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As one mayoral candidateattended the nationally televised trial about police misconduct in Minneapolis today, another stayed in town to roll out a plan for boosting the NYPD amid a spike in gun violence.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who retired as an NYPD captain in 2006 to run for the state Senate, said his opponents are avoiding a discussion of the increase in crime across the five boroughs something voters have been citing as a concern in recent polls. He lamented the deafening silence from his Democratic rivals in the race to succeed outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio as he stood outside Bronx Supreme Court earlier today. (One of candidate
Is This the Year NYS Pays Its Foundation Aid Debt? By Susan Arbetter City of Albany PUBLISHED 4:14 PM ET Mar. 31, 2021 PUBLISHED 4:14 PM EDT Mar. 31, 2021
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One of the biggest questions surrounding the budget this year is whether it will include $4.3 billion for the state’s neediest schools: that’s $1.4 billion in Foundation Aid each year for the next three years.
Foundation Aid is the primary funding mechanism for school districts.
Advocates have been fighting for this funding since 2006, when, in the wake of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity court lawsuit, former Governor Eliot Spitzer promised to provide $8.5 billion a year in additional education aid for New York City and other needy school districts. He was only able to provide a portion of the funding for one year before the housing crash turned the state’s
Federal stimulus nearing passage would further bolster school budgets | The Daily Gazette
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The latest federal stimulus bill hurtling through Congress would represent another massive infusion of money for New York schools – even as the specifics are still shrouded amid state budget uncertainty.
Schools across New York are set to receive about $9 billion combined in direct aid to districts, which comes on top of around $4 billion in direct federal aid to New York schools approved in December, money Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed allocating to districts next school year. Another $12.5 billion included in the new stimulus bill, which House lawmakers are expected to give final approval to Wednesday, would provide general funding to the state, which could be used to offset proposed cuts in state school aid.