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National Public Voice

Rudy Crew: Juggling Too Many Kids and Issues at the New York City Board of Education, 1997

May 7, 2018 Betsy Combier 0

In the timeless article published in the New York Times on August 31, 1997, below, Rudy Crew tries to make the New York City Board of Education “good for every child…….The New York City schools enroll […]

NYC Public Voice

The Center School on The Upper West Side of Manhattan Avoids Diversity. Really.

May 7, 2018 Betsy Combier 0

NYC Public VOICE How can a public school on Manhattan’s West Side admit students with a secret process? Chancellor Carranza has a big challenge in front of him, if he really wants to diversity and […]

NYC Rubber Room Reporter

Manhattan Center Principal David Jimenez Gets Away With Sexual Harassment

May 6, 2018 Betsy Combier 0

NYC Rubber Room Reporter When I read Sue Edelman’s expose of Principal David Jimenez, I couldn’t help but think “what if Harvey Weinstein and/or Bill Cosby worked for the NYC Department of Education? Would there be a #MeToo Movement?” It’s very disturbing […]

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AP: Sexual Assaults in High School Sports Minimized As “Hazing”

April 25, 2018 Betsy Combier 0

Across the U.S., perhaps nowhere is student-on-student sexual assault as dismissed or as camouflaged as in boys’ sports, an Associated Press investigation found. Mischaracterized as hazing and bullying, the violence is so normalized on some […]

Team Advocatz: OP-ED

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

April 25, 2018 Betsy Combier 5

The 3020-a Arbitration charging process used in New York City needs to be fixed, and in particular the omission of a vote in Executive Session by the New York City Panel For Educational Policy which is mandated by […]

NYC Rubber Room Reporter

Teacher Tenure Time Almost Up

April 8, 2018 Betsy Combier 1

Due to the disarray of the teacher discipline hearings, as well as the lack of accountability inside the New York City Department of Education where good teachers are fined/suspended without pay/terminated often for no reason, […]

NYC Rubber Room Reporter

Mark Peters Creates Disarray at the NYC Department of Investigation and at Squad 11/DOE

April 7, 2018 Betsy Combier 1

There is a power play going on in the Department of Investigation (DOI). Re-posted from NYC Public Voice March 31, 2018 Mark Peters, NYC’s Commissioner For the Department of Investigation, Fires Anastasia Coleman, Special Commissioner of Investigation […]

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

April 7, 2018 Betsy Combier 4

For fourteen years I have been researching the 3020-a Arbitration charging process used in New York City, and in particular the omission of a vote in Executive Session by the New York City Panel For […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Teachers Accused of Paying For Fake COVID Vaccination Cards Are Vindicated, Return To Their Jobs and Get Backpay

January 5, 2023 1

We won! ORDER OF JUDGE ABADI in Kambouris et al. v New York City Department of Education, David Banks, Chancellor, and David Weisberg, Deputy Chancellor  (Index No. 518863/2022) On January 5, 2023, the 30 teachers […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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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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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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