The UFT's Delegate Assembly authorizes the Executive Board to consider, make or modify endorsements during the summer in order to have a timely impact on any such campaigns.

The UFT endorses Cassandra Johnson to serve as a judge in Queens Surrogate Court.

The UFT will fight to ensure adequate working conditions and temperatures for all and continue to demand that every room in every building occupied by students and/or UFT members has regulated and acceptable temperatures at all times during the workday.

The UFT continues its support of affirmative action, asserts it should continue until discrimination no longer exists in America and will address misconceptions and challenges to affirmative action policies.

The UFT calls on the DOE to recruit, hire and retain special education teachers, counselors, nurses, OT/PT, speech, social workers, paraprofessionals, hearing services and all titles that deal with special education to create a supportive learning environment for all.

The UFT will urge the Mayor and Chancellor to adopt the Class Size Working Group’s proposals to ensure that schools are able to lower class sizes to the levels required by law.