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Education caught in cro$$fire

NY Teacher Article News Stories October 31, 2025

UFT President Michael Mulgrew warned of the serious repercussions for public schools stemming from the Trump administration’s attacks on health care and education. 

Premium-free health care secured

NY Teacher Article News Stories October 31, 2025

Premium-free health benefits for city workers have been secured for the next five years under a new contract between the city and municipal unions establishing the NYCE PPO plan. The plan, administered jointly by EmblemHealth and UnitedHealthcare...

Kudos to Melissa Wall, IS 109, Queens

NY Teacher Article Member Spotlight October 31, 2025

The efforts of Chapter Leader Melissa Wall of IS 109 in Queens Village saved five teachers from being excessed — and preserved the school's already approved plan to reduce class sizes in its 6th-grade classes.

June DA resolutions

NY Teacher Article News Stories September 5, 2025

At its last meeting of the 204-25 school year, the Delegate Assembly passed four resolutions.

Kudos to Kesha Hopkins, Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment

NY Teacher Article Member Spotlight September 5, 2025

UFT Chapter Leader Keesha Hopkins successfully led the charge that saved her school, the Brooklyn Academy of Science and Environment, from being merged with another high school co-located in the same building.