Performers and instructors at the New York City location for Second City, the renowned comedy theater group that has launched the careers of many famous comedians and actors, have chosen the UFT as ...

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza will resign on March 15 after nearly three years as head of the nation’s largest school system, city officials announced on Feb. 26. Meisha Ross Porter, the Bronx ...

We’re at the midpoint of the two-year phase-in of the city’s new reading programs for elementary schools. Given the city’s diverse student population, the most pressing issue for educators has been ...

Forget what you think you know about math: At the National Museum of Mathematics in Manhattan, it’s not something you work on with pencil and paper. It’s about hands-on experiences with the latest in ...

Walking into the office of school social worker Maureen Eigenfeld is like walking into an oasis of color and freedom. Students go there to talk about what’s bothering them — but also to paint on the ...

Thousands of special education students in New York City public schools this school year are still without the services they are legally entitled to because of massive shortages of paraprofessionals, ...

The United Federation of Teachers will testify today in support of the City Council's proposed "RESPECT check" legislation that would provide every New York City paraprofessional an annual $10,000 ...

New York’s labor movement came together on an extraordinary scale Sunday, March 8, to demand pension reforms at a rally at the MVP Arena in Albany. More than 10,000 union members from the NYS AFL-CIO, ...

“If you’re worried that you’ll go home and your parents won’t be there, you’re not worried about doing well on your algebra exam,” said Tina-Marie Zuber, a math teacher at Grover Cleveland HS in ...

WHEREAS, education unionists and many other sectors of the labor movement have expressed indignation and alarm at the brutal targeting of our immigrant fellow workers, family members, and communities ...

The NYC Employees PPO (NYCE PPO) health care plan will replace the GHI CBP plan for in-service city workers and pre-Medicare retirees on Jan. 1, 2026. The following are answers to members’ most common ...