May 2026

Written By PIST NYC

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Info en español se nota con este color.

 

1) PIST meetings this month Reuniones de PIST Este mes 

Volunteer Strategy zoom, Friday May 8, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. to about 9:00 p.m. 

ZOOM Estrategia,  8 de mayo de 2026 a las 7:30 p.m. hasta aproximadamente las 9:00 p.m.

Virtual Office Hour, Tuesday May 12, 2026 at 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. 

Show up to give or get help with route concerns. 

Hora de Oficina Virtual, martes 12 de mayo de 2026 a las 12:00 p.m. mediodía 

Preséntate para dar o pedir ayuda con problemas sobre la ruta - Hablamos espanol 

Link for both = enlace para ambas reuniones:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82470154849?pwd=EkGoVlJygHnxz7MZPqMQC2OT5x0tK1.1

Meeting ID: 824 7015 4849 Passcode: 937177

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2) Prepare NOW for Summer Services Preparense AHORA para servicios del verano

  • Accept Summer Rising offers by Tuesday May 5th!! Wait list info is around minute 9 of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsRt3beR6D4

  • For all other Summer services covered by your child’s IEP, accept immediately, to maximize the chances of having the summer school bus route start the same day when the program starts. 

  • Encourage the school to ask questions, meet deadlines, and keep good records of how they enter ridership for OPT. Remember, summer staff does not always contain the exact same staff who handle these matters until June. 

  • Information on student transportation during July & August is in the last ten minutes of this video: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsRt3beR6D4

PARA subtitulos en ESPANOL clic "CC" , clic la flor al lado de CC, clic "Auto Translate", selecciona "Spanish"

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3) Student Transportation News Noticias sobre el transporte escolar

    • We are grieving another fatality of a child, nine-year-old Yoel Jacobowitz, accidentally hit by a private Yeshiva school bus. More traffic support has been sent to the area, according to https://www.facebook.com/reel/968208799033121 A statement from Transportation Alternatives and Brooklyn Safe Streets mentions that, “most of the city’s non-emergency vehicles either has a speed limiter, or will receive one soon – but many city school buses are private contractors, and do not have speed limiters on board.”  [Many = 90%] Others raise that speed limiter technology is AI and not foolproof. If it’s controversial, the debate should include the affected schools, communities, and workers. 

    • Youth podcasters at https://www.bellvoices.org/ps-weekly are preparing an episode about the NYC school bus crisis. They have already interviewed students and some parent advocates, including PIST. We look forward to sharing that when it’s ready!

    • The Supreme Court is expected to rule for or against a July 1 termination of Temporary Protected Status for workers born in certain countries. Many of these workers are in jobs that matter to Disability rights, including in home healthcare and the school bus industry. The U.S. Congress had passed a ‘bipartisan discharge petition’ to extend TPS for another 3 years, but it seems to be stalled in the Senate https://americasvoice.org/blog/haitian-immigrant-communities-win-historic-discharge-petition-vote/

    The bad news: there are new laws that prevent New Yorkers with certain immigration statuses from obtaining or renewing a CDL license – and new requirements to the license exam about vehicle features that previously only bus mechanics had to meet: https://dmv.ny.gov/brochure/cdl10sec11-13.pdf

    The good news: certain youth and community organizations are offering free preparation classes, and sometimes include bus jobs into their Job Fairs [example https://www.instagram.com/p/DXpC9CrjhAL/]. Contact pistnyc@gmail.com to discuss. 

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    4) Other dates of interest - Otras fechas que nos interesen

Evenings in May & June 

Each Community Education Council (CEC) hosts a Town Hall in their district with the Chancellor once during the CEC’s two-year term…to share information, hear of the community's concerns and respond to questions.

Register at learndoe.org/cec where you can also request ASL if needed

Also live phone conference lines in the main languages of each district.

*Contact pistnyc@gmail.com if you can bring flyers about student transportation issues*

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Monday May 11

Daytime: Lobbying for Solutions, Not Suspensions bill in Albany + social media support

Contact aqeny.org or Dignity in Schools Campaign

Evening: Citywide Council on Special Education Busing Committee meeting 7pm

Contact ccse@schools.nyc.gov

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Monday May 18
CANCELLED

Busing Issues Committee of the Citywide Council for District 75

Zoom ID 983 8623 3820 PassCode 859083

Virtual at 6:00 p.m. 

Interpretation available in Spanish, Mandarin, and Bangla

Contact: d75busingcommittee@gmail.com (new address)

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May 6, 7, 20

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Thursday May 21

Breathe Easy: Health, Money, & Clean School Buses – webinar

 at 12 to 1 pm. Register:

https://actions.nylcv.org/a/ala

co sponsors NYLCV Education Fund and the American Lung Association of New York

flyer is below (ignore the word Wednesday):

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Thursday May 21

District 75 Presidents’ Council monthly meeting - Virtual

6:00-8:00 p.m.

https://zoom.us/j/91340364345?pwd=P3fUIKDJV9Boum3wc9zuM6WPU2iSxb.1

Meeting ID: 913 4036 4345

Passcode: 408769

Interpretation in Spanish and Mandarin - flyer below:

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Friday May 22

CEC District 8 Transportation Committee - Virtual

6:00 p.m.

Link will be posted here asap.

Or contact cec8@schools.nyc.gov, attention Tamara

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Schools are closed Monday May 25 (Memorial Day)

Public Schools are also closed Wednesday May 27 (Eid al-Adha)

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Thursday, May 28, 2026 6:30 p.m.

Citywide Council on Special Education May Meeting (Hybrid)

TOPIC: Special Education Summer Programs and Services

*In Person

Tweed Courthouse, 52 Chambers Street – 2nd fl. Conf. Rm

 New York, N.Y 10007

 *Please register in advance (by noon on May 28) at ccse@schools.nyc.gov, if you plan to attend in person. Space is very limited.

Otherwise you can join via Zoom by registering below.

 **Via Zoom

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/w3whm_FgT_2icXuuqa5bLQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Interpretation

Mandarin Dial-in 347-966-4114 Phone conference ID: 187 139 076#

Spanish Dial-in 347-966-4114 Phone conference ID: 732 093 33#

Please note that if there are no attendees using the interpretation services by 7:30 pm, the interpreters will be dismissed.

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Sundays - Happy Mother’s Day to all♡

May 10 = USA, Mexico, and others celebrate 

May 31 = Haiti and Dominican Republic celebrate

Feliz Día de las Madres a todas♡

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