Bloomberg to Lay Off Thousands of Teachers (New York, York: houses, teaching jobs) - City-Data Forum

RedJacket · 05-06-2011, 10:41 AM

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg intends to eliminate 4,278 teaching jobs through layoffs, and about 1,500 through attrition, marking the first significant layoffs of teachers since the fiscal crisis of the 1970s

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/ny...n-cuts.html?hp

SobroGuy · 05-06-2011, 10:52 AM

What else is new...substantial drops in revenue coupled with escalating costs, many of which cannot be changed (like guaranteed increases for civil servants/unions) = budget cuts. This is our new reality for the foreseeable future.

jcoltrane · 05-06-2011, 10:58 AM

Did you miss the memo? Old news.

Btw, is that your address in Prospect Lefferts Gardens?

UpsonDowns · 05-06-2011, 05:45 PM

Meanwhile, the DOE spends hundreds of millions on useless tech and don't notice when a contractor steals millions. Classic.

Guaranteed increases? Nope. Teacher salaries have been frozen for 1-2 years.

WaltHowe · 05-07-2011, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by RedJacket

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg intends to eliminate 4,278 teaching jobs through layoffs, and about 1,500 through attrition, marking the first significant layoffs of teachers since the fiscal crisis of the 1970s

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/ny...n-cuts.html?hp

If Bloomberg runs again (wouldn't be surprised) then maybe thousands of ex teachers can help to lay off Bloomberg.

Fred314X · 05-07-2011, 05:06 AM

I've noticed that over the course of his administration, Bloomberg flits around like a firefly. Every few months, another group of city employees falls within his radar, and that's the one he's going after. Right now it's teachers. Soon enough, he'll turn back to all the firehouses he wants to close...and then it'll be back to hospitals.

Fortunately, I think this will be his last term. He just barely got away with rigging things so that he could run for a third term. He's not going to try this again. (Although I do have a sneaking suspicion that the White House isn't far from his sights. That little trip he made to Arizona recently, where he delivered what was basically a policy speech on guns, made me sit up and think: why would a Mayor of New York City go to Arizona to do that? Makes no sense. But someone campaigning for the Presidency...don't put it past him!)