"We've said all along that students shouldnotbepenalized for the UFT's failure to negotiate, and our goal has been and continues to be a fair and effective evaluation system, " Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson said Thursday.
And if I'm not mistaken we actually started looking at this, Joe, in our administration -- was to take a look at are there circumstances -- and the specific thing that we were thinking about was medical emergencies -- where people shouldnotbepenalized for it.