Issues

Attack Student Homelessness Now: With numbers surging in shelter system, families with children must be affordable housing priority

Children’s Rights in New York City

Photo courtesy of the United Nations: In 1950, on the second anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, students at the UN International Nursery School in New York viewed a poster of the historic document. November 2019 m …

CCC Recognizes International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2019

November 25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, kicking off two weeks of international activism and awareness campaigns to combat gender-based violence. Forty years after the adoption of the United Nation’s Convention of …

NYC boosts salaries for 1,500 non-union pre-K teachers in community-run programs

Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Johnson Announce City has Achieved a Pathway to Pay Parity for Early Childhood Education Providers

Fulfills commitment made between the Mayor and City Council at June budget handshake NEW YORK— Mayor Bill de Blasio, Speaker Corey Johnson, Labor Relations Commissioner Renee Campion, and Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza today announced tha …

NYC BOOSTS SALARIES FOR 1,500 NON-UNION PRE-K TEACHERS