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A War Inside the MLC — Who Sets the Direction Now?

DC 37's Garrido vs. UFT's Mulgrew: Healthcare, welfare fund data, para check, parent coordinators, and the fight for control of the MLC

Feb 16 • Educators of NYC

They Said the Quiet Part Out Loud: Inside the latest MLC meeting that put city workers, retirees and their families' health data 'For Sale'

MLC leaders met on Friday the 13th. And it was as scary as billed.

Feb 15 • Educators of NYC

Why “Fix Tier 6” Stops at 25/30 — and Not 25/55

Because 25/55 was already given away in 2009. All roads lead back to Randi Weingarten.

Feb 14 • Educators of NYC

What the MLC Is Really Doing Today, Friday the 13th — And Why Members Are Being Cut Out

Today, the MLC's bosses and lawyers will justify selling our data for $100m to United Healthcare and its subsidiary, UMR. Union leaders must decide to…

Feb 13 • Educators of NYC

We Warned You: The MLC’s Quiet Push to Hand Over Our Prescription Data to United Healthcare

The City and MLC's push to save an extra $100m in "healthcare cost savings" includes sharing your welfare fund prescription data and history with Big…

Feb 11 • Educators of NYC

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Jan 21 • Educators of NYC

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Explosive Audit Urges Dissolving Insolvent City Employee Health Fund

The review by Comptroller Brad Lander finds the joint city and municipal union fund owes billions to the city following contract deals that aimed to…

Dec 30, 2025

The Healthcare Fund They Quietly Decided to Kill

Leaked audio featuring MLC lawyer, Alan Klinger, leaves many asking: Did ‘Three Men in A Room’ collude to kill the NYC Healthcare Stabilization Fund?

Dec 29, 2025 • Educators of NYC

The Audit the MLC Doesn’t Want You to See

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Dec 27, 2025 • Educators of NYC

Comptroller Auditing Troubled Health Benefits Fund for City Workers

In audio obtained by THE CITY, District Council 37 executive director Henry Garrido railed against the Comptroller’s probe as “outrageous…

Dec 27, 2025

“The Fund Is About to Dry Up”: Why NYS and Feds Must Audit the UFT Welfare Fund

Millions taken from the Stabilization Fund for wages & given to the city unions’ welfare funds.The UFT now sits on a billion dollar nest egg while…

Dec 17, 2025 • Educators of NYC

When the Network Vanishes: NYCEPPO Members Were Promised More Doctors — Instead, They’re Losing Thousands

How UnitedHealthcare’s network is silently shrinking, entire hospital systems are cutting ties, and its Optum clinics are closing — and why NYC workers…

Nov 14, 2025 • Educators of NYC

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