According to Elizabeth Green at Gotham Schools, the United Federation of Teachers’ executive board passed a resolution last night urging the City Council to put the term-limits extension up for a referendum, instead of passing legislation without a public vote. This may be a boon to the forces trying to stop the Council from extending term limits from a maximum ...

The teachers' union for the nation's largest public school system accused the city on Friday of banning political campaign buttons and sued to reverse the policy, declaring that free speech rights were violated. United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten announced at a news conference that a ...

One of the reasons that Michael Bloomberg’s recent public efforts to change the term-limits law has been fairly successful is that it's been in the works for a long time. But despite rampant speculation in recent months, it appears that opposition emerged with force only this week because earlier this year, nobody really thought this would happen. The ...