UFT Financial Report: Executive Board Minutes 4/8/2024

Summary/Analysis

  • Today was primarily about the UFT financial report – the first given in many years. Eventually, we will have a copy to provide, as it will eventually go on the website, so we’ll do most of the analysis when we also have that copy in hand (we had to give ours up before leaving). But a couple of things did stand out:
    • While the overall financial picture seems fine, we do have some serious real estate concerns, both because we’re losing renter occupants in the building we do own (50 Broadway) and are coming up to some financially important deadlines with regards to the building we don’t completely own (52 Broadway). This is a concern.
    • We are moving to revenue sources other than dues, particularly in the form of grants. Tens of millions of dollars now come from grants rather than dues, but grants are complicated and often tied to specific programs, some of which are extremely specific and not entirely tied to teacher-specific interests, even if they are good projects (e.g. Dial a Teacher and BRAVE), leading to interesting questions, which I’ll flesh out in the future (what does it mean to have sources of financing other than dues, particularly with respect to the Taylor Law? What does it mean when revenue is tied to programs that aren’t entirely in line with what a union is dedicated to doing? Etc).
    • We have about 175 million dollars coming from dues alone, and while a good section of that goes to the AFT and NYSUT, how do we feel about where that money goes? Millions go to events, a sum which is only bigger once we account for related expenses like lodging, for instance. Some of those events have been criticized as glorified Unity campaign events and galas for staffers. Would the money be better spent elsewhere? The CL stipend, which actually goes to school-based chapters, is but a fraction of that sum, and even that has been criticized for how it is calculated (more about how many Unity-packed meetings one goes to and how much COPE money one gets members to donate than how much one actually does for the chapter itself). There’s also a huge sum going to UFT legal, and while I’m sure we can imagine that there are real legal expenses a union of this size has, we also know about cease and desist letters going to bloggers – and there’s a question of how much we’ve done to stop grassroots retiree groups from winning lawsuits against the City RE Medicare Advantage.
  • Some questions weren’t answered tonight – I requested a COPE presentation, which wasn’t within the scope of the finance presentation, but was met with a somewhat hostile response. People deserve to know how COPE dollars are spent, and while I’ve requested a report by email, I think it’s important that’s given in report form both at the executive board and at the Delegate Assembly. Ronnie Almonte also asked about dental costs and was met with a strange and long response from Geoff Sorkin that I think missed the point. Dental providers, you didn’t hear, are facing lower reimbursements, and many of our providers who technically take our insurance end up not taking new patients or requiring patients to pay out-of-pocket costs over what our insurance doesn’t pay them for. If you’ve ever had to get a 1-2 thousand dollar Crown despite the schedule of benefits capping that cost at a fraction of that, you know what I mean.
  • Mulgrew gave a longer presentation than usual, almost at a DA level. Not much information there, but I’ve left it here anyways.

Further analysis to come later – unofficial minutes below.  

Open mic:

Speaker from elementary school in D1: dental insurance, myself and people in my school are paying out of pocket a lot in terms of care, can’t find dentist who takes insurance, or we get dropped because get paid so little, what can we do to improve our dental care given we have a surplus of revenue.

LeRoy: Gestures to Geoff Sorkin and says can talk to them.

Minutes approved.

President’s Report

Mulgrew: budget news… Saturday, room was packed for early childhood conference, most popular conference. Get ready to fight – no one touching our early childhood program. This is about our children starting strong who might not have the opportunity otherwise. This mayor, first thing he would attack is early childhood. De Blasio, all our differences, this is one thing he should receive recognition – we helped him set up that program. We want our children to start strong. Pete the Cat hands down the biggest hit of the day. Look at sales, one of biggest pieces of literary art in the US. We’re not just saying restore, we want a baseline in the city budget. No longer if the mayor feels like it. Communities of the city want this program. Parents are asking why are they cutting early childhood programs, making waiting lists? We used to move the seats, they stopped moving the seats. Round of applause for those involved.

Budget going forward – another extender. Hot topic is housing. Tenant protections, LI housing, 421A. Donno if they’ll come to a deal – if everyone is unhappy, probably a better deal, but not sure. Not in the middle of this. Unless you are there to help create housing for members of our union, always been for low income housing, but have our own crisis- our workers can’t be here if they can’t afford to live here.

Foundation formula is going to remain the same – stopped major cut to NYC. Process to look at the formula, have spoken to them about it. Formula must be based off the needs of the student – not up to what a bureaucracy thinks it should pay. Lawsuit said actual needs of a student are what it must be based on. Should be more funding. We now have the data – SPED underfunded.

Rich people are upset about Tier 6. ‘Financial calamity…’ You kidding me? You know they’re nervous when they start writing op eds. City is not being helpful – sent up costs, using prepandemic numbers with more city workers, type of garbage that we’re dealing with. Not expensive, money we haven’t even spent yet. We don’t want municipalities making money on workers. Public sector unions of AFL-CIO are holding strong – paid major dividends for us.

Secretary of education here today. Rosemary Thompson, spoked to, head of guidance…FAFSA thing is a disaster. Bad effect on many of our students. Gov works on antiquated computer systems/platforms. Down 30% of applications nationwide. Tenuous at best if many of our students will go to college – FAFSA is an important piece. Some make a decision based on the response, when FAFSA says you’re eligible. Sent a deck today based on each of our individual high schools – next month, we’re trying to coordinate everyone, next week we want to do a big push on getting our students out there. Want everyone to chip in and help out as best we can. Assume our number is even higher in terms of how down our apps are than nationwide number (30%). SUNY is going to officially move its deadline. High school divisions, need to look at this. Life changing experience – filling out a form.

Sec. of Education wanted to talk about federal student loan forgiveness – looked at language from supreme court and decided to go after it. Proud of work we do at this union. Started looking at student loans…small student loan forgiveness program that charge fees. We have spent 7 million dollars of our dues members, 13000 of our members have received over 300million dollars. Were getting denied with just going with student loan companies. All of our members basically qualify, but all being denied. When started getting aggressive with them. Changed the conversation. Not the student loan program from 3 generations ago – did a lot of good – but no one expected it to become a predatory marketplace. If you’ve ever been involved with this, the majority of people are paying 2x or 3x more than what was on the original loan. New members – first thing we talk to them about all the time. Real money into our members pockets.

Muslim brothers and sisters, please enjoy Eid. See you all in a week.

Ends at 6:28 PM

Mary Vacarro: People who had loan forgiveness who spoke out about their loan forgiveness. One person forgiven over 100k. Great conversations with secretary.

Karen Alford: Wonderful conference here. Author was phenomenal, literacy begins with singing and movement. Mascot here. 400 folks in attendance. By end of the evening, 5,000 signatures for our campaign.

Financial Report

David Hickey: Haven’t done this in a while, glad we’re back. Reports from July 31, 2023, snapshot from that point in time. Format we have to use is fiscal 2022 as a comparative. Monumental document 70+ pages, will be posted shortly on the website. Smaller version goes on the newspaper.

Change of our accounting firm – we’ve got Weaver Tidwell (was a buyout of our firm). Will deal with issue of our accounting firm as we go further. Added pages to document because both firms had to sign off.

Page 17 of report: 52 million in cash in the bank, 38 million receivable. 52 million is short term interest stuff, don’t gamble the union money away. 38 million interesting conversation, byproduct of all the grants we’ve entered into. We will get the money back, but long term process.

13 legal entities technically in UFT. Building corp and UFT proper we report out on. Book value of 50 Broadway building – 2002 for 50+ million, so that gives us some breadth and depth – probably worth 4x now.

Income side, collect 175 million in dues last year, 30+ million in grants has expanded over the last few years. Prior to that, 99% of income was member dues, makes vulnerable, so we diversified. Important – my salary is allocated among 5 grants, not just UFT – heat, electric, etc – that defers that money, it doesn’t all come from members pockets. Costly, because have to get money back from various organizations, but good.

Page 23, some of the expenses we have. Per capita dues we have is biggest expense we have – money transferred to NYSUT and AFT.

Less on payroll this year, because we’re concentrating on doing the right thing by members.

174 million in dues, 41M  in payroll. Trying to roll back that back into programs, etc.

Consulting fees: modernizing UFT from a technology pov, converting over to SalesForce, gives a huge advantage, especially over the DOE. We have data the DOE wishes it had. Destroyed De Blasio with that data (covid). That went up by 7 million dollars because of salesforce and In4.In the middle of finalizing accounting software, should be done in 2 months, another 18 months for salesforce, so costs will go back down when all changes and mods are in place. Huge change in data we have and can use every day.

Supplemental schedules – see over every year. Paid less on salary and benefits last year.

Out of COVID, so going to in house meetings again. Conferences and workshops are up – 4 million and change, but also on year for AFT convention, over 1 million dollars.

Vulnerability – do have an Achilles heel. We own the 50 Building, because of hybrid work schedules and stuff, have lost occupants. Went from 90 to 70% occupancy. Need to find new tenants – figure out how to get this done. Building occupancy costs went up over 2 million this year and will go up even more.

Buildings are fully documented in these documents. Triple lease for 52 broadway, where we are now, expires. 6 years goes down in the blink of an eye. Page 57, where are we financially?

Fiscal assets needed for 90 days – we have that and change. If we don’t contain some of our expenses, that number will be something someone will be discussing 2026.

Employee pension plan is 114% funded

Pay taxes and should pay taxes. Other unions file in other ways so they don’t pay those. Al Shanker did right thing – we pay taxes, do the right thing.

Strong financial foundation – need to be smart with real estate and how we move on with these properties.

If you were to sell 50 today would get over 200 million dollars (only bought for 54). Bought right after 9/11.

Question Period:

Ronnie Almonte: Clarifying question – dental care. Confirm – dental schedule says was effective as of 2016, is that the most current? Do we have data on the providers who have dropped UFT dental? The number who have added?

Geoff Sorkin: Correct schedule. Dentists and doctors want to be paid more, but we spend 95 million dollar in dental, second biggest after prescription. 115 million in prescriptions. Trustees of welfare fund decided to make that a priority. Around tristate area, 750 dentists, has fluctuated around 800. When you talk about providers, people come in and out constantly, not keeping track of that. Can speak with SIDS to get a better feel about that. Kind of hard because people come in and out constantly. Misnomer with what we talked about before – isn’t a surplus, there’s a reserve. We’re required to keep a reserve. Able to maintain benefits for 1.5 years if something happens, something smart we did. Possible someone submits a dental claim over a year from today and they’ll get paid. Never been flagged in 20 years by an auditor. Reputation is beyond reproach, something we take seriously. If we were playing games, should be consequences, but not the case. When I hear about this about the surplus, that we aren’t doing something correctly, no we are doing something very correctly.

LeRoy Barr: can you speak about the prescriptions we have that others don’t.

Geof Sorkin: Top priority. 1.3 million to 1.4 million scripts in a given year. Paying out 115 million a year. Complex in NYC. Some of you know about the PICA program, UFT welfare fund pays for all of the other drugs, don’t deny medication, MS drugs, cystic fibrosis drugs, don’t deny. Other funds may not cover them, cap out how much. When you pay out of pocket for tier 1 or tier 2 drug, stop paying once you pay a certain amount. Happy with our benefit structure. Having worked here a lot, that there’s an implication that we’re doing something wrong – that we have patronage jobs – proud of what we’re doing. Brother and sister unions are flagged often – won’t see that happen to us. Yeah we’re gonna look to what we can do with that money. Never talked about diminishing our benefits – want to see what we can do to improve. 150 employees, contact us, we respond immediately.

Ilona Nanay: read through contracts, asked about UFT teacher centers, contracts with DOE, in March 20 contracts, teacher center receives over 4 million, next year, over 7. Curious what that means, particularly because I appreciate the teacher centers, but know in terms of curriculum centers have been key, and curriculum has been a nightmare, is curriculum going to continue in this direction, PDs not aligned with science of reading.

Mary Vacarro: We get money in from state, DOE pays salary, all teacher center employees teacher center employees, through grant. DOE is paying additional 23 folks – possibly another several folks to do pds, so not traditional grants, teachers hired just do those PDs. Third, coaches will continue to roll out science of reading, not focusing on workshops we’ve done here, ones citywide, not focused on h and h or wit and wisdom, focused on science of reading. Disagree a little because do think that curriculums fit into science of reading – when we take out and bring in IM (math) a lot is going on that, will fit into new regents, but in meantime no one has seen that, kind of saying that’s a problem, going to see, at next PEP meeting, hiring 30 teachers from the field will work for teacher center only doing . hopefully can add

Nick Bacon: Appreciate finance presentation but didn’t see much on COPE there, which I understand – probably beyond the scope of this presentation. But will we see a more item lined version of where our cope money goes? My question is will we see a report about how much of that 2 million or so goes to specific causes, e.g. Tier 6, and how much goes to each politician, e.g. Eric Adams’s campaign?  

LeRoy: email dave hickey for an answer….i heard your question….

Nick: Has here ever been a full itemized COPE presentation at the executive board or DA?

LeRoy: don’t know – that is an accounting question even if I has X here she could not tell me the exact dollar amounts….

Reports:

Tom Murphy: report missed.

Daniel Rodriguez: Bronx high schools event, all the work that’s been done to earn tenure

Rashad Brown: Wednesday before last, Pride had a paint and sip to raise money for Drumm scholarship. Member from d3 who served as instructor, hear there was a great turnout. April 1st, transgender flag raising at Bronx office.

Elizabeth Espert:  Christina McGrath last Wednesday that exec board moved forward with made a great presentation at a workshop.

Teresa Bellow: May 11th from 10-3, teacher leader showcase for this year.

Seung Lee: May is the AAPI month, a number of events/activities  – may 14th scholarship dinner for AAPI students.

Charles D.: Brooklyn training for CLs and delegates, opening up to all boroughs, never too late to get the link.

Amy Arundell: Thursday kickoff for smaller class size campaign, met with schools identified. Next week…only people standing in our way are the mayor and the chancellor. CAT meeting on May 2nd for our day of action around that …want to fill PEP on May 7th for class size.

No legislative report.

Adjourned.

Appendix

Executive Board Minutes

March 18, 2024

Present:      Aklu, Alford, Alexander, Anastasiou, Aromando, Arroyo, Artis, Arundell, Atkinson, Ayrovainen, Bacon, Barr, Bello, Bennett, R. Brown, T. Brown, Calamia, Castro, Coppola, Crinigan, Crispino, DiBenedetto, Eaddy, Espert, Franks, Friedman, Gaglione, Garcia, Harmon, Highland, Hill, Hinds, Jallot, Kazansky, Khalid, S. Lee, V. Lee, Mantell, Mejia, Mulgrew, C. Murphy, Nanay, Nobles, Pender, Penny, Perez, Polite, Poulos, Ramos, Rock, D. Rodriguez, Romero-Lee, Rotkowitz, Sandau, Santos, Sarabia, Shapiro, Sill, Silva, Thompson, Usatch, Vaccaro, Webb-Geddes, Weinerman, Williams, Williams-Crawford, Yon.

Excused:     S. Abrams, Adika, Almonte, Barker, Bart, Bongiovanni, Cambria, Colvin, Conaboy, Diakite, Destin, Geist, Ginese, Goldman, Gordon, Hughes, Josaphat, Kuzar, Lozupone, Miller, T. Murphy, Negron, Peña, Reed, Robbins, L. Rodriguez, Rogers, Rosier-Rayburn, Ruiz, Rzonca, Schirtzer, Sorkin, Surpris, Tindal, Waltzer, Wilks-Duplan.

Secretary Barr called the meeting to order.

The following minutes were approved:  Executive Board minutes of February 26, 2024 and the

AdCom minutes of March 1, 8 and 15, 2024.

President Mulgrew’s report:

Thanks to all who attended Albany Lobby Day.  It could not have come at a better time.  The one house bills have come out.  A lot of the items we wanted are in those bills.  There are now 3 different budget proposals on the table.  We continue our advocacy.  They pushed back on all of the education cuts.   We still have a long way to go.  The city is not helping us with the mayor screaming out numbers that nobody believes anymore.  This administration has lost all credibility when they talk about money.  There’s a widespread believe that there is a scheme to stop the class size law.  Elected officials in Albany must hold the mayor accountable.

There is an effort in Albany to get the budget done on time.  It does not mean it will happen; however, Easter week should be quite busy.

There is a group called Standing Together that is visiting the United States comprised of Palestinians and Jewish members from the state of Israel.  The day they can come to NYC to meet with the UFT is next Monday.  It’s a group the AFT has worked with through Education International who have led the charge to create a 2-state solution peacefully.  As you can imagine, it’s a high security event.  Because of all the conversations we have had at this Executive Board, it is important to invite you all to this event.

At the following Executive Board of April 8 there will be a detailed budget presentation at 5 PM on the 19th Floor, Room G, before the regular meeting takes place at 6 PM in Shanker Hall where a general overview will be given.

We had our very first Ramadan Iftar dinner on Friday, March 15 at the UFT.  Thanks to Abdul-Aqeel Williams and the Muslim Educators Committee.  It was phenomenal.   We invited them and our Jewish Heritage Committee to come to the event this coming Monday.

The Lunar New Year banquet was Friday night.  The School Counselors Conference was held at 52 Broadway on Saturday with over 100 counselors in attendance.  The HerStory celebration took place on Saturday at the Brooklyn UFT.  In addition, a group of us marched in the first inclusive St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday.

The CDC put out the new guidelines for COVID.  It’s basically to be treated like a cold.  The DOE wants to send that information to all the principals.  We want to be clear.  Personnel Memorandum #1 that covers the period between July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 remains in effect.  In other words, UFT members may still use COVID days if they test positive for COVID.

We must remain focused on the state budget.  We are making great strides on Tier 6.  If we need to take some sort of digital action, we will let everyone know.  The governor was impressed with the number of members including parents that came with us to Albany Lobby Day.

Secretary Barr reiterated that at the March 25th Executive Board meeting members of the UFT Muslim Committee, UFT Jewish Heritage Committee and the delegation that AFT invites will be attending.  It will take place in this room.  It will be at 4:30 PM.  Try to get here early if you can for security reasons.  At the following Executive Board on April 8 there will be two meetings.  The first one will take place at 5 PM on the 19th Floor – Room G.  That’s for anyone that wants to hear a detailed presentation of the budget.  It should last about an hour.  The truncated version will be presented at the Executive Board at 6 PM.

The following resolution was presented by Nick Bacon.

Motion:       To approve the following:

Resolution to Meaningfully Support New York City Paraprofessionals’ Fight for a Living Wage and Fair Contract

co-sponsored by Migda Rodriguez, Marie Wausnock and Daniel Alicea

Whereas, UFT paraprofessionals/para-educators play an essential and invaluable role in our school communities by providing accessible, quality educational and support services to all of our schoolchildren; and

Whereas, New York City public schools are experiencing hundreds of para vacancies that may result in thousands of New York City school children not receiving federally mandated IEP services due to shortages of full-time, qualified paras; and

Whereas, our New York City public school paras are struggling to earn a living wage in our city and often have to work multiple jobs to survive; and

Whereas, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and National Education Association (NEA), alongside dozens of other labor and education organizations have endorsed the November 2023 Senate resolution called  The Paraprofessionals and Education Support Staff Bill of Rights, which calls for fairer pay, better benefits, workplace safety, job security, and increased access to training that will give these jobs and the educators who do them the respect they deserve; and

Whereas, the AFT and NEA have also endorsed the January of 2024 Senate and House of Representatives legislation called the Preparing and Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act, that would establish a grant program to help schools recruit, train, and retain paraeducators by funding pipeline and credentialing programs, high-quality professional development, and higher wages; therefore be it

Resolved; that the UFT shall educate its members about the significant implications of The Paraprofessionals and Education Support Staff Bill of Rights and the Preparing and Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act, emphasizing the potential benefits for paraprofessionals; and be it further

Resolved; that the UFT develop a comprehensive bargaining plan, with a clear timeline and objectives, for achieving a living wage for paraprofessionals, including equitable longevity raises, injury paid leave parity, and chapter 683 and ESY pay parity, ensuring they are compensated fairly for their crucial role in education.

Motion:       To amend by deleting the 2nd resolved clause.

                                            Carried

A friendly amendment was made to strike the word meaningful from the title.

Motion:       As amended:

Resolution to Support New York City Paraprofessionals’ Fight for a Living Wage and Fair Contract

co-sponsored by Migda Rodriguez, Marie Wausnock and Daniel Alicea

Whereas, UFT paraprofessionals/para-educators play an essential and invaluable role in our school communities by providing accessible, quality educational and support services to all of our schoolchildren; and

Whereas, New York City public schools are experiencing hundreds of para vacancies that may result in thousands of New York City school children not receiving federally mandated IEP services due to shortages of full-time, qualified paras; and

Whereas, our New York City public school paras are struggling to earn a living wage in our city and often have to work multiple jobs to survive; and

Whereas, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and National Education Association (NEA), alongside dozens of other labor and education organizations have endorsed the November 2023 Senate resolution called  The Paraprofessionals and Education Support Staff Bill of Rights, which calls for fairer pay, better benefits, workplace safety, job security, and increased access to training that will give these jobs and the educators who do them the respect they deserve; and

Whereas, the AFT and NEA have also endorsed the January of 2024 Senate and House of Representatives legislation called the Preparing and Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act, that would establish a grant program to help schools recruit, train, and retain paraeducators by funding pipeline and credentialing programs, high-quality professional development, and higher wages; therefore be it

Resolved; that the UFT shall educate its members about the significant implications of The Paraprofessionals and Education Support Staff Bill of Rights and the Preparing and Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act, emphasizing the potential benefits for paraprofessionals.

                                                                                                                          Carried

Motion:       To adjourn.

                                            Carried

Respectfully submitted,

LeRoy Barr

Secretary

UNITED FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

52 Broadway

New York City 10004

AdCom Minutes

March 22, 2024

Present:       Alford, Barr, Brown, Ginese, Goldman, Gordon, Hinds, Lee, Mantell, Mulgrew, Sill, Vaccaro.

Motion:       To send 3 members to the National Art Education Association National Convention on

April 4-7, 2024 in Minneapolis, MN at a cost of $1,982 per person.

                                            Carried

Motion:       To send 5 members to the Coalition of Labor Union Women National Executive Board and 50th Anniversary Gala on May 8-11, 2024 in Niagara Falls at a cost of $1,461 per person.

                                            Carried

Motion:       To send 4 members to the IEL-National Community Schools and Family Engagement Conference on May 29-31, 2024, in Atlanta, GA at a cost of $2,595 per person.

                                            Carried

Motion:       To adjourn

                                            Carried

Respectfully submitted,

LeRoy Barr

Secretary

UNITED FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

52 Broadway

New York, NY  10004

Executive Board Minutes

March 25, 2024

Present:      Adika, Aklu, Alford, Alexander, Anastasiou, Aromando, Arroyo, Artis, Arundell, Ayrovainen, Bacon, Barker, Barr, Bello, Bongiovanni,  T. Brown, Cambria, Colvin, Coppola, Crinigan, Crispino, Diakite, DiBenedetto, Eaddy, Espert, Franks, Friedman, Gaglione, Garcia, Ginese, Gordon, Harmon, Highland, Hill, Hinds, Hughes, Jallot, Kazansky, Khalid, S. Lee, V. Lee, Mantell, Mejia, Miller, Mulgrew, C. Murphy, T. Murphy, Nanay, Nobles, Penny, Perez, Polite, Poulos, Ramos, Robbins, Rock, L. Rodriguez, Rogers, Rosier-Rayburn, Rotkowitz, Ruiz, Rzonca, Sandau, Santos, Sarabia, Shapiro, Silva, Sorkin, Surpris, Thompson, Usatch, Vaccaro, Waltzer, Webb-Geddes, Weinerman, Williams, Williams-Crawford, Yon.

Excused:     S. Abrams, Almonte, Atkinson, Bart, Bennett, R. Brown, Calamia, Castro, Conaboy, Destin, Geist, Goldman, Josaphat, Kuzar, Lozupone, Negron, Peña, Pender, Reed, D. Rodriguez, Romero-Lee, Schirtzer, Sill, Tindal, Wilks-Duplan.

The meeting convened at 4:30 PM.  A presentation was made by Standing Together comprised of Palestinians and Jewish members from the state of Israel which is a group the AFT has worked with through Education International.  In attendance were also members of the UFT Muslim Committee, the UFT Jewish Heritage Committee and an AFT delegation.

Respectfully submitted,

LeRoy Barr

Secretary

UNITED FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

52 Broadway

New York City 10004

AdCom Minutes

April 5, 2024

Present:       Alford, Barr, Brown, Ginese, Goldman, Gordon, Hinds, Lee, Mantell, Mulgrew, Sill, Vaccaro.

Motion: To authorize up to 50 retirees to participate in the 2024 AFT Convention and retiree activities associated with the Convention

                                            Carried

Motion:       To send 1 member to the Early Educators Leadership Conference on October 16-19, 2024 in Washington, DC, at a cost of $3,030.

                                            Carried

Motion:       To adjourn

                                            Carried

Nick Bacon is a co-chairperson at New Action Caucus. He is also an elected member of the UFT executive board

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