Tom Allon for Mayor of New York

Mayoral candidate Tom Allon stands up for student privacy

tomallonadmin — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:00:48 +0000

Mayoral candidate Tom Allon argues against New York state's plan to share personally-identifiable student data with the Gates-funded organization inBloom, Inc. Allon speaks at a Class Size Matters led Student Privacy press conference at the Tweed steps on March 14, 2013. Watch the video by [...]

Republican Mayoral Candidates Debate Education in New York

tomallonadmin — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:00:16 +0000

THE EPOCH TIMES by Kristen Meriwether 03/06/2013.

For the first time this election season, the five Republican candidates for mayor met without the Democratic candidates, hosting a mayoral debate at the Roosevelt Hotel on Wednesday morning.

Hosted by Crain’s New York and moderated [...]

GOP Candidates Outline Paths to Victory

tomallonadmin — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:00:12 +0000

C RAIN'S NEW YORK BUSINESS by Chris Bragg 03/06/2013.

At the first Republican mayoral debate of the 2013 campaign, the five candidates seeking the party's nomination offered similar visions on key policy issues but very different reasons for why each one had the best [...]

Give Progressive Middle Schools a Chance

tomallonadmin — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 05:00:28 +0000

HUFFINGTON POST by Tom Allon 02/04/2013.

School choice has been a positive development in public education in New York, but sometimes the city's Department of Education makes the wrong choice.

This is the case in a fierce education battle in East Harlem, where a [...]

Ease Up Already

tomallonadmin — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 05:00:15 +0000

THE NEW YORK POST by Cindy Adams 03/03/2013.

Tom Allon. Age 50. Patriotic in red tie, white shirt, blue suit. Democrat turned liberal Republican. President of Manhattan Media, which includes Avenue magazine. And approximately the 305th contender for Bloomberg’s job. So . . [...]

NYDN Mayoral Candidate Forum #2: The Movie

tomallonadmin — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 05:00:40 +0000

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS by Celeste Katz 2/29/2013.

With great thanks to Central Synagogue in Manhattan, site of Tuesday night's Daily News/Metro-IAF mayoral candidate forum on education, here's a beginning-to-end video of the panel discussion. SEE [...]

Democrats Push Back the Educational Policies of Mayor Bloomberg

tomallonadmin — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:00:13 +0000

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS by Joshua Greenman 2/27/2013.

To the extent that policy differences choose the next mayor, the 2013 mayoral race will hinge on distinctions on jobs, public safety and, maybe most of all, education.

Eleven years of aggressive reform by Mayor [...]

NYC Mayoral Candidates Talk About Mass Transit

tomallonadmin — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:00:43 +0000

THE EPOCH TIMES by Zachary Stieber 2/25/2013.

Candidates seeking the city mayor’s office gathered on Feb. 22 to discuss transportation in a public forum held by multiple groups, including New Yorkers for Safe Transit and the Transportation Workers Union Local 100.

In a hot, [...]

Tom Allon on NDTV

tomallonadmin — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:00:30 +0000

Tom was a guest on NDTV on Friday, February 22, 2013. Watch the interview by clicking here.

Tom Allon on The Brian Lehrer Show

tomallonadmin — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:00:49 +0000

Tom was a guest on WNYC's "The Brian Lehrer Show" on Monday, February 18, 2013. Listen the interview by clicking here.