City schools’ 120,000 educators and other staff will see raises reaching more than 20% during the five-year contract.
Michael Mulgrew
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New York City Has 25 Days to Settle Retirees’ Switch to Privatized Insurance, Arbitrator Rules
The ruling puts pressure on the city to finalize a Medicare Advantage plan for a quarter million retirees — and may lead to the elimination of Senior Care.
Posted inEmployment
New York City’s Jobs Picture Grows Cloudier as Fall Approaches
New York City’s recovery from the pandemic recession came to a screeching halt over the summer as private sector jobs declined and the city’s unemployment rate remained stuck at twice the national average. The outlook for the fall also remains cloudy as the end of special pandemic benefits costs jobless residents a total of almost […]
Posted inAndrew Cuomo, Bill de Blasio, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Education, Michael Mulgrew, Schools
De Blasio’s Push to Vaccinate NYC Public School Staff Off to a Slow Start
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here: ckbe.at/newsletters. Mayor Bill de Blasio wants teachers and other school staff to begin receiving coronavirus vaccines this month, he said Monday. “I want in the month of January — in the next few weeks — […]
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Teachers Union Balks at de Blasio’s Suggestion School Buildings Can Remain Open Amid Possible NYC Lockdown
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here: ckbe.at/newsletters. Mayor Bill de Blasio warned on Tuesday that New York City may need a stricter set of restrictions to fight a surge of coronavirus cases shortly after Christmas. He called for an important exception: school buildings. […]
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‘Ready to Quit’: Deal Allowing More NYC Teachers to Work from Home Threatens New School Staffing Chaos
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here: ckbe.at/newsletters. In a reversal of education department policy, New York City educators will now be allowed to work remotely if they are teaching students who are learning from home, according to a new agreement reached […]
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New York City Schools’ Reopening Delayed After Mayor, Unions Reach Safety Deal
Regular coursework will not resume for students in-person or remotely until school buildings reopen on Sept. 21 — 11 days after originally planned. Random coronavirus testing is on tap.
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Teachers Strike Authorization Vote Looms as Union and City Launch Last-Ditch Safety Talks
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here: ckbe.at/newsletters. The city’s teachers union will spend one more day negotiating with city officials in the hopes of beefing up safety measures before school buildings reopen. But if those talks fall short, the union’s leadership […]
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Union Demand: Test Every NYC Student and Teacher for COVID-19 Before In-Person Schooling Resumes
UFT boss predicts planned Sept. 10 reopening would be “one of the biggest debacles in history” as he mulls legal action — or even a strike.
Posted inSpecial Report
How NYC Schools Officials Played Down the COVID-19 Threat
Need to know more about coronavirus in New York? Sign up for THE CITY’s daily morning newsletter. After Mayor Bill de Blasio shut down the city’s public schools in mid-March, teachers were ordered to report to classrooms to receive in-person training on the “distance learning” they’d be practicing with their students. At P.S. 139 in […]