More than 100 new UFT members in Staten Island came to the Staten Island UFT office on Thursday, Oct. 15 for a meet and greet with Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina and UFT President Michael Mulgrew.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew on Oct. 15 met with staff at the co-located East Village Community School, Children’s Workshop School and the Spectrum School, a District 75 school, in Manhattan to discuss the war being waged on public schools by hedge-funders and others who falsely claim our schools are failing and would like to see them privatized.
UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds testified before the New York State Assembly Committee on Education regarding Gov. Cuomo's proposal to implement state takeovers of public schools.