The governor said she is “inclined to be supportive” of the measure but is still going over details of the bill, which has been panned by Mayor Adams as an unfunded mandate.
In a temporary victory for Mayor Eric Adams, an appellate judge blocked a lower court’s decision last week, allowing his administration to implement hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts to school budgets based on declining enrollment in New York City schools.
The court’s order brings whiplash to back-to-school planning. Four days prior, a lower court ruled the city needed to redo the education department budget.
With the first day of school in New York less than a month away, the city is caught up in a contentious legal battle over whether to cut school funding.