NYC needs $5.6 B More to Run Schools,
A panel created by a New York court is recommending that NYC needs $5.6B more to run its schools every YEAR. An it also suggests that the school system needs nearly $10B for one time repairs, new classrooms and other facility needs.
All of this comes from a the NY state courts for two reasons 1) the New York state constitution gaurentees students the right to an education 2) a lawsuit filed 10 years ago requiring the state to live up to its constitutional mandate.
The panel was created because the state legislature has failed to act by the courts ruling. This is getting to be so serious that the recomendation of the panel is to give the legislature 90 days to find $5.6B or the state court system will take over the funding NYC public school system.
If you follow politics in general, this could be a very intersting battle. The ball is in Justice Leland DeGrasse, whos jobs is to decide how much of the panel’s recomendation will be turned into a legal order.