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Now NO ONE truly really runs New York City's public school system
CUNY Graduate Center Prof. David Bloomfield described the plan as a “putrid kettle of fish cooked up by the Legislature.”
NYC's squatter scourge is so bad even lefty lawmakers are moving to crack down
Liu credited coverage by The Post and others for bringing “to our attention a problem that needed to be addressed.”
NYC squatters get the OK sign with no bail for the Queens thug who sublet rooms during his takeover
Brian Rodriguez tried to steal a woman's house out from under her and got rewarded with zero bail and supervised release: more proof it's open season on the law abiding...
NYC parents give failing grade to public school class size law that could mean hiring 12K new teachers
A newly formed parents group blasted union-backed law that will limit public school classroom sizes – and could force the Big Apple to hire as many as 12,000 new teachers.
Good for Ron Kim and John Liu for joining the fight against NYC squatters
State Sen. John Liu and Assemblyman Ron Kim are making legal moves against squatters: Good! But can New Yorkers fully trust them?
State blows deadline to hand over critical study on mayoral control of NYC public schools
Lawmakers have effectively declared Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ ask for a two-year extension of mayoral control within the state budget dead, with the delayed report putting...
The class-size law is about to cause misery for countless city public-school families
A new state mandate that's starting to phase in could have devastating consequences for unsuspecting families who will be apply to schools next year.
NYC parents worry students will be turned away from high-performing district under call to cut class sizes
Parents whose kids are in one of the city's highest-performing but most overcrowded school districts are rebelling against a controversial state law requiring across-the-board reductions in class sizes.
New law blocks poverty fighters from opening Harlem charter school
A poison pill inserted in the state budget could prevent New York City's oldest poverty fighting group from opening a charter school in Harlem, The Post has learned.
'Loopholes' could foil NYC's new school class-size law: concerned educators
The new class-size reduction law has too many loopholes to make the huge impact some predicted any time soon, concerned educators and advocates told The Post.
State pols strike deal with Hochul to open 14 new charter schools in NYC
Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders have reached a tentative deal that will allow 14 new charter schools to open in New York City following a grueling political fight with the...
Labor groups bank on longtime ties to key legislators in budget fight over NYC charter schools
Unions have showered roughly $175,000 in campaign cash over the years to three key legislators who oppose Gov. Kathy Hochul.'s budget proposal to allow more charter schools in New York...
Lift the cap! Majority of NYC Democrats, blacks, Latinos want more charter schools, poll finds
Nearly two-thirds of New York City Democrats support lifting the state-imposed cap to open more charter schools, a new survey released Friday reveals.
Asian-American parents join push to open more NYC charter schools
Asian parents are holding a rally Friday outside the city DOE headquarters to demand that resistant state lawmakers raise the cap on charter schools.
Parents rally to urge pols to Lift the Charter School Cap
Hundreds of parents, kids and educators are expected to attend a rally to demand lawmakers lift the cap on charter schools in the Big Apple.
Time to send this teachers' union apple polisher packing
State Sen. John Liu is a teachers union pet, who gets showered with campaign cash for continued gifts to New York's most powerful special interest.
Top NY pols rake in thousands in donations from teachers union while bashing charters
State Sen. John Liu, chairman of the New York City Education Committee, has raked in $33,300 since his first Senate race in 2018.
Anti-charter teachers' union cashing in on donations to lefty pols to kill Hochul plan: critics
NY state legislators opposing Gov. Hochul's charter school expansion plan have received over $400,000 from the state teachers union's PAC since 2017.
Adams fails to support NYC charter schools when given chance, cites $1B cost
Mayor Eric Adams undercut Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposal to lift the cap to open more charter schools in New York City.
Mayor Adams: Get off the fence and stand up for charter schools
It’s starting to look like Mayor Eric Adams is doing the teachers union’s dirty work and moving to block charter schools, especially after his lame testimony in Albany on Wednesday.