Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposed school aid increase for 2017 - 18 is «anemic» and falls well short of the billion dollars he promised last month, a leading Long Island educator told a regional forum Friday. (newsday.com)
While each comment was big news for the constituencies following each respective issue, they are an admission by the governor that his earlier threats — to shut down the state government if ethics laws aren't tightened, and to withhold school aid increases if the teacher evaluation system isn't changed — are highly unlikely to come to pass. (politico.com)
ALBANY — With nearly $ 2.32 billion in state school aid increases on the line, Assembly Democrats are attempting to decouple the link between aid and implementation of the teacher and principal evaluation system, Speaker Carl Heastie told POLITICO New York on Thursday. (politico.com)