In unusual move, Klein and Mulgrew jump into East Side race
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein hasn’t weighed in on a state political race in several years, but he’s doing so now.
According to the New York State Board of Elections website, Klein gave $1,000 last month to Upper East Side Assemblyman Jonathan Bing. The chancellor’s wife, Nicole Seligman, a Sony executive vice president, also gave Bing $1,000.
The chancellor and his wife live in Bing’s district, where he’s being challenged by Gregg Lundahl, a government teacher at Washington Irving High School. And it can only have helped Bing’s relationship with Klein that he introduced a bill last spring to eliminate seniority-based layoffs for teachers. At the time, teacher layoffs seemed inevitable to the Department of Education and Klein was pushing for an end to the policy that lays off the newest teachers first.
Board of Regents Chair Merryl Tisch also gave Bing’s campaign $1,000, as did Democrats for Education Reform, a group that lobbies for more charter schools and against seniority policies. John Petry, who sits on the board of
According to the New York State Board of Elections website, Klein gave $1,000 last month to Upper East Side Assemblyman Jonathan Bing. The chancellor’s wife, Nicole Seligman, a Sony executive vice president, also gave Bing $1,000.
The chancellor and his wife live in Bing’s district, where he’s being challenged by Gregg Lundahl, a government teacher at Washington Irving High School. And it can only have helped Bing’s relationship with Klein that he introduced a bill last spring to eliminate seniority-based layoffs for teachers. At the time, teacher layoffs seemed inevitable to the Department of Education and Klein was pushing for an end to the policy that lays off the newest teachers first.
Board of Regents Chair Merryl Tisch also gave Bing’s campaign $1,000, as did Democrats for Education Reform, a group that lobbies for more charter schools and against seniority policies. John Petry, who sits on the board of