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The United Federation of Teachers has made its pick in the mayoral race,
With that, the city’s biggest and most influential unions have chosen sides in the primary and they’re all over the map. The
Teachers union to vote on pick for New York City mayor
04/19/2021 10:00 AM EDT
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The United Federation of Teachers, which represents teachers in New York City, is preparing to endorse a candidate for mayor. Members of the union’s Delegate Assembly, the 3,200-member union-wide body, will vote on a candidate to endorse this afternoon.
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Andrew Yang makes it official today: He is running for New York City mayor.
As
our Sally Goldenberg reports, the former Democratic presidential candidate will launch his campaign with the promise of cash payments a local version of his universal basic income proposal to half a million New Yorkers. His plan would pay city residents living in poverty between $2,000 and $5,000 per year.
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It won’t be doomsday for subway riders quite yet, after the MTA
approved a $17 billion budget holding off on the drastic service cuts it has threatened because of its pandemic-induced financial crisis.
Instead, the transit agency’s
budget assumes fingers crossed that it will get a $4.5 billion cash infusion from the federal government. That’s roughly the amount Sen. Chuck Schumer has been
trying to secure for the transit system in recent stimulus bill negotiations. So gone, for now, are the 40 percent reduction in subway service the MTA had proposed. If the money comes through, it would be enough to close the MTA’s deficit for 2021 but still leave an $8 billion deficit in the following years. If it doesn’t come through, the service cuts and large scale layoffs could be resurrected in the new year.