Mar. 3, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Nurses at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn received an immediate raise on Saturday after their union and hospital administrators reached a last-minute contract agreement and narrowly avoided a strike. The Federation of Nurses/UFT ratified the two-year contract late on Feb. 27, about 24 hours before the old agreement was set…
Feb. 24, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen About 1,000 union nurses at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn are prepared to go on strike on March 1 unless a deal can be struck before their contract expires at midnight on Feb. 28. The Federation of Nurses/UFT, which represents the nurses, issued a ten-day strike notice last week in…
Jan. 31, 2025 By Megan McGibney After 24 years as a special education teacher, Abraham Freud was struggling to do his job. In 2021, Freud began experiencing back problems and was later diagnosed with severe scoliosis, kyphosis, degenerative disc disease, and other conditions. The health issues made it challenging for him to work with…
Jan. 22, 2024 By Megan McGibney
In late December, right before city schools closed for the holiday break, the United Federation of Teachers announced it was filing a lawsuit against Mayor Eric Adams, the city, and the New York State Education Department over nearly $2 billion in budget cuts for New York City public schools.
Nov. 22, 2023 By Augostina Mallous
More than 300,000 students at New York City’s “high-need” schools are currently enrolled in oversized classes, according to the United Federation of Teachers, despite the city’s assertions that those schools meet legal class size limits.
Aug. 22, 2023 By Megan McGibney
The latest conflict between New York City’s public schools and charter school communities reached a conclusion just before the city’s largest charter school system opened for the year.
Apr. 14, 2023 By Megan McGibney The ongoing strain between New York City’s public school and charter school communities took another turn late last month when the United Federation of Teachers, along with parents and individual teachers, filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court against the Department of Education for allegedly violating state education law…
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