QUESTION
How is your office sustaining programs losing federal funding?
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Emma Vadehra explains that New York City Public Schools is navigating budget constraints to sustain essential programs with city funds and ongoing discussions.
- New York City Public Schools does not set its overall budget and awaits additional funding from various sources.
- The office is evaluating where and how city funds can support critical programs, exemplified by funding summarizing programs with City Dollars.
- Ongoing conversations and budget trade-offs are part of the process to continue funding critical programs.
- Council Member Rita C. Joseph is proactively reaching out to state colleagues for support.
Rita C. Joseph
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What what what is your office doing also to as we advocate for those programs that are diff disappearing with the federal dollars?
1:46:18
What what are you guys doing to also sustain those programs as well?
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So
Emma Vadehra
1:46:24
as you know, we do not set our overall budget at New York City Public Schools.
1:46:28
We eagerly await additional funding from our various funding sources.
1:46:32
We have been working hard to figure out where we and the city can fund some of these things.
1:46:36
As you know, we were really glad to be able to announce that summarizing will be funded this summer with City Dollars, and those are ongoing conversations.
1:46:45
Within our own budget, we are always looking at our trade off as well.
1:46:49
But as we know, as we continue to correct schools and the programs we know are critical across the budget, it's not easy to just find money to continue each of these programs within our existing budget.
Rita C. Joseph
1:46:58
But my state colleagues know that I've also reached out to them to make sure they can help us carry that bucket.
Emma Vadehra
1:47:04
Thank you.
Rita C. Joseph
1:47:04
I've been to Albany and we gotta do this work.