Sentences with phrase «budgets at city schools»

BROOKLYN — Mayor Bill de Blasio is dedicating $ 159 million in the next fiscal year to help beef up budgets at city schools that are currently well below what they should be receiving, according to his self - avowed «boring» preliminary budget released Thursday.

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In New York City, for instance, schools since 2004 have absorbed at least $ 42 million in unpaid lunch fees, and now principals are being told they must collect the money or have it docked from their budgets.

With the current superintendent stepping down at the end of the month, whoever takes over will have unprecedented control over five city schools under a receivership model approved as part of this year's state budget.

The funding included in the budget will target $ 350,000 for outreach coordinators at each school that will focus on underrepresented middle schools, $ 650,000 for test preparation at middle school students for underrepresented populations and $ 750,000 for test prep that targets students receiving free or reduced lunch in New York City.

Also at 10 a.m., NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina delivers testimony on the mayor's FY 2018 executive budget before the NYC Council Finance and Education committees, Council chambers, City Hall, Manhattan.

Gov. Cuomo stuffed a $ 1.5 million line item into his election - year budget to create a new «School of Urban and Labor Studies» at the City University of New York that...

NYC's School Construction Authority is over budget on more than half its current major projects — costing taxpayers at least $ 300 million more than planned, city data show.

The Kingston City School District's proposed $ 150.17 million 2014 - 15 budget got a warm reception at the polls, gliding to a hassle - free 2,040 - 1,422 win Tuesday, May 20, according to unofficial results.

The annual vote to elect two New Rochelle Public Library trustees and to adopt the 2012 — 2013 New Rochelle Public Library budget will take place on Tuesday, May 15, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., at the City School District polling places.

Mayor Bill de Blasio today said the tentative state budget deal will bring additional millions in school aid to New York City and allow him first crack at fixing failing schools — but lamented the absence of an extension of mayoral control and legislation to fund tuition assistance for undocumented immigrants.

ALBANY — After a two - hour debate that touched on climate change and several anti-Semitic incidents at the City University of New York, Republicans in the state Senate endorsed a one - house budget resolution that shifts costs to New York City, increases aid for public schools and cuts taxes for middle - income New Yorkers.

Recently, he has called for armed guards in city schools and held up the state budget while pushing to end state oversight of teaching materials at Orthodox schools.

«Unfortunately, the budget does not treat New York City equitably,» he said, adding that, without additional changes to state law, «We will be looking at thousands of layoffs in our schools and across City agencies.»

Gov. Cuomo stuffed a $ 1.5 million line item into his election - year budget to create a new «School of Urban and Labor Studies» at the City University of New York that will offer more courses to union workers and other students wanting to learn about labor issues.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

Responding to an email from a New York City deputy mayor's chief of staff, then - REBNY President Steven Spinola wrote in March of 2015 that it did not appear as if the state Senate majority leader at the time, Republican Dean Skelos, had put anything about school governance in his budget bills.

The mayor's 2017 budget also sets aside millions in increased funding for social services at Beacon centers in city schools.

The Kingston City School District saw its $ 161.6 million budget proposal meet with overwhelming success at the polls on Tuesday,

The Kingston City School District's proposed $ 150.17 million 2014 - 15 budget got a warm reception at the polls, gliding to a hassle - free

Reif is right that Long Island schools would be cut at a percentage slightly higher than their usual share of the state budget, while New York City would fare better.

City Council members, proposing a bill that would have the Parks Department extend the public recreation season from its current closure date on Labor Day until the start of school on weekdays and the end of September on weekends, hashed out the issue at a budget hearing Monday.

The city's School Construction Authority is over budget on more than half its current major projects — costing taxpayers at least $ 300 million more than planned, city data show.

The metaphors were clear and painful for Mayor Bill de Blasio's first budget war with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a master of Albany's byzantine backrooms — Mr. Cuomo, a fellow Democrat, had schooled the upstart Mr. de Blasio this year, securing new and unprecedented protections for charter schools, denying Mr. de Blasio a tax hike to fund his universal prekindergarten expansion and swatting away a demand for a municipal minimum wage increase barely after the words had left the mayor's mouth at his maiden State of the City address.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the recently - passed New York State budget is a mixture of «simple pros and cons» and vowed that he will lobby Albany on his proposal to impose a new tax on sales of properties worth $ 2 million and to see his administration's power over the city's school system extended at least another year.

Specifically, Warren asked the lawmakers at a joint legislative budget hearing to provide an additional $ 31 million in municipal education funding, in order to offset the city's obligation to the Rochester School District.

Projections unveiled at the Syracuse City School District budget meeting last night could push the total number of positions the district has eliminated since 2009 to more than 1,000.

ALBANY — At a rally on the Capitol steps, Governor Andrew Cuomo and State Senate leaders intimated that charter schools would get a boost in the budget, while down the street, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio continued his push for the inclusion of a local tax increase to fund pre-kindergarten programs.

The Utica City School District is looking at another year of layoffs, though the final budget has not been completed.

This morning, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and a gaggle of other members unveiled the council's preliminary budget recommendations, which include hiring an additional 1,000 cops, eliminating school lunch fees and creating a panel to look at ways to overhaul the city's arcane property tax cCity Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and a gaggle of other members unveiled the council's preliminary budget recommendations, which include hiring an additional 1,000 cops, eliminating school lunch fees and creating a panel to look at ways to overhaul the city's arcane property tax ccity's arcane property tax code.

In a one - house budget proposal, the New York State Assembly rejected Governor Andrew Cuomo's plan to shift substantial portions of City University of New York (CUNY) costs to New York City, and recommended a two - year tuition freeze at CUNY and State University of New York (SUNY) schools.

The program has helped boost graduation rates in the city's school district, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said at a budget hearing in Albany.

On Wednesday, members of the city council's Progressive Caucus, including Councilman Daniel Dromm, chair of the Education Committee, came to Albany asking state legislators to adopt a budget that provides funding mandated by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity court decision, excludes additional resources for charter schools, leaves the charter school cap at current levels and provides more local control over the city's schools.

Hundreds of residents from the city of Oswego packed the gym at Oswego Middle School on Thursday to voice their concerns about the city's proposed budget.

Those layoffs would be felt heavily in the city's poorest neighborhoods, where schools tend to have the newest teachers,» Bloomberg testified at a state budget hearing this week.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday the city will use part of its $ 23 million budget allotment on arts education to hire 120 arts teachers at underserved middle and high schools.

On the same day that Gov. David Paterson announced that this year's state budget deficit is growing and could reach $ 3 billion, the UFT joined education, labor, parent and community groups at a Sept. 23 rally on the City Hall steps to try to head off midyear cuts to schools.

Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein have made layoffs — currently estimated at more than 4,000 teachers — the centerpiece of their attempt to balance the city's budget.

Demonstrations have been taking place — and will continue to take place — at schools throughout the city protesting Mayor Michael Bloomberg's insistence that he needs to eliminate 6,000 teaching positions for budgetary reasons despite a $ 3 billion budget surplus.

With schools and other public services threatened with more budget cuts this year, UFT President Michael Mulgrew joined fellow labor leaders and representatives from community and education advocacy groups at a «99 New York» rally on Oct. 17 on the City Hall steps demanding that the state millionaire's tax be extended.

Educators and parent leaders from Brooklyn's PS / IS 180 and PS 231, the District 75 school with which it shares space, held an early - morning «Black Friday» protest against budget cuts and layoffs on June 17 as part of the ongoing series of «Fight Back Friday» demonstrations at schools around the city.

With the city Education Department announcing layoffs of some 800 support staff, including school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, bus coordinators and others, UFT Secretary Michael Mendel joined City Councilman Charles Barron, Assemblywoman Inez Barron and nearly a dozen other Council members in decrying the budget - cutting move at a press conference on August 30 outside DOE headquartcity Education Department announcing layoffs of some 800 support staff, including school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, bus coordinators and others, UFT Secretary Michael Mendel joined City Councilman Charles Barron, Assemblywoman Inez Barron and nearly a dozen other Council members in decrying the budget - cutting move at a press conference on August 30 outside DOE headquartCity Councilman Charles Barron, Assemblywoman Inez Barron and nearly a dozen other Council members in decrying the budget - cutting move at a press conference on August 30 outside DOE headquarters.

Cuomo made the comments after presenting his budget proposal at City Honors High School in Buffalo this morning.

The city's capital construction budget already has $ 50 million earmarked for electrical upgrades at schools for the installations, but officials noted that may not be enough to cover costs.

As the Syracuse City School District goes into its budget process, it's looking at a $ 24 million spending gap, a revenue problem stemming from years of stagnant state aid in the face of rising educational costs.

«We need a budget proposal from the governor and legislature that finally pays the money owed to our children and prioritizes schools that need funding the most,» said Zakiyah Ansari, the advocacy director of the Alliance for Quality Education, at a Jan. 10 press conference outside City Hall to kick off a new push for public school funding in Albany.

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Demanding that Gov. Cuomo pay up on the state's long - overdue $ 2.5 billion debt to New York City public schools, two education advocacy groups at a press conference on Feb. 19 released a report that broke down the money owed by Assembly and Senate district in New York City so that each lawmaker who is going to vote on the state budget can tell exactly how much money is missing from his or her district.

«After enduring the threat of funding cuts during the impasse, cities and school districts will receive funding at similar levels to the last budget and will benefit from improved oversight mechanisms for fiscally distressed municipalities,» the report states.

On Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. in Albany, «dozens of New York City parents will join with elected champions to rally in support of public charter schools being given equal treatment in the upcoming state budget.

Mayor Bloomberg's proposed education budget for next year does almost nothing to make up for years of cuts to programs and staff, even though the state increased school funding to city schools next year by more than 4 percent, UFT Vice President Karen Alford testified at a City Council Education Committee hearing on Marchcity schools next year by more than 4 percent, UFT Vice President Karen Alford testified at a City Council Education Committee hearing on MarchCity Council Education Committee hearing on March 21.