What To Do With All Those Thompson T-Shirts?
NYC Educator wants your ideas.He wants to know what all those Unity chapter leaders should do with their Thompson t-shirts after Thompson loses the nomination.I thought the UFTsters could put them with their Alan Hevesi, Fernando Ferrer and Mark Green shirts and sell them on Ebay.Might fetch as much as five bucks for that impressive lot of collectors items.Go on over to NYC Educator and leave your
The Final Mayoral Debate
The other candidates tried to beat up on Bill de Blasio, but I don't think they were very successful at seriously damaging him.Harry Enten's take:The thing that happened today that will have gr8 impact on next Tuesday is Q-Pac poll, not this debate.— Harry Enten (@ForecasterEnten) September 3, 2013 Simply put, there's nothing in this debate that changes the trajectory of anything.— Harry Enten (@F
AFT, NYSUT Criticize Cuomo For Saying Schools Deserve "Death Penalty"
I was wondering hoe long the leaderships at the various teachers unions were going to ignore Cuomo's statement that "failing" schools deserve the "death penalty."Some of them finally issued statements today: After not commenting throughout the holiday weekend, New York State United Teachers President Richard Iannuzzi joined with American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten Tuesday af
Why We Should Be Careful About The Quinnipiac Poll
I'm no pollster, but why has the Q-poll sample of black Dem likely voters dropped from 35% to 27% to 25% in last three polls?— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) September 3, 2013There's a lot of muttering around the Internets about that Quinnipiac poll out today showing de Blasio with a commanding lead in the Democratic primary for mayor. They're polling fewer black voters (you can see the traject
What De Blasio Is Really Saying In His Call For A Closure/Co-Location Moratorium
First, in case you were working all day and missed the press release, here's the important stuff:Brooklyn, NY – Public Advocate and Democratic candidate for mayor Bill de Blasio today criticized Mayor Bloomberg’s eleventh-hour efforts to push through deeply divisive school co-location plans, and blasted Bloomberg’s chief ally Speaker Quinn for refusing to call for a moratorium on school co-locatio
De Blasio Tops 40% In New Quinnipiac Poll
No wonder the tabloids and his opponents are attacking him so fiercely:New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has opened up a commanding lead in the race for New York City mayor, capturing 43 percent of those surveyed in a Quinnipiac Poll released this afternoon. The poll found former city Comptroller Bill Thompson receives 20 percent and Council Speaker Christine Quinn has 18 percent of the
More Predictions Of Doom If Municipal Unions Are Given Raises
It seems being a municipal union worker with an expired contract who expects to have a raise makes you a bad person.In fact, the NY Times editorial board says you just might cause the apocalypse with that kind of attitude.You know, Mayor Bloomberg, the self-described fiscal genius,was the guy who let every municipal union contract expire so that all of them now have to be negotiated at the same ti
Quinn, Thompson Say They Will Focus Attacks On De Blasio In Last Debate
Seven days to go, the last debate before Primary Day - Quinn and Thompson say they will aim their fire at de Blasio:Christine Quinn and Bill Thompson, fighting for second place in the race for the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor, are expected to train their fire on frontrunner Bill de Blasio on Tuesday night in the campaign's final televised debate. Ms. Quinn, the City Council speake
You Can Have A Raise, But Only If You Pay For Your Health Care
That's the message from the plutocracy for NYC municipal union workers:A mayor who signs costly contracts would face the politically fraught prospect of raising taxes, budget experts say. Pushing for big concessions risks a continued stalemate, which isn't a palatable alternative for the Democratic candidates—one of whom is likely to be the next mayor in the overwhelmingly Democratic city—who depe
9-2-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Andrew Cuomo Worries His Own Corruption Commission Will Investigate Him For CorruptionApparently Little Andy picked two people to head his Moreland Commission to investigate corruption who are just as hungry for career advancement and media attention as he is and now it's coming back to haunt him:Senior aides to Gov. Cuomo are increasingly worried that the Moreland Act Comm