Winners & Losers, Feb. 25 edition
Winners: Steve Pigeon, Ian Murphy, Jason Helgerson, Mike Bloomberg, Jane Corwin Losers: Shelley Mayer, Richard Hanna, Marty Markowitz, Andrew Cuomo, Adam Bradley Click here to vote for this week's biggest winner and loser. |
Blindsided By Cuomo's Budget, DOE Proposes To Cut Construction Spending By Half
Back in November, as the debate over Cathie Black's appointment as schools chancellor began to reach a fever pitch, the Department of Education quietly proposed an amendment to its five-year capital plan: a 20,000-seat boost to the system's overall capacity, along with $4.4 billion in new spending to cover capacity and technology increases.
But February offered a bleaker picture: not only is the DOE proposing to wipe out most of those new seats and reduce its overall capital spending by 6 percent, the agency is requesting an overall reduction to its five-year capital plan by $9.3 billion. Meanwhile, advocates and education experts are raising questions about the city's technology investments and how that large pot of money will ultimately be spent.
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