Raises In UFT Contract Delayed For Years
Perhaps you've been hearing in the news that teachers are receiving an 18% raise over the course of a nine year contract, with teachers receiving the 8% they are owed from the 2009/2010 pattern that every other city union got.Well, guess what, folks - those raises from 2009/2010 are actually delayed for YEARS - not just the retro owed on those raises from 2009-2014, but also the changes to your sa
NY Times: Other Unions Pissed At Mulgrew, UFT Over Teacher Contract Details
The NY Times has an interesting report on what's holding up the contract announcement between the UFT and the city - the other unions:Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York’s main teachers’ union are on the verge of announcing a deal to settle a nearly five-year labor dispute in which the union has sought more than $3 billion in back pay from the city.The agreement would include retroactive pay equival
NY Times: UFT, De Blasio Set To Announce 9 Year Contract For Teachers
Just in:Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York’s main teachers’ union are on the verge of announcing a deal to settle a nearly five-year-long labor dispute in which the teachers’ union has sought more than $3 billion in back pay from the city.Two officials said a deal could be announced at City Hall on Thursday, with one official involved in the talks saying the two sides would announce a nine-year con
More Evidence Cuomo Campaign Is Running Scared
They're moving early to try and smear opponent Rob Astorino as a right wing fringe candidate/bigot:Rob Astorino must have Andrew Cuomo more worried than we thought. How else to explain two just-released attack ads suggesting the Republican is a bigot?One is called “Contempt.” It describes Astorino as the only county executive found “in violation of anti-discrimination laws.” The other, called “Die
Here's Part Of Mayor Bloomberg's Legacy
This is it, in a nutshell:The city's poverty rate sat at 21.4% in 2012, barely unchanged from a year earlier, according to a report released by Mayor de Blasio's office and the Center for Economic Opportunity on Wednesday.The rate increased across nearly every demographic group between 2008 and 2012, the report found.Notably, New Yorkers of Asian descent saw the rate rise 6.6% to 29% and non-U.S.
Eva Moskowitz Full Of Crap As Usual
Eva Moskowitz raised $7.75 million dollars from her Wall Street and corporate backers at the second annual spring fundraiser for Success Academies.Think about that number for a minute - $7.75 million.Then, as she was thanking the governor and the legislature at her spring fundraiser for forcing New York City to either co-locate her schools or pony up money for rent, she said this about the battle
Cuomo Campaign Starting To Sound Desperate
What do you make of this story?A Chinatown civic leader claimed today that a member of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office interrogated him before Republican rival Rob Astorino made a campaign stop at his association’s headquarters this morning. Eddie Chiu, the senior director of the 114-year-old Lin Sing Association, told Mr. Astorino and reporters that a person from Mr. Cuomo’s office, whom he declined t
4-29-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Clueless Elwood District Officials Double Down On Decision To Cancel Kindergarten ShowMore educrats who ought to be forcibly removed from office and hit with a restraining order to stay away from anyone under the age of 18:Elwood school officials Monday night stood behind the principal's decision to cancel a traditional Harley Avenue Primary School kindergarten event due to