Press Releases
UFT Statement on DOE–SCA Proposed Capital Plan
The UFT issued a statement in response to the proposed five-year capital plan recently issued by the New York City School Construction Authority.
Nurses charge NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn puts patients at risk by ignoring mandated staff/patient ratios
On hundreds of occasions in the last 18 months, patients at NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn have been put at risk by the understaffing of nurses and aides, including in the hospital’s Intensive and Critical Care units. The Federation of Nurses/UFT over the past week has documented more than 30 violations of state law.
UFT, students, educators sue DOE demanding equity at American Sign Language and English Lower School in Manhattan
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Southern District of New York, asserts the DOE has put students and staff who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing at risk by refusing to install an appropriate emergency notification system that would alert deaf members of the school community to fires, active shooter lockdowns, and other emergencies.
UFT statement on court ruling in co-location lawsuit
The UFT issued a statement following the decision issued by New York State Supreme Court regarding charter school co-locations in public school buildings in Brooklyn and Queens.
UFT members overwhelmingly approve new contract
UFT members have ratified a new contract by a margin of 74.6%. The more than 95,000 votes cast was the largest in UFT history.
