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Here s a scenario that could play out in the coming weeks: the various state and federal investigations into Gov. Andrew Cuomo could determine he’s acted inappropriately, but lack the proof needed to take further action against him. All eyes and especially those of the governor’s critics would very likely turn to the Assembly, which has launched an impeachment investigation into the governor.
If the [American Federation of Teachers] has this much influence with the CDC, it raises significant concerns about the influence the organization wielded over the Department of Education in the development of its guidance and handbook, the lawmakers wrote.
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The lawmakers cited testimony from parents who spoke about the difficulties their children have had as a result of school closures. One parent testified that their child, who has autism, had an especially difficult time because of social isolation, and his wife was forced to quit her job to homeschool their daughter, who was also in special education. Knowing this, it is entirely inexcusable for teachers unions to sway official guidance, the lawmakers wrote.
With a potential vote on faculty layoffs looming, tensions are mounting among City College of San Francisco students, with a group accusing a gay trustee of calling the cops as they chanted outside his home Thursday a charge he strongly denied.
Protesters who went to the residence of trustee Tom Temprano May 6 sent out a statement saying he called cops on students peacefully protesting. Not true, Temprano told the B.A.R. I wasn t even home, the trustee said May 7. I wouldn t call the police on peaceful protesters. Period.
Temprano said he was working late at City Hall, where he serves as an aide to gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, when students protesting proposed layoffs showed up outside his Castro home.
The United Federation of Teachers is boosting Mr. Stringer’s embattled campaign with an advertising blitz.
The teachers’ union is part of a coalition still standing with Mr. Stringer, center, seen Monday with District Council 9 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.Credit.Sarah Blesener for The New York Times
Published May 10, 2021Updated May 13, 2021
In the weeks since a former campaign volunteer accused Scott M. Stringerof sexual misconduct, many of the Democratic mayoral candidate’s most crucial supporters, including the Working Families Party and a phalanx of progressive politicians, have abandoned his campaign.
But powerful teachers’ unions are not only sticking with Mr. Stringer, the city comptroller they are, starting Tuesday, offering a much-needed boost to his embattled campaign in the form of a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz.
Less than two weeks after a former volunteer on a past campaign accused him of sexual harassment, Scott Stringer, one of the leading candidates for mayor of New York City, is being buoyed up by some of his most ardent Jewish supporters.
Outside Fairway Market on the Upper West Side Sunday, flanked by Congressman Jerry Nadler, Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, Ruth Messinger, former borough president; and Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, Stringer said he’s confident his campaign will survive the tumult.
The city’s comptroller and the only leading Jewish candidate, Stringer was widely considered the progressive choice in the crowded Democratic primary on June 22. But claims of sexual harassment by the former campaign worker, Jean Kim stalled his momentum. After the allegations, a host of progressive politicians and groups, including the Working Families Party, withdrew their support of Stringer despite his forceful denial.