NYC’s Major Education Advocates React to Mayor Bloomberg’s Executive Budget « EdVox

NYC’s Major Education Advocates React to Mayor Bloomberg’s Executive Budget « EdVox

NYC’s Major Education Advocates React to Mayor Bloomberg’s Executive Budget

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The City’s largest pro-public education organizations released the following statement in response to Mayor Bloomberg’s Executive Budget announcement this morning.

Parent leaders from the Coalition for Educational Justice and advocates from the Alliance for Quality Education are available for comment at the media’s request.

This statement is supported by the Coalition for Educational Justice and the Alliance for Quality Education.

“Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed budget would be nothing less than devastating to New York City’s schools. In fact, it’s irresponsible. To make cuts like these at a time when it is clear that the education system is in a state of crisis, when the City has multi-billion-dollar surplus reserves, and when there are other lucrative, untapped revenue sources available is simply wrong.

“When we went to Albany calling on Gov. Cuomo to fund schools instead of cutting taxes on millionaires, Mayor Bloomberg did not join the effort. If he had pushed Albany for reasonable revenue options, his school cuts could have been avoided. We are calling on the Mayor now to support the $1.5 billion in revenue options that