The private hospital, in Harlem, is looking at many courses of action to stave off its closing, industry officials said.

New York has 13,000 fewer inmates today than it did in 1999, when the prison population was at its peak, but closing prisons is even harder than closing hospitals.

To stave off closing, the hospital asked employees to accept temporary salary reductions ranging from 10 to 25 percent.

The announcement that New York schools would be closed on Wednesday, coming about 21 hours in advance, was intended to give parents more time to plan.

The Old London bakery in the Bronx, maker of Melba toast, will close this year. Production will go to North Carolina.Within several months, Old London Foods will move its Melba toast bakery to North Carolina, and more than 200 well-paid jobs will vanish.

Gov. David A. Paterson said that long-term survival of the Manhattan hospital, the last Roman Catholic general hospital in the city, was uncertain.

More than a half-dozen gentrified neighborhoods in Brooklyn would lose subsidized centers for low-income families under proposed city budget cuts.

Gov. David A. Paterson said that long-term survival of the Manhattan hospital, the last Roman Catholic general hospital in the city, was uncertain.

Over protests, a city education panel voted Wednesday to close 19 schools around New York for poor performance.

Over protests, a city education panel voted Wednesday to close 19 schools around New York for poor performance.