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Bloomberg Moves to Block Teachers’ Raises (JENNIFER MEDINA, 6/02/10, NY Times)

After warning of widespread teacher layoffs for months, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced Wednesday morning that the city would eliminate planned raises for all of its public-school teachers and principals for the next two years, which he said would “save the jobs of some 4,400 teachers.”