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Prepping for Trump vs. Biden debate: Letters to the Editor — June 27, 2024
Readers discuss the lead-up to the first debate between President Biden and Donald Trump on CNN.
UFT boss Michael Mulgrew threatens to blow $600 million hole in NYC finances
If United Federation of Teachers boss Michael Mulgrew and the Municipal Labor Committee back out of their Medicare Advantage deal with the city, costing it $600 million a year, their...
Reversing course, NYC teachers union president opposes changes to Medicare
United Federation of Teachers president Michael Mulgrew has withdrawn support for controversial changes to health care for thousands of retirees after his slate of allies got trounced in union elections...
How powerful forces 'from left to right' came together to stop NYC's controversial congestion pricing program
An extraordinarily broad coalition of powerful people who often don't see eye to eye joined forces and prompted Gov. Kathy Hochul to blink and scuttle the controversial $15 congestion toll...
New York City school spending has gone insane
New York City is spending billions more on its public schools despite falling enrollment, notes a new Citizens Budget Commission report, headed to a jaw-dropping $39,304 per-pupil in Fiscal Year...
First lady Jill Biden claims Trump would 'destroy' public education if president in speech to teachers union
“Donald Trump doesn’t want to strengthen our public education system — he wants to destroy it,” the first lady said in a barely camouflaged campaign screed.
NY pols push to pad teacher, cop, gov't worker pensions -- and sock taxpayers with whopping $4B bill
The proposed change would instantly hit New York City taxpayers with $163 million in added annual pension costs, according to the Empire Center for Public Policy.
No one's telling the truth about the class-size law: It hurts kids and ONLY helps the UFT
Declining enrollment had the UFT's ranks steadily shrinking as of 2022; the class-size mandate is purely a gimmick to turn that around.
SI politicians, union heads welcome local NAACP chapter to congestion pricing opposition
A bipartisan contingent of elected officials and local leaders are railing against the city's planned congestion pricing toll hike.
Albany's powers hold NYC kids hostage again in yet another mayoral-control drama
Albany must extend mayoral control for NYC schools so the UFT can't kill academic standards, including testing and screens, and teacher accountability.
Congestion pricing pits MTA's Lord Janno Lieber against working folk
Congestion pricing is only — yes, only — a cynical money grab.
Time for insane NYC congestion pricing plan to hit the road
The latest entrant to the lawsuit against New York's insane congestion pricing plan is the Municipal Labor Committee, a heavyweight union. Time for this plan to hit the road.
Cheers for the brave, truthful class-size panel dissenters in NYC
Hail to the six parents on the city Department of Education’s class-size taskforce who dissented from the majority’s recommendations for implementing the pernicious state mandate.
City Hall imposes budget cuts for NYC schools with declining student enrollment
Mayor Eric Adams' administration is imposing mid-year budget cuts to public schools with declining student enrollment, officials confirmed Wednesday.
Shameless UFT loses another battle in its unrelenting war on charter kids
Success Academy wins again in its David and Goliath battle against the kid- and parent-hating UFT.
The UFT's political power makes it a monster that's destroying kids' future
We can understand Adams not wanting to go head-to-head with the UFT when he has so much else on his plate.
The week in whoppers: Biden's blame game, Mulgrew's charter bull and more
Joe Biden in 2020 said as president, he would "choose to unite rather than divide."
Teachers union goes AWOL in fight to keep migrant shelters out of schools
Mayor Eric Adams has now let public-school gyms and libraries warehouse newly arrived migrants.
UFT accused of hypocrisy after national union boss Randi Weingarten's charter school gets NYC space
"This blatant hypocrisy shows that the UFT's opposition to letting charter schools use underutilized school buildings has always been about protecting its schools from competition, not a sincere concern for...
Teachers Unions nab tax breaks while demanding tax increases
The United Federation of Teachers has cashed in on millions of dollars in sweetheart tax abatements on properties they own in New York City.