Our City Council endorsements for the June 27 primary!
Check out our endorsements for the NYC primaries — NYC Kids PAC endorsements for City Council candidates running in June 27 primary: Carlina Rivera, Erik Bottcher, Carmen de la Rosa, Pierina Sanchez, Althea Stevens, Tiffany Caban, Shekar Krishnan, Julie Won, Lynn Schulman, Lincoln Restler, Jennifer Guttierez, Chi Osse, Sandy Nurse, Alexa Aviles, Shahana Hanif, Rita […]
Letter to parents with advice about upcoming CEC & Citywide Council elections
Dear all — It has come to our attention that DOE has sent out threatening letters to the candidates we endorsed for the Citywide and Community Education Council elections, telling them it is illegal for them to publicize our endorsements. We want to make clear that none of the candidates whom we endorsed ever solicited […]
Kids PAC endorsed candidates for Citywide and Community Education Councils
All public school parents can vote this year for the members of Citywide and District Community Education Councils. These councils are our local school boards which give input on educational policies, evaluate district superintendents, and have approval power over school rezonings. Here is a short video made by Fatima Geidi, a Kids PAC board member, […]
NYC parent alert: why vote for your district Community Council &/or Citywide Council!
Hey NYC parents! This is Fatima from NYC Kids PAC, and we wanted to let you know that this year, for the first time, you and all NYC public school parents get the opportunity to vote online for YOUR district Community Education Councils and Citywide Council members. The elections start Friday April 21 and run […]
NYC Kids PAC endorses Kathy Hochul for Governor; find out why!
A critical election is upon us in New York State. Recent polls show the race for Governor is close. NYC Kids PAC strongly endorses Kathy Hochul for Governor, for four important reasons: 1. In October of 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul agreed to fully fund Foundation Aid, which will send more than $1 billion in additional […]
Four of our education champions won last night!
August 23, 2022 Last night was a great night for public schools. Four out of our five endorsed candidates won their primaries: Jamaal Bowman, Robert Jackson, Cordell Cleare, and Gustavo Rivera. Jackson’s and Rivera’s wins were especially thrilling as they had hundreds of thousands of dollars in dark money spent against them by the charter […]
NYC Kids PAC endorsements for the August 23, 2022 primaries!
Here are the public education champions who we believe deserve your support: Jamaal Bowman for US Congress in CD16: Jamaal, a former Bronx principal, was elected two years ago and has quickly become a progressive leader for change: introducing a Green New Deal for schools, opposing the College Transparency Act, which would have been a […]
Our endorsements for the Assembly — & what parents should say to Gov. Hochul
The Democratic primary for the Assembly and Governor is Tuesday, June 28, 2022, and early voting has begun and runs through June 26. You can find your early voting and your regular polling site here. NYC Kids PAC is endorsing the following candidates for Assembly, based on their surveys and records on public education, and […]
Another great Parent Action Conference!
Our 2022 NYC Kids PAC Parent Action conference, co-hosted by Class Size Matters, held on June 4, 2022 was great! Here are some of the presentations. First , a briefing on the new class size bill and proposed budget cuts to schools and how parents can fight back, presented by Leonie Haimson of Class Size […]
All our 2021 endorsements in one downloadable printable page
All our endorsements on a handy one-pager you can download and take to the polls is below. For info on why we endorsed or ranked these individuals, check out our endorsement page here.
