Governor Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg's bromance has gotten off to a rocky start. Cuomo wowed Albany by passing a money-saving budget on time, Bloomberg deemed the resulting cuts to New York City "an outrage." The two have vehemently disagreed in the past on the Last In First Out policy for the state's teachers, which the mayor said kicks "some of our best teachers to the curb," while the governor compared Bloomberg's favored bill to the one limiting collective bargaining efforts in Wisconsin. Now, sources tell the Post that the mayor is cutting Cuomo out of the planning efforts for the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in part because the governor removed Christopher Ward—"a Bloomberg guy"—from the head post at the Port Authority. more ›

Mayor Bloomberg and the Department of Education have been talking constantly about the department's budget of late, insisting that they must end the "Last In, First Out" rule (perhaps you've noticed the ads occasionally running on Gothamist?) and putting out scary budget projection after scary budget projection in which they say that unless they get more aid they will have to do things like fire six percent of the city's teachers. So isn't it a little odd that the department is planning to spend more than half-a-billion dollars on technology improvements next year while simultaneously cutting $1.3 billion from its construction budget for the next three years? more ›

Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have been wrangling for months over how best to reform LIFO, the "last-in first-out" teacher firing policy. One such idea that has been proposed is for principals to be given more power with their recommendations as to who should be fired or not. But there's one downside to this: what if your principal is a crazy lunatic out to get you? more ›

Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have been playing nice with each other recently, despite some tension over the latest dire budget cuts. But the battle over the teacher firing policy "last-in, first-out" (LIFO) is tearing them apart, Lisa! more ›

After months of criticism from the likes of Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, president of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten announced a plan to overhaul the "last-in, first-out" (LIFO) teacher firing system. Weingarten proposed that tenured teachers who are rated unsatisfactory by their principals will be given a maximum of one school year to improve, and if not, can be fired within 100 days. But there may be even harsher legislation coming that could spell doom for thousands more teachers much sooner. more ›