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A Teacher Speaks: Gov. Hochul’s Toll Exemptions Would Create a Privileged Class of Commuters
Working in a high-poverty school system, I want to avoid giving families a legitimate reason to see me selfish or privileged.
September 4, 2024
Opinion: Teacher’s Union Boss Mulgrew Has Turned His Back on Our City
We need to fix the damage that Michael Mulgrew has caused, says this Brooklyn teacher. The public needs to know that teachers have their best interest at heart.
February 12, 2024
Teachers Union Prez: You Can’t Expect My Members To Ride The Train Or Bus!
Teachers don't like using transit, and have been enabled to feel that way thanks to the parking placards they were gifted in the de Blasio era.
January 4, 2024
City Hall Says It Will Release Records on New Teacher Parking Placards … After the Election
The public won’t know what prompted de Blasio to restore teacher parking perks until the general election is in the mayor’s rear view mirror.
September 11, 2017
CB 12 Committee Says “No” to Parking Permits for All Teachers
As we reported last week, Maria Baez and a handful of other City Council members want to issue free parking permits to every public school teacher in New York City. As the system presently employs some 95,000 full-time teachers, in addition to 18,000 part-time teachers and paraprofessionals, Intro 894 would encourage hundreds of thousands of car trips per year just as the city is making efforts to reduce driving by government employees by reining in parking placard issues.
February 3, 2009
City Council Hard at Work on Pro-Parking Bills
Transit-riding New Yorkers, take heart. In these tough times, your City Council members are at this moment pushing a slew of bills that will make your lives easier. All you have to do is trade your MetroCard for a set of car keys.
January 27, 2009
At P.S. 161 in Harlem the Sidewalk is the Parking Lot
Streetsblog reader Richard Conroy sends along these photos and writes:
January 8, 2008
Weingarten: “Teachers Are Not Abusers of Parking Permits”
A car with a teacher's permit on the dashboard is parked beneath a "No Parking Anytime" sign. The license plate number does not match the one printed on the permit. (UncivilServants.org)
January 7, 2008