the standards of all of our endeavors, i.e., with ourselves and the evolution of our ideas, with startups and every business out there under the sun.