As state legislators entered the crowded room, they
quickly became the centers of huddles of UFT members and parents eager
to speak with their
representatives and urge them
to protect New York City's public schools from DeVos» efforts
to defund and privatize public schools.
DiCaprio attended and
spoke at the Cop21 conference in Paris earlier this month, where he met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and urged local
representatives from around the world
to act
quickly to strike a climate change agreement because the world is «fundamentally running out of time.»