Standing on the steps of Tweed Courthouse, Queens Council members, joined by colleagues representing other boroughs, accused the Department of Education of threatening to close schools without first trying to improve them or seeking community input. t
City Councilman Eric Ulrich, who represents Rockaway Beach, said the DOE did not notify his office before announcing its proposal to close Beach Channel High School.
Ulrich is circulating a petition signed by nearly all of the Queens Council members calling on the DOE to abandon its plans to close the borough’s schools."