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LotteryThe CEO of New York Road Runners, the
nonprofit behind the New York City Mara-
thon, is stepping down amid organization-
wide allegations of racism and sexism and
calls for his removal.
Michael Capiraso (right), the NYRR pres-
ident and chief executive officer, will depart
the organization on Dec. 31, the group an-
nounced Monday.
“Over the past several months, the Board
of Directors has listened to the concerns
raised and recommendations offered by the
community NYRR serves, including its em-
ployees and members of the broader run-
ning community,” George Hirsch, chairmanof the board of NYRR, said in a statement.
“In order to achieve our mission to help and
inspire people through running, we will re-
cruit new leadership to the organization.”
In September, a group called Rebuild
NYRR — made up of current and former
NYRR employees — started an online peti-
tion demanding Capiraso resign for alleg-
edly fostering a “toxic, discriminatory, and
systemically racist work culture at NYRR.”
More than 1,150 people had signed that
Change.org petition as of Monday.
“For years, we have been experiencing ra-
cism, bias, and bullying that goes un-
checked,” Rebuild NYRR posted on its Website. It is also seeking an independent
pay equity audit and corrective ac-
tion to “remediate disparities.”
NYRR employees told Runner’s
World magazine it was hard for people
of color to earn promotions, while their
white co-workers rose up the ranks.
Capiraso said Monday, “I am grateful
for the opportunity to have served the
NYRR running community for the past
10 years. I am proud of the growth the
organization and I have achieved and
the impact we have had, and I wish
NYRR continued success.”
Natalie MusumeciMarathon head leaves under cloud
It is also seeking an independent
pay equity audit and corrective ac-told Runner’s
it was hard for people
of color to earn promotions, while their
white co-workers rose up the ranks.
“I am grateful
for the opportunity to have served the
NYRR running community for the past
10 years. I am proud of the growth the
organization and I have achieved and
the impact we have had, and I wishNatalie MusumeciMarathon head leaves under cloud
WireImageFor the first time in 35 years, drivers
will be tolled in both directions on the
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge starting
Tuesday. Cars with an E-ZPass will be
charged $6.12 in either the Staten Is-
land or Brooklyn directions, the MTA
announced last month.Most other drivers will pay $9.50,
instead of the long-standing one-way
toll of $19. Staten Island residents will
only be charged $2.75 to cross the
bridge in either direction.
Brooklyn-bound vehicles have been
exempt from paying since 1986 fed-eral legislation made the span the
only one in the country with manda-
tory one-direction tolls.
The highest-in-the-nation toll en-
couraged some 7,000 daily drivers to
go through Manhattan instead, clog-
ging the Brooklyn-Queens Express-way and Manhattan’s Canal Street.
President Trump and Congress re-
pealed the statute in 2019 with the
support of outgoing Congressman
Max Rose (D-Staten Island) and
other New York City officials.
David MeyerVerrazzano Bridge takes its toll both ways
By Emily JacoBsCharter-school advocates may not
have an ally in President-elect Joe
Biden or his Education Department.
Becky Pringle, president of the
National Education Association —
the nation’s largest teachers union,
which historically has fought char-
ters — told The Wall Street Journal:
“He has been working closely with
us over these last few months to lis-
ten and understand what the issues
are that we are facing in this mo-
ment. We know we have a partner.”
Unlike President Barack Obama,
who showed deference to the rise of
charter schools and support for
school choice, Biden has called for a
ban on federal funding for charter
schools that are operated by for-
profit companies, which account for
12 percent of charter schools, ac-
cording to the National Alliance for
Public Charter Schools.
He also pledged, as part of the Bid-
en-Sanders Unity Task Force, to
“support measures to increase ac-
countability for charter schools.”
“We will call for conditioning fed-
eral funding for new, expanded char-ter schools or for charter school re-
newals on a district’s review of
whether the charter will systemati-
cally underserve the neediest stu-
dents,” the task force’s platform read.
The position has sparked worry
among parents and school-choice ad-
vocates representing such students.
“The data is consistently clear thatnonprofit public charter schools,
particularly in our urban communi-
ties that serve our African American
and Latino students, have per-
formed well. For that reason, there’s
also very strong support among Af-
rican American and Latino parents
for charter schools,” Shavar Jeffries,
president of Democrats for Educa-tion Reform, told the Journal.
Jeanne Allen, chief executive of
the Center for Education Reform,
told the paper, “I absolutely am
deeply concerned that a union-con-
trolled Biden Education Department
could have a chilling effect on the
progress that the states and parents
have made in securing educational
options and excellence for the kids.”
School choice has been a priority
under President Trump and Educa-
tion Secretary Betsy DeVos.
“Frankly, school choice is the civil-
rights statement of the year, of the
decade and probably beyond be-
cause all children have to have ac-
cess to quality education,” Trump
said in June.
Biden, meanwhile, said during last
year’s primary that his issue with
charter schools was that they “siphon
off money for our public schools.”
In a statement on the Trump ad-
ministration’s current school poli-
cies, an Education Department
spokesperson said, “There is no one
less powerful and more marginal-
ized than the student trapped in a
failing, government-assigned school
with no way out.”Biden is no charter
pal, advocates fear
A union-
controlled
Biden
Education
Department Department Department
could have a
chilling effect.
— — — Jeanne Allen (right), chief Jeanne Allen (right), chief Jeanne Allen (right), chief Jeanne Allen (right), chief
executive of the Center executive of the Center executive of the Center
for Education Reform‘
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