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Islamabad, Albany and the Art of the Deal

There two sets of negotiations in progress, the Iran/USA mediated by Pakistan and in Albany the NYS budget is two weeks late with no end in sight. Every week the legislators return to Albany to pass a “continuing resolution” to keep the state solvent.  Years ago I served on the UFT Negotiating Team, the union…

Why is Education So Damned Fad Prone?

I’m imagining a get together, Elle Bisgaard-Church, Z’s Chief of Staff, the same position she held in Albany, a close friend, a confidant, a keeper of the SDP Torch, meeting with the inner circle in the backroom of a bar in the Commie Corridor. “We can’t let the Z v Tisch tension derail us, how…

The Race to a NYS Budget (with sharp elbows!)

The 26-27 State Budget is due today, the legislatures passed “continuing resolutions” to keep the state afloat and the members left for the Easter/Passover break, leaving a number of contentious issues unresolved. The  governor continues to push for the authority to override local zoning regulations to build more “affordable” housing, suburban legislators pushing back. The…

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