Daniel Alicea

Father. Educator. Anti-hero. Advocate. WBAI radio host. Digital creator. G-d wrestler. Not fearing death, but the unlived life. RTs, likes ≠ endorsements

[Zephyr Teachout @ZephyrTeachout]

NYC has a moratorium on student facing AI for K through 8th grade.

Google says we are going to force you to break your own rules, you can't have search without AI.

NYC must call Google's bluff, kick out search, and refer the case to the AG and DA for illegal tying and abuse of monopoly power.

The idea that any other Ed Tech company could say "you only get the tool you want if you break your own policies" would be nonsense.

[Educators of NYC @educatorsofnyc]

While the mental health care of city workers was crumbling under Emblem’s illegal ghost network during the pandemic … UFT is being infused with millions into its Welfare Fund and MAP program.

The UFT and DC 37 Welfare Funds now sit with over a billion dollars in reserve due to the raiding and depletion of the city’s Healthcare Stabilization Fund beyond its intended purpose.

While @uft members and city workers and retirees continue to more out of pocket

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[Educators of NYC @educatorsofnyc]

The bulk of this money has gone to the UFT’s MAP program with the intent to help educators during the mental health crisis that accompanied COVID-19.

Was this negotiated contract part of a collectively bargained side agreement? Is this money part of the UFT’s role in the healthcare agreements of 2014 and 2018 and seen as sharing the “cost savings”?

See 2018 side agreement:

https://t.co/O7vOY3N4VQ

Here is MAP program description now vs 2020-21

MAP now: https://t.co/LocvpIa5Tz

MAP 2021: https://t.co/H4MW7moUdw

Was the UFT seeking a work around to the failed Emblem mental healthcare that was cited by the NYS attorney general as being a “ghost network”?

https://t.co/hYxqd3U7KG

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

New: NYC will pay the teachers’ union $8.7 million for “building positive nurturing environments” during the COVID pandemic in 2020-2022 under a RETROACTIVE contract approved last night by the Panel for Educational Policy. The DOE refused to specify what labor the UFT provided, or explain why the city is funding it SIX YEARS LATER.
Agenda item #3:

[Educators of NYC @educatorsofnyc]

Interesting pick. Strong labor history past. Her relationship with @NYCSchools poses a challenging dynamic with @UFT.

@LVladeck apparently is the great-granddaughter of Baruch Chaney Vladek - Belarusian-born Jewish American labor leader, journalist, socialist politician, and civic reform.

https://t.co/4wBoI2ggFC

If research is correct… this is the labor law lineage she brings with her:

Baruch Charney Vladeck
(1886-1938)
Socialist leader, labor organizer,
NYC councilman
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Stephen Charney Vladeck
Labor and civil rights attorney
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Bruce Charney Vladeck
Former administrator of Medicare and Medicaid under President Clinton
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Elizabeth "Liz" Charney Vladeck
NYC DOE Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel

[leonie haimson @leoniehaimson]

Contrary to @nycschools guidance DOE now allowing ed tech that had AI. Did MagicSchool convince them they took out the AI? was any verification done? Was verification done that they are not still data mining student info? Most experts say that is difficult if not impossible.

[leonie haimson @leoniehaimson]

Too many schools with too little recess… https://t.co/dd3QilS6ka

[Educators of NYC @educatorsofnyc]

Undoubtedly there’s a para shortage in @NYCSchools due to the lack of a living wage b/c of decades of @uft and the @NYCMayorsOffice not delivering for them. But can we get the MESSAGING straight @SpeakerMenin and UFT? Is it 8k or 1k?

[Neetu Arnold @neetu_arnold]

🧵TODAY: New York has decided it will no longer require high schoolers to pass Regents exams to graduate

Goes into effect for the Class of 2028

[Educators of NYC @educatorsofnyc]

NYC paras don’t need political heroes. They need a living wage.

Not just temporary payments that disappear in 2027.
Not photo ops.
Not campaign promises.
Not victory laps.

A permanent. Pensionable. Living wage. In the contract. NOW.

Paras created this moment. Don’t let politicians—or self-serving union bosses—take it from them.

https://t.co/hhDiQHpmv8

[La Miss AROD @japaspanglish]

Libraries are the only data centers NYCPS should fund. #PeoplesPEP

[Daniel Alicea @DanielAlicea]

@JCColtin Orgs and electeds should instead donate towards relief:

https://t.co/4eI0J8m0ki

[Marianne Pizzitola @FDNYchic]

Maybe ask your sources why disabled retired paras (183) are still waiting for the UFT to discuss an amendment to save their pension. Fix Para Pay, in solidarity w/Fix Retiree Benefits @NycRetirees have sent 5 emails to UFT leadership asking them to amend RSSL 605 after the NYC Actuary reinterpreted their pension & cut it in half after receiving them since 2002- & been met with silence. The law needs to be changed and a special session called. ☎️ we are waiting.

[Educators of NYC @educatorsofnyc]

@harpfreee This mayoral administration would do itself and labor in this city a BIG favor by getting rid of the rest of the entrenched machinery … by letting go of OLR fixture and now consultant, Bob Linn … and dumping their willing partner in Deputy Mayor, Dean Fuleihan.

[Educators of NYC @educatorsofnyc]

This mayoral administration would do itself and labor in this city a BIG favor by getting rid of the rest of the entrenched machinery … by letting go of OLR fixture and now consultant, Bob Linn … and dumping their willing partner in Deputy Mayor, Dean Fuleihan.

[Susan Edelman @SusanBEdelman]

New: Data confirms that the NYS education department lowered the number of raw points students needed to reach “proficiency” on last year’s statewide reading tests, when scores increased. Now that the gains have evaporated, one expert calls 2025 an ”anomaly.” Another suspects "something unexpected happened with the scoring.”
https://t.co/lEKSbS6vsy

[Marianne Pizzitola @FDNYchic]

#BobLinn the @NYCMayor's advisor suppressed wages for decades. It proves that even though he negotiated an 'equity fund' - it never created equity! Or EMS, Crossing guards, lunch ladies, etc, would not be in their current situation with low wages & worker shortage. #BobLinnDidThat. Today he's the Mayor's Advisor. Think anything will change? Think again. 40 years of Bob Linn influence. It's time to end the madness & fix it. His failed policy has proven to be a failure. Need to clean house at OLR & change policy #ButWaitTheresMore @SallyGold @JosieStratman @danarubinstein @elizashapiro @JulieMenin @SpeakerMenin @NYCMayorsOffice @MayorsPEU
@TweetBenMax @NYCMayor @ZohranKMamdani

[leonie haimson @leoniehaimson]

Join us Sunday #TalkoutofSchool @WBAI After recap of local ed news including drop in state test scores, Mamdani suing NYC Council on para pay, how PEP could improve contracting oversight-- I replay my interview w/great @dianeravitch on why she changed her mind on ed reform

[Educators of NYC @educatorsofnyc]

Little known fact. Mulgrew had $450 million at his disposal in the last contract round that could have gone equitably to paras … and he failed to deliver. This is after decades of UFT doing little at the bargaining table to bridge the gap.

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[Educators of NYC @educatorsofnyc]

Clearly the City Council has never read the Taylor Law. Sandy, we can’t legally strike. Unless you’re encouraging us to… or just tell Michael to do his job.