CHILDCARE: Children and families rallied with child care workers outside the Administration for Children's Services to demand the budget for child care be fully restored on Thursday, June 23, 2011. (Photo by G.L. Tyler)
The two big city public workers unions, DC 37 and DC 1707, are firmly in Barron’s camp, as he has been with them on issues centered on funding for public workers’ jobs, notably a recent fight over city plans to shift money away from unionized day care jobs.
“He’s always been there when we asked him to be there,” said DC 1707 political action director G.L. Tyler, who said his statements on issues outside New York City government are “not our concern.”
“People have accused him of being outrageous in the past, but the reality is he’s a solid councilman, if you go to his district he’s well liked, and he’s done thing switch the little money he’s gotten from the City Council to help build housing and businesses from the area,” Tyler said. “The remarks that councilman Barron has made in relation to children and child care in New York City have never been outrageous, but on point.”
Excerpt from article by Catherine Yang in Epoch Times.
