Stepping Down

Thomas Y. Hobart Jr., the president of the New York State United Teachers since its creation in 1973, will not seek re-election next spring. Under his leadership, membership in NYSUT, the state affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, has grown from 100,000 to roughly half a million. The union represents 95 percent of the state’s classroom teachers as well...

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