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Christina Veiga

Bill de Blasio

Policy

De Blasio: Changes to elite high school admissions are just the beginning

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio outlines more aggressive efforts to unravel segregation throughout the city’s school system.

Policy

Teachers union braces for Supreme Court labor ruling

If in Janus v. AFSCME the Supreme Court rules that teachers are not required to pay for its services, the union is likely to shed members and money – a war chest that has allowed UFT to be a major player in New York politics and to secure robust benefits for its members.