Education advocates – including students, parents and teachers – gathered outside of New York City Hall to rally against the City Council’s decision to decrease the public school budget by around $215 million.
The June 13 rally took place shortly before the final Council budget vote, which determined the decrease of funding to NYC Department of Education public schools.
Organized by the Urban Youth Collaborative (UYC), The People’s Plan NYC, Black Lives Matter at Schools and other advocacy groups, several student and parent speakers decried the decision to cut funding.
