One SUNY student said if officials really want to reduce exposure on campuses by forcing students to get vaccinated, then all segments of the higher education community should be required to get a jab.
âI feel like thatâs messed up ⦠Itâs not fair that they can choose not to get it, Madison Mack, a senior international relations major at Buffalo State, said of SUNY employees not be covered by the vaccination edict.
Extending the mandatory vaccine order for SUNY employees would run into unions representing those workers that have something college students donât have: political might. SUNY last year enforced mandatory testing for students in certain cases, while, according to one SUNY document, such testing was âstrongly recommendedâ per written understandings between SUNY and various unions representing employees at the college system.
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ALBANY - Early retirement proposals for New York teachers and public workers face an uncertain future in the state Legislature before the legislative session ends next month.
The bills sponsors said in recent days that a measure that would allow an early retirement plan for state and municipal employees appears unlikely to pass, but one specifically for teachers and school administrators may be gaining traction.
Assemblyman Tom Abinanti told the USA TODAY Network New York on Friday that he s hopeful the teachers union and school districts could work out a deal that would allow educators with 25 years of service who have reached age 55 to retire early without penalty.
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Every eight years, New York City has its own version of a political Olympics. Many municipal elected officials face term limits, forcing them from posts they’d rather cling to forever. The mayor, the city comptroller, the public advocate, the borough presidents and a majority of the City Council are usually ejected from their offices, and a huge crop of newcomers runs to replace them.
This year, Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Comptroller Scott Stringer are term-limited, as are the presidents of every borough other than Queens and a large majority of the City Council.
Into this fray come the endorsers – the activist groups, political action committees, nonprofit organizations, county machines and the politicians themselves. Although every candidate would love the backing of a celebrity like Jay-Z, the endorsements that pack the biggest punch are not always the most glamorous. New York is still a labor town where a few major union endorsements can mean thousands of dolla
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Brianna Thompson, a State University of New York at Fredonia student-teacher, is pictured in a classroom in March 2020. Several schools are hiring teachers due to retirements and changes to student enrollment.
As aging teachers retire and with changes to enrollment in education programs, schools in New York state are in need of teachers.
According to statistics from New York State United Teachers there were more than 51,000 teachers in 2018 over the age of 55 and almost 36,000 aged 51-54 enrolled in the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System. That means that of the 264,590 members of the NYSTRS, approximately one-third are able or will soon be able to retire.