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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United Federation of Teachers president Michael Mulgrew has withdrawn support for controversial changes to health care for thousands of retirees after his slate of allies got trounced in union elections...
Biden's California fundraiser: Letters to the Editor — June 19, 2024
NY Post readers discuss ex-Prez Barack Obama leading President Biden offstage at major fundraising event.
Retired NYC teachers toss out union prez's crew in furor over Medicare coverage
Retired city educators furious over proposed changes to their health care have toppled a union slate allied with powerful United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew.
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...
Truckers sue NY over controversial $15 congestion toll to enter Manhattan
Truckers have joined the conga line of opponents who've filed lawsuits to block the controversial first-in-nation congestion toll to enter Manhattan's business district south of 60th Street.
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.
Now NO ONE truly really runs New York City's public school system
CUNY Graduate Center Prof. David Bloomfield described the plan as a “putrid kettle of fish cooked up by the Legislature.”
NYC congestion pricing will take a toll on Chinatown businesses, critics argue
The controversial first-in-the-nation $15 congestion toll to enter the Manhattan business district south of 60th Street will put a dent in the economy of Chinatown, critics said Thursday.
NYC teachers union's lawyers blast MTA's decision with setting June 30 start date for controversial $15 congestion toll
The lawyers for the teachers' union lawsuit seeking to block the first-in-the-nation congestion pricing scheme sent a letter to a federal judge flunking the MTA's announcement that the new $15...
Albany just chose to play politics with NYC schools — at our kids' expense
Parents, children and everyone who cares about education should be raising hell and demanding the Legislature revisit this issue before the end of the school year.
NYC parents give failing grade to public school class size law that could mean hiring 12K new teachers
A newly formed parents group blasted union-backed law that will limit public school classroom sizes – and could force the Big Apple to hire as many as 12,000 new teachers.
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.
Migrants rush the southern border: Letters to the Editor — March 25, 2024
NY Post readers discuss the overrunning of the El Paso border crossing by a group of over 100 illegal immigrants.
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.
The class-size law is about to cause misery for countless city public-school families
A new state mandate that's starting to phase in could have devastating consequences for unsuspecting families who will be apply to schools next year.
Defend your Medicaid and school-aid cuts, Gov. Hochul
The central conflict in this year's state budget negotiations is that Gov. Hochul wants to rein in the fastest-growing spending categories.
'They want to shut us up': NYC DOE moves Jewish teacher out of 'Hitler High'
The Jewish teacher at a Brooklyn high school who complained of swastikas, death threats, Nazi salutes, and Hitler-loving comments by unruly students has been booted from the building.