May 19, 2011By Stephanie West New York City Council Members representing the four districts that make up Upper Manhattan will hold a unity rally on Thursday, May 19th at 6:00
May 18, 2011By Stephanie WestAssembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has introduced legislation (A.7802) aimed at stopping a tax reduction slated to benefit millionaires. The legislation would prevent a lowering of the existing
May 18, 2011By Stephanie West A public private partnership to help fund summer jobs for thousands of young New York City residents has been set up by the city. The
May 16, 2011By Kismet Barksdale Chanting “we are one” and “enough is enough,” thousands of child care workers rallied outside City Hall on May 11th to protest city budget cuts
Reprint, May 16, 2001 By Micah Landau, Cara Metz and Michael Hirsch published May 12, 2011, http://www.uft.orgPhoto By Miller Photography Lower Manhattan on May 12 was flooded with tens of
May 13, 2011Stephanie West More than twenty faculty and staff from the City University of New York gave lessons today at a massive teach in on Wall Street, part of
May 9, 2011By Councilwoman Annabel Palma The Executive Budget released Friday May 6, 2011 is one step forward. However, for those low income and working families who rely on subsidized
May 6, 2011 The Alliance for Quality Education released ten concrete recommendations for actions New York State, and school districts, can take to enact cost savings without making classroom cuts.
April 11, 2011By Kathleen Fox Casale, M.S. Ed. “Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever
NEW YORK – In response to Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed cuts to child care and early education programs cuts which could leave almost 17,000 families without childcare this year parents and
