Tag: budget-cuts

UFT to ‘review’ changes to city budget after Adams restores some funding for schools

eric adams announcing changes to budget cuts

Jan. 22, 2024 By Megan McGibney

In late December, right before city schools closed for the holiday break, the United Federation of Teachers announced it was filing a lawsuit against Mayor Eric Adams, the city, and the New York State Education Department over nearly $2 billion in budget cuts for New York City public schools.

‘Our most precious resource’: Pols say restored funding saved Brooklyn Public Library programs the from chopping block

brannan at Brooklyn Public Library press conference

Sep. 20, 2023 By Jada Camille Nearly three months after the City Council struck a deal to restore millions of dollars in funding for the city’s public libraries as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 budget, Council Member Justin Brannan and New York City Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams stopped by the Bay Ridge library…
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