Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Randi Weingarten

Huge Coalition Lines Up Behind Ravitch’s MTA Rescue Plan

By Ben Fried | Mar 20, 2009 | 29 Comments

The Daily News published an op-ed today that highlights the broad coalition of labor unions, business interests, good government groups, transportation advocates and neighborhood activists who want Albany to adopt the Ravitch Commission’s MTA rescue plan. Yesterday the coalition sent this letter [PDF] to every member of the state legislature. Notably, three of the state’s […]

Weingarten Looks to Soothe Tension Over Placard Cuts

By Brad Aaron | Aug 28, 2008 | 24 Comments

Today is the first workday of the new year for city public school teachers, some 52,000 of whom have a little over a month to prepare for a commute without free parking privileges. As reported earlier this week, the city and the United Federation of Teachers have reached an agreement that will rescind all but […]

25,000 Fewer (Official) Parking Placards for City Employees

By Ben Fried | May 1, 2008 | 26 Comments

It took a little longer than expected, but the City is significantly shrinking the pool of parking placards available to public employees. The total number of placards allocated to certain departments — most notably NYPD — has been reduced from roughly 80,000 to about 55,000, as reported by the Times, News, and Post this morning. […]

Randi Weingarten Still Doesn’t Get It

By Brad Aaron | Apr 16, 2008 | 20 Comments

Back in January United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten protested Mayor Bloomberg’s mandate to reduce the number government parking placard handouts. In a letter to the mayor, Weingarten called the move "deeply troubling," and claimed that taking free parking away from teachers — who, unlike tens of thousands of other government employees, "are not […]

At P.S. 161 in Harlem the Sidewalk is the Parking Lot

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 8, 2008 | 16 Comments

Streetsblog reader Richard Conroy sends along these photos and writes: Yesterday there was an article about Randi Weingarten saying teachers don’t abuse parking permits. I found that amusing since my daily commute takes me past P.S. 161 in Harlem where there are numerous vehicles parked on the sidewalk every school day. This school is on […]

Weingarten: “Teachers Are Not Abusers of Parking Permits”

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 7, 2008 | 58 Comments

A car with a teacher’s permit on the dashboard is parked beneath a "No Parking Anytime" sign. The license plate number does not match the one printed on the permit. (UncivilServants.org) United Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten sent a letter to Mayor Bloomberg Friday expressing objections to his plan to reduce the number of […]