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  • [ August 10, 2022 ] Should I Resign From The NYC Department of Education If I Want To Work There Again? ADVOCATZ
  • [ July 27, 2022 ] Ohio Judge Blocks Air Force Globally From Discharging Vaccine Refusers Requesting Religious Exemption ADVOCATZ
  • [ July 18, 2022 ] NYC Mayor Adams Cuts Public Schools’ Budget, Calls Protestors “Clowns” ADVOCATZ
  • [ July 14, 2022 ] Diane Pagen: The NYC COVID Vaccine Mandate Creates More Harm Than It’s Worth ADVOCATZ
  • [ July 11, 2022 ] NY State Supreme Court Justice Declares COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Rule 2.13 Unconstitutional ADVOCATZ

  • Should I Resign From The NYC Department of Education If I Want To Work There Again?

    August 10, 2022 0
    In my experience, once an employee for the NYC Department of Education resigns, this person will not get his/her job back. Why? Because every application to return requires the approval of the Chancellor, and no [...]
  • Ohio Judge Blocks Air Force Globally From Discharging Vaccine Refusers Requesting Religious Exemption
    July 27, 2022 0
  • NYC Mayor Adams Cuts Public Schools’ Budget, Calls Protestors “Clowns”
    July 18, 2022 0
  • Diane Pagen: The NYC COVID Vaccine Mandate Creates More Harm Than It’s Worth
    July 14, 2022 0
  • NY State Supreme Court Justice Declares COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Rule 2.13 Unconstitutional
    July 11, 2022 0
  • Court Says “No” To NYC DOE Injunction That Keeps Teachers With Alleged “Fake” Vax Cards Off Salary
    July 8, 2022 0
  • New York Supreme Court Dismisses NYC Law Allowing Noncitizens The Right To Vote in Local Elections
    June 27, 2022 0
  • U.S. Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Religious Freedom in Kennedy v Bremerton School District
    June 27, 2022 0
  • Vax Cops at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Are Given a Pass From Getting The Vaccine While Workers Must Be Vaxxed
    June 27, 2022 0
  • Two Federal Judges Holding Stocks in Pfizer Recuse Themselves From Two Vaccine Mandate Lawsuits
    June 15, 2022 0
  • Teachers Accused of Faking Their COVID Vaccination Deserve Due Process
    June 12, 2022 0
  • EEOC Sues Atlanta Restaurant For Firing Employee Because of Her Religious Beliefs
    June 6, 2022 0
  • Judge Rules St. Paul’s COVID Vaccine Mandate Cannot Be Enforced Due To Unfair Labor Practice
    June 5, 2022 0
  • Mayor Adams Unfairly Grants Exemptions To His COVID Vaccine Mandate But Not To NYC DOE Employees
    May 21, 2022 0
  • Georgia v Biden: Legality of Executive Mandates Requiring Vaccination Up For Review By the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
    April 16, 2022 0
  • Wells Fargo & Company Sued For Racial Discrimination in Home-Lending Practices
    April 15, 2022 0
  • Unvaxxed Judges Face Misconduct Claims
    April 10, 2022 0
  • “Who Are You Kidding” Award Goes To NYC Mayor Eric Adams For Pushing Masks On Toddlers For Their ‘Health and Safety’
    April 4, 2022 0
  • Sister Dierdre Byrne, a Roman Catholic Nun, Physician-Surgeon and Retired U.S. Army Colonel, is Denied a Religious Exemption to COVID Vaccine Mandate
    March 12, 2022 0
  • Martin Scheinman and the COVID Vaccine Mandate
    March 10, 2022 0
  • Teacher Tenure Trials “3020-a” and Ending Mandatory Arbitration
    February 24, 2022 0
  • NY State Department of Health Says COVID Vaccine Mandate Requiring Booster Will Not Be Enforced For Health Care Workers
    February 20, 2022 0
  • Supreme Court Judge Neil Gorsuch Overturns Decision By Sonia Sotomayor and Agrees To Hear Vaccine Mandate Protests From NYC Teachers
    February 17, 2022 0
  • Judge Rules That Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy Wrongfully Fired Former Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth Bakalar For Her Political Statements
    January 24, 2022 0
  • Lawsuit Filed Against Racial Preferences in Distributing COVID-19 Treatments
    January 23, 2022 0
  • Indiana’s ‘revenge porn’ Statute Constitutional, Says Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court
    January 18, 2022 0
  • A For Accountability: Anti-Cancel Culture Heroes and The Price of Dissent
    January 6, 2022 0
  • NYC Retirees’ War Against Being Forced Into a Subpar and Restrictive Medical Advantage Plan
    December 19, 2021 0
  • The NYC Department of Education Is Not Implementing Orders of Impartial Hearing Officers
    December 12, 2021 0
  • SUNY Chancellor James Malatras Resigns After Attacking Boss Cuomo Accuser Lindsay Boylan
    December 11, 2021 0
  • The Gulino v Board of Education Litigation Will Cost NYC $Billions in Payouts To Plaintiffs
    December 4, 2021 0
  • Andrea Tantaros, a Former Fox News Network Host, Sues Fox in Federal Court and May Proceed Pro Se
    November 28, 2021 0
  • Special Education Students Are Not Being Identified For Services in New York City
    November 28, 2021 0
  • The NYC Department of Education Could Be Using iPads To Spy on Students at Home
    November 24, 2021 0
  • NYC Employees File Lawsuit Opposing New Private Medicare Advantage Plus Plan
    November 17, 2021 0
  • Michael Kane, et al. File Federal Case in Opposition to New York State Vaccine Mandate
    November 15, 2021 0
  • The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals (New Orleans, Louisiana), Blocks Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
    November 13, 2021 0
  • Matthew Keil et al., v The City of New York, et al.
    November 10, 2021 0
  • Cook (A.C.) v. McKee: The Case to Establish a Right to Education Under the U.S. Constitution
    November 5, 2021 0
  • The Unlawful Randomness of Labor Arbitration 3020-a in New York City
    October 17, 2021 0

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ADVOCATZ Op-Ed

Teacher Tenure Trials “3020-a” and Ending Mandatory Arbitration

February 24, 2022 0

In New York City, any tenured educator and member of the UFT who works for the NYC Department of Education and is accused of misconduct or incompetency (2 or more Ineffective APPR ratings) must choose either […]

ADVOCATZ

A For Accountability: Anti-Cancel Culture Heroes and The Price of Dissent

January 6, 2022 0

We are going with the Merriam-Webster definition of “accountability” as: ” the quality or state of being accountable, especially : an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions” Accountability, like every other word in the […]

Team Advocatz: OP-ED

The New York City 3020-a Arbitration “Teacher Trial” Is Based on Fraud

September 5, 2021 1

From the desk of Betsy Combier: The procedures mandated by Education Law§ 3020-a law have been ignored, erased, and denied to all tenured educators charged with misconduct or incompetency in New York City. This 20+ […]

CHANGING THE FORMULA FOR CLIENT REPRESENTATION IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND LITIGATION

Experts in New York State and New York City 3020-a Arbitration. We have won more than 40 incompetency and misconduct cases.

Advocatz is a client-centered consulting business for people who need a partner as they go through the Courts, grievances, or life problems. We are experts in labor and employment arbitration, particularly the arbitration or due process hearing for tenured teachers known as 3020-a.

We are paralegals, non-attorney advocates, and Expert witnesses who support all of our clients as they pursue a just and fair resolution through litigation, negotiation, arbitration, and mediation.

Team Advocatz always puts the needs of the client first.
We have a unique strategy wherein we fill the communication gap between representative/lawyer and client by working on a set-fee basis, not an hourly rate, and by giving unlimited time to each client for research and discussion. Our goal is to assure each client that he or she has someone in their corner at all times and that the arguments presented are accurate and comprehensive.
We keep all parties on the same page.
We specialize in 3020-a Arbitration throughout New York State as well as in New York City, and we also assist Attorneys hired to do  Article 75 and 78 appeals, Part 83 Appeals, First Department Appeals, and civil actions in State and Federal Court.
Additionally, for more than 15 years we have represented parents/guardians at Impartial Hearings, where we obtain public funding for non-public and private schools. We also attend IEP meetings, evaluations and conferences as part of our set fee.

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NYC Rubber Room Reporter
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 New York Court Corruption
 National Public Voice
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 Inside 3020-a Teacher Trials

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TV Appearances

Betsy Combier on FOX and Friends

Betsy Combier, Attorney Bryan Glass, and Attorney Michael Mazzariello on Lawline

NYC Rubber Room Reporter

 
The Hidden Rubber Rooms of New York City Create a Fiscal Nightmare

Why The NYC DOE and UFT/NYSUT Cannot Say They Protect Tenure Rights

Down The Rabbit Hole: The NYC Department of Education’s “Problem Code”

Principal Lisa Mars is Removed From “FAME” School Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts

NYC DOE Chancellor Carranza Rules With Hate

UFT VIP Paul Egan is Ousted From His Job

Howard Nash, ATR Teacher, Sues The NYC DOE Pro Se and Wins An Interim Order

The NYC DOE Strategic Response Group Intercepts All Communications To The Chancellor

Disgraced Principal Caterina Lafergola is Re-Hired By Chancellor Carranza

 

ParentAdvocates

Firing Bad Teachers and the Chicago Teacher’s Union By Kristen Mcquery, Chicago Tribune

The New York City Department of Education’s “Problem Code” is an Unlawful Flag on an Employee’s Fingerprints

Asian Parents in NYC Demand That Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza Be Fired

Nick Hanauer in The Atlantic: “Education Isn’t Enough”

District 75: ‘The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love’ By Laura McKenna

Fred Rogers and His Language For Children

COPAA Releases Statement Saying School Safety Commission Report Fails Students with Disabilities and Students of Color

AP: Lawmakers Buy Industry Fix to Protect Schools From Guns

 

Inside 3020-a Teachers’ Trials

New York State Education Law 3020-a + Memos To The Field

If Charged With 3020-a and You Retire, Your Teaching License is Permanently Terminated

 

National Public Voice

Law Professors Say That Sexism is The Problem

 

NYC Public Voice

Aaron Carr and The Housing Rights Initiative Investigate Compliance With Tenant Protections

 

Courtbeat-New York Court Corruption

NY Daily News: Aitabdellah Salem Sat In Rikers For $1, Now Wants City To Pay

3020-a ARBITRATION NEWSWIRE

Winning Your 3020-A: the Investigation (Part 1)

ADVOCATZ President Betsy Combier Unravels The 3020-a Arbitration Procedure in New York City

Advocacy at 3020-a: Open and Public Hearings

The Partnership of Bully Power and Media Can Convict a Teacher at 3020-a

The Unlawful Randomness of Labor Arbitration 3020-a in New York City

Winning Your 3020-a Arbitration: Fire Your NYSUT Attorney, Don’t Settle

Prohibit The Department of Education Lawyers From Using The Danielson Rubric For Observation Reports and 3020-a Arbitration

Stellar, Dedicated Teacher Eileen Ghastin Fights the Arbitrator’s Decision To Suspend Her For Four Weeks After Almost Being Beaten Up in Her Class

The New York City Teachers’ Union Contract: Shackling Principals’ Leadership.

Outrage Spreads Throughout New York City And State At The Sell-out of Members’ Rights By The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) And the Unity Caucus

Attorney Michael Francis: Suborning Perjury at 3020-a

Why Observation Reports Should Not Be Used To Terminate a Tenured Employee by Betsy Combier

Inside 3020-a Teacher Trials

Changing “Rules”

Ten of the twenty-four 3020-a Arbitrators Quit the NYC UFT/DOE Panel

The New York City Rubber Room Anti-Teacher Charging Process Shows How Corrupt the Carmen Farina-Bill De Blasio Department of Education Really Is. by Betsy Combier

NYSUT Changes To Tenure and the Tenured Teacher Removal Process in 3020-a….What a Scam

Retirement After Being Charged With 3020-a Automatically and Permanently Terminates a NYC Teaching License

Dennis Walcott’s Speech on “Ending Just Cause at 3020-a

The 3020-a Arbitration Newswire: Gotcha Squad Attorney Ian Nikol

Winning and Losing Appeals and the Teacher-Principal Relationship

Digging Up The Garbage on The XEROX Machine

Digging Up The Garbage on the DOE Lawyers -Shareema Abel

Digging Up The Garbage on the Rubber Room

Digging Up The Garbage on the Vouchers Paid To Arbitrators

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