Elected officials and public school advocates rallied Tuesday morning on the steps of Tweed Courthouse in lower Manhattan to protest federal cuts to NYC public school funding made in President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” recently enacted into law.
The group included City Comptroller Brad Lander, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, City Council Members Rita Joseph (D-Brooklyn) and Eric Bottcher (D-Manhattan), and state Sen. Jabari Brisport (D-Brooklyn), and advocates representing the American Federation of Teachers, Make the Road New York, the Council of School Supervisors & Administrators, New York Immigration Coalition, Advocates for Children, and United Way of New York City.
