Say one thing for the state teachers union: It will stand by its employees when they get in trouble with John Law.
Or Eric Schneiderman. Whatever.
Case in point: The $12,000 campaign-fund sweetener that the New York State United Teachers dropped in Queens state Sen. Shirley Huntley’s bucket this month — two weeks after she was indicted by Schneiderman, the state attorney general.
Yes, “an indictment is not proof of guilt,” as NYSUT’s political director proclaimed by way of explanation.
Translation: She might get off the hook, and we want to keep her on our payroll.
But it didn’t quite work out that way.
The Democrat-friendly union sent the dough Huntley’s way Sept. 10 — just three days before the Democratic primary.
That donation promptly turned out to be a waste of money. Huntley lost 57-40 to City Councilman James Sanders — a rather stunning outcome, considering how few incumbents face serious opposition.
But apparently, district voters were paying close attention as The Post’s reporting first exposed Huntley’s role in founding a do-nothing “parents education” nonprofit.
Those stories led to a state attorney general probe that resulted in Huntley’s Aug. 27 indictment for covering up a theft of $30,000 in taxpayer funds from the nonprofit.
So, with such information in front of them, Queens voters decided they didn’t need a trial to render a verdict on Huntley.
That NYSUT had this same information in its hands — but chose instead to double down on its “commitment” to a corrupt senator — says quite a bit.
Apparently, good help is so hard to find these days that NYSUT had to do everything in its power to keep good old Shirley around.
And these are the folks presuming to teach New York’s kids.