On Nov. 24, 2019, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for president.

In response, UFT President Michael Mulgrew issued the following statement:

By the time Bloomberg left office, the public understood that his educational policies — closing schools and diverting public funds to the charter sector — had not just failed, but like stop-and-frisk were damaging and counterproductive.

Our national affiliate, the American Federation of Teachers, will make a presidential endorsement, and Bloomberg is entitled to take part in the AFT process. But the union's endorsement will not be based on who has the biggest checkbook.