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Political upstart Zohran Mamdani secured one other key endorsement Wednesday, incomes the help of the United Federation of Academics, New York Metropolis’s strongest lecturers’ union, a day after the president of the USA threatened to overhaul the 5 boroughs ought to the 33-year-old be elected mayor. UFT, which represents practically 200,000 present and retired academic professionals throughout the town, had not endorsed a candidate within the Democratic major. In asserting the union’s backing of Mamdani, UFT President Michael Mulgrew lauded the candidate’s professed dedication to public training and affordability. “As a union, we have to protect public education, public employees,…

Supporters cheer whereas Shirley Chisholm addresses the Democratic Nationwide Conference. Picture credit score: Jo Freeman, Courtesy of Museum of the Metropolis of New York CUNY college students, college, employees and alumni will go to the Museum of the Metropolis of New York on July 1 for an unique non-public tour of an exhibit whose topic, Shirley Chisholm, was one among our college’s most important and galvanizing graduates. It’s a part of our efforts to develop college students’ entry to town’s world-renowned arts and cultural world.    “Changing the Face of Democracy: Shirley Chisholm at 100” traces the life and legacy of…