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UFT Lobby Day 2025

About 1,000 UFT members and parents spent March 10 in Albany, lobbying legislators and hearing from Gov. Kathy Hochul and other state officials on key issues for the union. They spoke with lawmakers about fixing Tier 6, banning cellphones in schools, providing adequate state aid to schools, protecting students and school communities from cuts to federal aid, and maintaining vital UFT programs like United Community Schools and the UFT Teacher Center.

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Energized UFT Lobby Day participants display placards about protecting children and fixing  Tier 6 as they prepare to lobby their legislators in groups at Lobby Day in Albany on March 10, 2025.

Energized UFT Lobby Day participants display placards about protecting children and fixing Tier 6 as they prepare to lobby their legislators in groups.

Jonathan Fickies
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Energized UFT Lobby Day participants display placards about protecting children and fixing  Tier 6 as they prepare to lobby their legislators in groups at Lobby Day in Albany on March 10, 2025.

Energized UFT Lobby Day participants display placards about protecting children and fixing Tier 6 as they prepare to lobby their legislators in groups.

Jonathan Fickies
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Two sisters who are also paraprofessionals smile for a photo on while on the UFT bus as it arrives in Albany for Lobby Day on March 10, 2025.

Sisters and paraprofessionals (from left) Irma Harry, of PS 152 in Brooklyn, and Eva Harry, of PS 9 in Brooklyn, on the UFT bus as it arrives in Albany for Lobby Day.

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District 5 members gather to discuss issues with an aide to state Sen. Cordell Cleare of Manhattan at Lobby Day in Albany on March 10, 2025.

District 5 members gather to discuss issues with an aide to state Sen. Cordell Cleare of Manhattan.

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District 21 members meet with an aide to Brooklyn state Sen. Kevin Parker in the Convention Center in Albany during Lobby Day on March 10, 2025.

District 21 members meet with an aide to Brooklyn state Sen. Kevin Parker in the Convention Center in Albany.

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Members of Districts 27 and 30 arrive at Empire State Plaza for Lobby Day in Albany on March 10, 2025.

Members of Districts 27 and 30 arrive at Empire State Plaza.

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