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www.amny.com
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Not a radical idea': Students, staff, supporters march over Brooklyn Bridge for CUNY funding | amNewYork

Days after the state legislature proposed hundreds of millions of dollars in new investments for City University of New York, close to 100 students and faculty members rallied for additional funding as they seek a tuition-free CUNY and a better quality of education.Marchers, joined Sunday by a bevy of local elected officials, called on the State Senate, Assembly and Governor Kathy Hochul to enact the New Deal for CUNY legislation that would fully fund CUNY, improve faculty-to-student and advisor-to-student ratios and make undergraduate education tuition-free again.
New York Daily News
1 year ago
Education

NYC schools facing possible cuts as charters, class size mandate, strain budgets

Budget pressure from mandated class size limits, a possible charter school expansion and supporting an influx of migrant students could need more funding to fend off cutbacks, Chancellor David Banks and state lawmakers said during a budget hearing in Albany Wednesday.The recent demands on the local education budget come as federal stimulus dollars are slated to expire, losing another source of funds that officials hope to supplement.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

Up to $850 in Stimulus Checks Could Be Coming for People in 11 States

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government released trillions of dollars into the economy in the form of stimulus payments to individuals and businesses.
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City & State NY
3 weeks ago
NYC politics

NYC commits $500 million for at-risk education programs

NYC Mayor Eric Adams and City Council pledge $514 million to save essential public school programs, covering half of the impending budget shortfall from expiring federal stimulus dollars. [ more ]
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