New York (NY)

Structural Racism in NYC School System

March 14, 2014 Rebecca Klein, www.huffingtonpost.com Educate! New York (NY), New York City (NYC), NYC, Racism, Student Activism

It seems New York City’s specialized schools continue to have a problem when it comes to admitting minority students. According to city's Department of Education data released this week, of the 5,096 eighth graders offered a spot to one of New York City’s eight exam-based specialized high schools for the 2014-2015 school year, only 11 percent are black or Hispanic, per education outlet Chalkbeat New York. At the same time, more than 70 percent of the city’s eighth graders are black or Hispanic, the outlet reports.

Banner Drop on Brooklyn Bridge Calls out Cuomo

March 14, 2014 Doyle Murphy, www.nydailynews.com Resist! Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Government, New York (NY), New York City (NYC), NYC

The group behind the stealth signposting, Money Out of Politics, is trying to goad Gov. Cuomo to follow through on his promises to revamp the state’s campaign finance laws. “He’s really at a crossroads, deciding whether he’s going to fight for the little guy — people who can’t afford to give big campaign contributions, or is he going to sell us out and keep the center of political power in the monied interests?” said Matthew Edge, the group’s founder, who lives in Berne, N.Y., near Albany. Edge and his cohorts have been crisscrossing the state for nearly two weeks, slapping up signs in conspicuous — and even iconic — locations as they go. They plan to hit all 62 counties by the time they’re done. Queens and Kings counties were numbers 37 and 38, he said. Cuomo has launched an ad campaign to promote campaign finance changes including matching funds for statewide races, but Edge fears he’ll back off when challenged by big-money boosters. “We’re raising the stakes,” said Edge, who said he has been trying to dampen the influence of big-money donors for a decade. “If he extends the political capital and keeps fair elections in the budget, he’ll be a hero. If he doesn’t, people are going to know about it.”

Big Brother Coming Into New York Classrooms

January 28, 2014 Gary Stern, www.prorevnews.blogspot.com Educate! New York (NY), Privatization

"It's the same conversation as with inBloom. Why are they doing this? What's the purpose? Why do they need students’ names?" Pleasantville Superintendent Mary Fox-Alter said. "Do we need to share information about 5-year-olds with colleges? Unbelievable." Activist Leonie Haimson, who has rallied national opposition to the inBloom project, said there is no way to know how government agencies really will use such long-term data. "It adds to the suspicion that there is a surveillance state tracking kids," she said. "We’re not against research, but there have to be strict controls on who can be trusted with the information."

De Blasio’s Shadow Transition Team Advised Rahm Emanuel

December 18, 2013 Dana Rubinstein, www.capitalnewyork.com Educate! Corporatism, De Blasio, New York (NY)

Doubts were rising about mayor-elect Bill de Blasio when he picked a police commissioner with a history of racially based stops and frisks when he was the police chief of Los Angeles as well as one who promised he would have removed the Occupy encampment more quickly. Now doubts are being raised higher as it has come out that de Blasio has an unannounced, shadow transition team made up of traditional consultants with ties to big business interests. The consultants, Civic Consulting USA, also advised right wing, neoliberal Mayor Rahm Emanuel. In Chicago the involvement of the firms working on the transition resulted in no-bid contracts that were questioned by many. De Blasio is looking less like the change he promised every day. We hope activists in New York are organizing and mobilizing to put significant pressure on the incoming mayor as it is evident he will not do the people's bidding without substantial pressure from the people. Thus far he has been allying his administration with the security state and big business interests.

Bad Deals With Wall Street Are Costing NYC $1 Billion Annually

December 3, 2013 Phyllis Furman, www.nydailynews.com Educate! New York (NY), New York City (NYC), NYC, Wall Street

Wall Street has put the squeeze on the city to the tune of $1 billion, a report due out Tuesday claims. As much as $723 million worth of unnecessary fees and bad deals, coupled with $300 million in bank subsidies should be rejiggered, says a study from a new left-leaning coalition called New Day, New York Coalition. "New York City could be saving $1 billion annually just by changing the way it does business with Wall Street," one of the report's authors, Connie Razza, director of strategic research initiatives at the Center for Popular Democracy, told the Daily News.

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