NYC Teachers Protest At De Blasio’s, Chancellor’s Homes: Report

NEW YORK CITY — At least 100 New York City teachers still have concerns over schools reopening later this month, despite a delay and deal struck between educator unions and the city.

The teachers protested Friday morning outside the Brooklyn homes of Mayor Bill de Blasio and schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, the New York Post first reported.

They banged on instruments and carried cardboard coffins to make clear they believe it’s still unsafe to return to in-person classes amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Post reported.

The protest followed a deal announced Tuesday that delayed the start of in-person classes 10 days until Sept. 21.

De Blasio and union leaders praised the deal as a way to give educators more time to safely without sacrificing time. It also appeared to avert the growing threat of a teacher strike by the United Federation of Teachers Union.

The deal called for random COVID-19 tests of at least 10 percent of students and teachers every month. That simply isn’t enough, an organizer for the New York City School Workers Solidarity Campaign at the protests told the Post.

The group, which is aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America, released a statement claiming the deal “does not in any way meet the standards for a safe reopening, including preliminary and regular testing of all school workers and students.”