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‘Murky’ math: Lander, education advocates tell City Council that DOE ‘budget cuts’ don’t add up

By Isabel Song Beer Posted on August 22, 2022
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The city’s financial watchdog and education advocates told the City Council Education Committee on Monday that the math Mayor Eric Adams and the Department of Education to slash hundreds of millions of dollars from school budgets simply didn’t add up.

City Comptroller Brad Lander estimated that NYC public school budget cuts were about $370 million for fiscal year 2023, even though Lander’s office found that the DOE had $469 million that has remained uncommitted and available for from the $3.02 billion in federal COVID stimulus funds already budgeted to City Hall.

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‘Murky’ math: Lander, education advocates tell City Council that DOE ‘budget cuts’ don’t add up

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