Our endorsements for the 2024 general election!
We are endorsing Kamala Harris & Tim Walz for President and VP, and in the New York State Legislature, State Senators Iwen Chu and Andrew Gounardes in Brooklyn, and Assemblymember Ron Kim in Queens. We support them because they will support our kids and their right to healthy, safe, and quality public schools. This could […]
Primary day is today! Watch out for stealth campaigns!
The NYC primary is today! You can find your voting place here. We’d like to warn you that many of the negative ads you may be seeing online, on TV or in mailings are actually products of “stealth” campaigns; i.e. they do not mention what the real motive is behind their critiques. For example, $24 […]
Early voting starts today! and a special message about our endorsements
Dear public education supporter: Today through Sunday June 22, 2024 is early voting; Election day is Tuesday June 25, 2024. Check your polling place and hours here. And please vote for the defenders of public education who we’ve endorsed. Former NYC principal Jamaal Bowman deserves your support, based on his education record representing CD 16. […]
Surveys of our endorsed candidates for Assembly 2024
Claire Valdez survey – candidate for AD 37 in Queens Emily Gallagher survey – candidate for AD 50 in Brooklyn Eli Northrup survey – candidate for AD 69 in Manhattan Maria Ordoñez survey – candidate for AD 70 in Manhattan Jonathan Soto survey – candidate for AD 82 in Bronx
Our endorsements for the June 25 Democratic primary!
NYC Kids PAC is proud to endorse Rep. Jamaal Bowman to be re-elected to Congress in CD 16, who has led the fight for a Green New Deal for schools, smaller classes and less testing and more teaching. Please vote for him in the Democratic primary on June 25. We are also endorsing five progressive […]
You’re invited to our Parent Action Conference May 11: Mayoral control, where do we go from here?
On Saturday May 11 at 10:30 AM, NYC Kids PAC will be holding our annual Parent Action Conference, via Zoom, co-sponsored by Class Size Matteres. Our keynote speakers, Sen. John Liu and CUNY Law professor Natalie Gomez-Velez, the co-author of the NYSED study of Mayoral control, will discuss why this fundamentally flawed system was renewed […]
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 […]
