Prospective full-time teachers are scrambling to get into the current state pension tier before a reform measure designed to save New York taxpayers billions of dollars takes effect New Year's Day. The change adopted earlier this month means new hires will receive less generous retirement ...

ALBANY—The federal stimulus package is structured in such a way to specifically provide money to plug state cuts to education, but the president of the state's teachers union says lobbying efforts will continue. "There was really no champagne—and won't be before or until the state's economy turns around, because that's what's going to ...

ALBANY—The state teacher's union is sitting on the sidelines as other labor groups get involved in the fight for the State Senate leadership. "Frankly, getting into a leadership fight makes one friend and lots of enemies - from our perspective, anyway," said Dick Iannuzzi, president of New York State United Teachers. "From our perspective, the issue isn't who ...

ALBANY—The state teachers' union said it is prepared to take the same measures this legislative session as last in fighting against a cap on property taxes. Dick Iannuzzi, president of New York State United Teachers, just told me that the final report of the Commission on Property Tax Relief didn't contain many big surprises, but retained what he ...