A Progressive's Report Card on Governor Cuomo
Do you grade him high to acknowledge his final effort? Or do you give him lower marks for the semester?
That's the scenario New York progressives face with our Governor Andrew Cuomo. He closed out this session with a gem: the passage of marriage equality, a feat that will resonate across the country and through history. Yet, while he deserves every bit of praise showered upon him at New York's Pride Parade on Sunday, this closing act on the legislative session only raises his grade to a solid B.
To become valedictorian, he's going to need to work to live up to his potential — and all of us, New York's progressives, need to step up as well.
For much of his first six months, Cuomo's statewide popularity has not been reflected among liberal New Yorkers. He was, at one point, more popular with the state's Tea Party voters than with the state as a whole, and he received praise from New Jersey's Chris Christie as a kindred spirit.
While Cuomo's team reveled in this cross-partisan respect, it made those on the left cringe. His successes were based on buying into right-wing frames: that we had a budget crisis rather than a revenue crisis; that we needed to embrace a culture of cutting; that working families, not our richest citizens, needed to carry more of the burden of "shared sacrifice."
In that spirit, the governor stood in the way of an extension of the millionaire's tax, an already-existing surcharge on the state's super-wealthy. One could say that he was simply being realistic: without Republican votes in the State Senate, the millionaire's tax was going nowhere. In reality, the governor and his allies in the Committee to Save New York just wanted to give a gift to New York's richest.
Similarly, the final deal on rent regulations didn't deliver the success that working class New Yorkers expected from their Democratic governor. Regulations were extended, as has happened under Republican administrations as well, without the expansion sought by advocates.
It seemed the governor was working harder on behalf of a tax cap for upstate property owners than on behalf of city residents who needed his help.
Again, one could claim that the Senate Republicans tied his hands.
But in the case of marriage equality, we see that there is another way.
Marriage equality failed two years ago thanks to Senate Democrats.
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Like a troubled student who has gone from repeated failure to a semester of commendable grades, New York State and its top elected officials should be praised for the change in direction and the progress that has been achieved.
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Tomorrow (Tuesday, June 28th), our elementary students will have their annual beach day. Here is tomorrow’s schedule for this event:
8:45 AM – All students will come to the gym for an assembly. The purpose of the assembly will be to introduce the students to the lifeguards (there will be 5 of them), and also review expectations for the day. 9:00 AM – Students and staff board the buses and travel to Witty’s Lagoon . 9:30 AM – Arrival at Witty’s Lagoon. 11:30 AM – All Kindergarten students return to John Stubbs 2:00 PM – Remaining students and staff board buses and return to John Stubbs. 2:30 PM – Arrival back at school. 2:40 PM – Dismissal.On Wednesday, June 29th, Elementary and Middle School students will receive their report cards. Elementary students will receive their reports from their classroom teachers, whereas Middle School students will receive them in a special home room class first thing in the morning. Here are the report card procedures for Middle School students:
8:40 AM – Middle School students report to their home room class. Students who have outstanding textbooks or library books will receive an invoice for their missing books. They will then be given an opportunity to retrieve these books and return them to either the library or their home room teachers. Students who need to call home about missing text or library books will be allowed to do so from their classroom phones. Any outstanding books that are brought to school will be given to the classroom teacher, who will update the invoice to reflect any changes. Once all possible effort has been made to retrieve any outstanding books, students who still need their report cards will collect them from a special table set up for that purpose in the Middle School foyer.The other important event that is happening on the last day of school is the Elementary Farewell Assembly. This event starts at 9:00 AM and takes place in the Elementary gym. Among other planned presentations, our Grade 6 students will be recognized as they finish their Elementary education, and transition into Middle School.
im just saying ive never heard any1 call a student id a grade card... i have heard report cards being referred 2 as grade card
Report cards came today, I can't believe I made it through second semester as a straight A student
Do we pick up our report cards on the 29th? & I lost my student ID, can I get them to print a copy for me?
Got our report cards today...straight A student right here, baby! :D
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