Press Releases

For immediate release: Parents, Teachers, Students and Advocates Rally at City Hall for a Moratorium on AI in NYC Schools

April 16, 2026 Media Contacts: Liat@climatefamiliesnyc.org, 917-930-2788 Kelly Clancy, parentsforAIcaution@gmail.com, 512.589.6302   We gathered, spoke and delivered a petition to Mayor’s office, urging him to to lead and protect students  New York, New York: Elected officials, advocates, parents, students, and educators rallied at City Hall for a moratorium on the use of generative AI in […]

April 16, 2026 in Press Releases, Uncategorized by

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Newly released Capital Plan shows that Mayor Mamdani and NYC DOE have no strategy to create enough space necessary to comply with the class size law

For Immediate Release: March 2, 2026 More information:  Leonie Haimson, leonie@classsizematters.org; 917-435-9329 On Friday, the NYC School Construction Authority released their February update to the five-year capital plan.  It contains not a single penny of additional funding to relieve school overcrowding and continues to fund only 33,417 new school seats – though the SCA testified […]

March 2, 2026 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by

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How NYC could comply with the Class Size Law more effectively, affordably and equitably

Comments on the IBO report on costs of compliance For immediate release: December 16, 2025 For more information: Leonie Haimson, leonie@classsizematters.org; 917-435-9329 The IBO’s latest report includes cost estimates for staffing to meet the class size caps in the law, based upon figures two years old. However, the report also points out that accounting for […]

December 16, 2025 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Parent leaders, elected officials, advocates & members of Chancellor’s Data Privacy Working Group urge vote on student privacy to be postponed

The letter is embedded below the press release. For immediate release: May 27, 2025 For more information: Leonie Haimson, info@studentprivacymatters.org; 917-435-9329 Rosa Diaz, Rdiaz.cec4@gmail.com; 347-885-1687 Shannon Edwards, shannon@aiforfamilies.com; 347-719-2161 Kaye Dyja, kdyja@nyclu.org; 212-203-3532 On Wednesday May 28, 2025, the Panel for Educational Policy is scheduled to vote on the revisions to Chancellor’s regulation A-820, which […]

May 27, 2025 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Class Size Matters & Education Law Center urge State Commissioner to require NYC to comply with the state’s class size law

For immediate release: December 23, 2024 Contact:  Leonie Haimson: 917-435-9329; leonie@classsizematters.org Wendy Lecker: (203) 536-7567, wlecker@edlawcenter.org On December 18, Class Size Matters and the Education Law Center sent a letter to Commissioner Betty Rosa, pointing out the failures of the NYC Department of Education (DOE) to comply with the class size law. The two organizations […]

December 23, 2024 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Class Size Matters urges Commissioner Rosa to require NYC DOE to revise and fundamentally improve their class size “plan”

Articles about the letter were published in Politico and the Daily News. For immediate release: July 22, 2024 Contact:  Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leonie@classsizematters.org Class Size Matters urges Commissioner Rosa to require NYC DOE to revise and fundamentally improve their second year class size “plan”   On July 22, 2024, Class Size Matters sent a detailed […]

July 22, 2024 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Parents, educators,  advocates & community leaders urge Mayor and Chancellor to improve their class size reduction “plan”

Articles in Chalkbeat and Brooklyn Reader. For immediate release: June 25, 2024 Contact:  Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leonie@classsizematters.org   Parents, educators,  advocates and community leaders urge Mayor Adams and Chancellor Banks to improve their class size reduction “plan”   On June 24, 2024,  about 570 NYC parents, educators, advocates and community leaders sent critical comments to […]

June 25, 2024 in Press Releases by

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Parents and Class Size Matters file Commissioner’s Appeal vs DOE failure to ensure parent consent before placing their children in online classes

Legal documents, including the petition to the State Commissioner, the affidavits, DOE guidance, and the state regulations are posted here.  On On June 16, a corrected version of the Appeal was filed, as well as an additional affidavit from Amy Ming Tsai, Bronx parent, so that parents from all five boroughs are represented. Articles about […]

June 14, 2024 in Press Releases, Updates by

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 DOE latest class size “plan” no plan at all

For immediate release: May 8, 2024 Contact:  Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leonie@classsizematters.org   Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters, said, “It is evident from the new document posted by the DOE today that they have no intention of ever complying with the state  class size law.  They have had nearly two years to plan […]

May 8, 2024 in Press Releases, Updates by

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Class Size Working Group members urge NYC to implement their recommendations without delay

For immediate release: December 11, 2023 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leonie@classsizematters.org   Class Size Working Group members urge the Chancellor of NYC schools to implement their recommendations without delay Here are quotations from the Class Size Working Group co-chair and some of the parent leaders, advocates, and working teachers and other school staff who were […]

December 11, 2023 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by

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