Peter Allen-Lamphere and Chris O’Brien, Author at Tempest

A yellow-filtered image of a school bus transposed next to the face of Zohran Mamdani speaking on a microphone transposed in front of a sign of the brooklyn bridge.

Posted January 31, 2026 Article

Mamdani’s mayoral control mishap

Doubt and confusion for NYC educators

by Peter Allen-Lamphere and Chris O’Brien

NYC educators Peter Allen-Lamphere and Chris O’Brien analyze and critique Mamdani’s support for mayoral control of the city’s schools.

A photo of a school bus turning onto a street in a city. A mosaic-tile filter is over the whole image.

Posted May 28, 2025 Article

NYC teachers may toss out union leaders

Grassroots discontent could end a sixty-year reign

by Peter Allen-Lamphere and Chris O’Brien

The country’s biggest teachers’ union may vote for a major change, but a three-way election is making the results hard to predict. Peter Allen-Lamphere and Chris O’Brien explain what’s at stake.