Teachers Union President Says Bloomberg Governs Like Egypt's President Updated 74 mins ago
Teachers Union President Mike Mulgrew said Mayor Michael Bloomberg's democratic ideals resemble Mubarak's.
Does this man share traits with an Egyptian autocrat? Teachers Union President Michael Mulgrew thinks so. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)By Tara Kyle
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — Teachers Union President Mike Mulgrew intensified a standoff with Mayor Michael Bloomberg Friday, saying that the Mayor handles city schools like Egyptian autocrat Hosni Mubarak handles protestors, according to the New York Post.
The verbal battles between Bloomberg and Mulgrew, who the Post reported once had a close relationship, began to escalate following Thursday’s Panel for Education Policy (PEP) meeting over the fate of failing schools.
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