NYSUT members to hold Phillips, Serino, DeFrancisco, O’Mara, Young, Golden and Lanza accountable for supporting Betsy DeVos’ education agenda
Teachers and other educators — joined by parents, students and activists — will set up pickets at the offices of state Senate Republicans Friday to demand they abandon their support of U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ destructive education agenda. The Senate’s one-house budget bill contains a voucher-like education tax credit and an estimated $350 million in new money for unaccountable and non-transparent charter schools — funding activists strongly believe should be used to help neighborhood public schools in their own communities.
Here is the schedule of picketing on Friday, March 24:
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Senator Name
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Time of Picket
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Picket Location
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Address
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City, State, Zip
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Contact
Name
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Contact
Phone
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Senator
Elaine Phillips
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4-5 p.m.
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District Office
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252 Mineola Blvd.
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Mineola, NY
11501-2421
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Jeff Friedman
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516-670-7834
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Senator
Susan Serino
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4-5 p.m.
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District Office
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4254 Albany Post Road
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Hyde Park, NY
12536
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Melissa Servant
Mike Grubiak
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845-234-9755
914-391-8850
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Senator
Susan Serino
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4-5 p.m.
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District Office
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117 Town Park Lane
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Putnam Valley, NY
10579
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Maureen Warren
Mike Grubiak
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914-426-1691
914-391-8850
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Senator
John DeFrancisco
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4:30-5 p.m.
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District Office
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333 East Washington St.
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Syracuse, NY
13202
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Phil Cleary
Ian Phillips
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315-727-7445
315-406-4386
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Senator
Thomas O’Mara
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4:30-5:30 p.m.
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District Office
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333 East Water St.t
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Elmira, NY
14901
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Dora Leland
Paul Hypolite
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607-425-0694
937-207-5337
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Senator
Catharine Young
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4-4:30 p.m.
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District Office
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700 West State St.
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Olean, NY
14760
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Andrew Bogey
Louisa Pacheco
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585-610-6243
716-560-3880
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Senator
Marty Golden
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3:30-5 p.m.
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District Office
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7408 Fifth Avenue
(between 74th and 75th streets)
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Brooklyn, NY 11209
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Alison Gendar
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718-490-2964
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Senator
Andrew Lanza
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3-5 p.m.
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District Office
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3845 Richmond Ave.
(meet at UFT’s Staten Island Borough Office,
4456 Amboy Rd., at 3 p.m.
to walk to District Office)
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Staten Island, NY 10312
|
Alison Gendar
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718-490-2964
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New York State United Teachers is a statewide union with more than 600,000 members in education, human services and health care. NYSUT is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association and the AFL-CIO.