BROOKLYN ACTIVIST EXPLAINS EDUCATION BUDGET DEFEAT ON TWITTER

I knew the state budget was not a win for public education but I cannot explain it as quickly and efficiently as teacher activist Liat in BK did on Twitter:

Tweet 1
I can’t sleep bc I am FURIOUS😡 that our Democratic supermajority in Albany STILL (STILL!) failed to fully fund public schools in the budget. Literally every @NYSenDems & assembly Dem ran on #fundCFE. But they caved to Cuomo & were too scared to tax rich peoples’ 2nd homes.

Tweet 2

So who do we primary challenge in 2020? Because there are kids whose class sizes will be too big, who won’t have basic supplies or after school programs because of this. @makeNYTrueBlue @AQE_NY @zansari8 @es_indivisible @indvsblharlem who was too cowardly to do the right thing?

Tweet 3

.@bkindivisible is meeting tomorrow to brainstorm our game plan for 2020. So who’s it going to be?

Tweet 4

Final piece of my fury— the @UFT. They supported Cuomo vs. @CynthiaNixon — look how that turned out. Barely an increase in school funding even after thousands of members lobbied in Albany on 3/18. No further accountability for charter schools either. What exactly did they get? 😤  *

I have the answer.  The UFT has our seat at the table in Albany. We are the darlings of the corporate Democrats.



*The UFT didn't endorse Cuomo but our neutrality last year, particularly in the primary, was de facto support.