Say it Ain't So, Hakeem! Jeffries flip-flops on charters and school closings
Below is a press release from Mona Davids of the NYC Parents Union. Just a few months ago, Assemblymember Hakeem Jeffries from Brooklyn sponsored legislation in Albany that would require a one year moratorium on closing schools in NYC; he also opposed a charter co-location in his district. Today, just hours after the Judge Feinman ruledthat the school closings and co-locations could go forward, Jeffries co-authored an oped for the Daily News, along with AM Karim Camera, attacking the NAACP for suing to stop these same closings and co-locations. What happened? As the press release notes, Jeffries has