NYSUT - A Union of Professionals

As part of the 2026 legislative session, NYSUT members from across the state fought hard and won big to secure crucial measures to make our students, schools and communities safer. From protections for children online to ensuring ghost guns are off the street, here are just a few of our victories this year.

Find more: nysut.org/news/2026/june/2026-legislative-wins

New York State United Teachers and the UFT - United Federation of Teachers have filed a legal challenge to stop a scheme by Success Academy Charter Schools and the State University of New York’s Charter School Committee that attempts to circumvent the state’s charter cap.

Learn more: nysut.org/news/2026/june/media-release-suny-charter-cap-lawsuit

On Jan. 1, 2027, the Trump administration's school voucher tax credit program goes live. It's the first national school voucher program in U.S. history, and the largest effort ever to reroute public tax dollars to private schools — all dressed up as charitable giving. Governors decide whether their states participate, and Gov. Hochul has signaled she intends to opt New York in.

This program is another transfer of wealth from working people to the wealthy. It's a tax shelter, paid for by the rest of us. We will not stand for it. TAKE ACTION NOW: nysut.cc/voucherpetition

Today in Albany, NYSUT marched with our Capital Region members in the Capital Pride parade.

Pride events provide an informal and open forum for LGBTQ educators to socialize and discuss issues both related and unrelated to being LGBTQ in educational communities.

Find us at a event near you: nysut.cc/prideevents26

HAPPENING NOW:

NYSUT members marching in the Capital Pride parade! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

This legislative session brought meaningful wins and over the coming days we'll be highlighting a lot of them.

Thanks to our members advocacy, we secured numerous victories, including many that will benefit our K-12 members, students and their families. Here are just a few of those tremendous wins.

To see more 2026 State Legislative Session Victories, please visit: nysut.cc/legwrap26

HAPPENING NOW: NYSUT, AFT and elected officials, including Pat Ryan, are in Peekskill for a rally and labor walk in support of NY-17 candidate, Cait Conley.

Conley, a Hudson Valley native, is committed to investing in education and fighting for working people.

NYSUT President Melinda Person has released a statement following the announcement that NYSUT and Illinois Federation of Teachers are leading an educator coalition urging Democratic governors to reject Trump's federal voucher scheme.

Read the statement in full: nysut.org/news/2026/june/reject-federal-voucher-scheme