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Schools Chancellor Carranza at a video press conference on the city’s response to COVID on March 19, 2020. Photo: William Farrington-Pool/Getty Images New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced Friday that he will be resigning from his role effective March 15. Meisha Porter, the current executive superintendent for the Bronx, will succeed Carranza, becoming the first Black woman to run the country’s largest public-school system. Speaking at a press conference Friday morning, Carranza cited the pandemic as he announced his decision to step down. “I know the pandemic has not been easy for you or for any New Yorker,” he said. “And make no mistake, I am a New Yorker — well not by birth, but by choice — a New Yorker who has lost 11 family and close childhood friends to this pandemic. And a New Yorker who, quite frankly, needs to take time to grieve.” Carranza was appointed to the position in 2018 by Mayor de Blasio after working as superintendent of the … [Read more...] about New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza Resigns

The Pentagon and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) opened COVID-19 vaccination sites in Texas and New York on Wednesday, with more slated for Florida and Pennsylvania in the coming days. Three vaccination centers were opened in Texas this week, with two similar sites in New York. A senior military official told reporters that four sites are to be set up in Florida, and one in Philadelphia, according to multiple outlets . ADVERTISEMENT The new sites, which come on the heels of the first one in Los Angeles that has been up and running since last week, bring a total of 700 troops to U.S. cities to help vaccinate civilians at FEMA-run clinics. “We’re in the business of protecting Americans, and saving lives, and they feel really good about what they’ve been doing,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Lloyd Austin To unite America, Biden administration must brace for hate Pentagon, FEMA open mass vaccination sites in Texas and New York Senate confirms … [Read more...] about Pentagon, FEMA open mass vaccination sites in Texas and New York

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has significantly widened his lead over left-wing challenger Cynthia Nixon in the New York Democratic gubernatorial primary, according to a new Quinnipiac poll . The poll has Cuomo leading by 59 percent to 23 percent for Nixon. In a Qunnipiac poll from May, Cuomo led Nixon 50-28 percent. Cuomo comes out ahead of Nixon in all gender, education, age, racial and regional groups, according to the new poll. "New Yorkers say 59-30 percent they want a gubernatorial candidate with experience in politics over someone new to it," Quinnipac University polling analyst Mary Snow said. "Democrats, non-white voters and women, in particular, lead the charge in that preference." ADVERTISEMENT The poll also found that Cuomo would beat Republican opponent Marc Molinaro, topping him by 57-31 percent. "A significant percentage of voters say they haven't heard enough about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's two main rivals, Duchess County Executive Marc Molinaro and … [Read more...] about Poll: Cuomo expands lead over Nixon in New York Dem primary

Voters in New York reported a number of problems at polling locations during the state's primary on Thursday. Some voters found themselves no longer on voter rolls, while others said they weren't able to vote after their party affiliation had been switched without their knowledge. New York was holding primaries for governor and attorney general on Thursday, with polls set to close at 9:00 p.m. ADVERTISEMENT Among those affected was Huffington Post editor-in-chief Lydia Polgreen who said in a tweet that her name had not been on voter rolls. Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's son, Dante de Blasio, was also among those who found themselves not on the rolls, the mayor said. Happened to me too. https://t.co/fUWOJ31FJo — Lydia Polgreen (@lpolgreen) September 13, 2018 Mayor: “I heard from Dante...he had a voter card from the BOE...officials at his poll site couldn’t find his name.” He had to fill out an affidavit ballot. pic.twitter.com/xpBLzeR94h — … [Read more...] about Voters in New York report problems at polling locations

Republican “populists” are on the wrong side of this fight. Photo: J Scott Applewhite/AP/Shutterstock For many left-wing pundits, America’s partisan divide in 2021 is defined by its lack of a strong material basis . After all, a voter’s income level tells you less about her political allegiances today than it has for most of our nation’s modern history . In 2020, some of the wealthiest Zip Codes in the United States backed the party of organized labor by a landslide margin, while some of the poorest broke overwhelmingly for the party of libertarian billionaires. The ties that bind blue America’s tech entrepreneurs to its nonwhite gig workers — or red America’s oil barons to its white rural poor — are those of culture , not economics. Democrats stand for a multiethnic conception of American identity, secularism, cosmopolitanism, racial justice, and gender equality; Republicans, for a normatively white and Christian America, the patriarchal family, and zero-sum nationalism. … [Read more...] about The $15 Minimum-Wage Debate Clarifies the Partisan Economic Divide