Thursday's announcement of a deal on the broad terms of teacher evaluations brought Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo alongside Education Commissioner John King, New York State United Teachers president Richard Iannuzzi and United Federation of Teachers president Michael Mulgrew.

Mulgrew, as a New York City union leader, drew a favorable difference between the role of the governor and that of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, saying the city had resisted independent validations for evaluations. "The city said the union would not come to an agreement," Mulgrew said. "We disagreed with them. We asked the governor to step in. We now have an agreement on that appeals process . . . We would not have that now if it was not for the governor."

-- Dan Janison

On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," we look at East Islip baseball's inspirational comeback story, Jared Valluzzi has the plays of the week and Tess Ferguson breaks down the top defensive players in girls lacrosse. 

Sarra Sounds Off Ep. 35: EI baseball, girls lacrosse and plays of the week On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," we look at East Islip baseball's inspirational comeback story, Jared Valluzzi has the plays of the week and Tess Ferguson breaks down the top defensive players in girls lacrosse.

On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," we look at East Islip baseball's inspirational comeback story, Jared Valluzzi has the plays of the week and Tess Ferguson breaks down the top defensive players in girls lacrosse. 

Sarra Sounds Off Ep. 35: EI baseball, girls lacrosse and plays of the week On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," we look at East Islip baseball's inspirational comeback story, Jared Valluzzi has the plays of the week and Tess Ferguson breaks down the top defensive players in girls lacrosse.

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