REMARKS
CUNY's responsibility to taxpayers and student safety
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Council Member Kalman Yeger concludes with remarks on CUNY's responsibility to taxpayers and student safety, emphasizing the need for action to maintain the institution's reputation and value.
- Yeger highlights CUNY's $4.2 billion budget, largely funded by taxpayers
- He stresses the importance of ensuring student safety to justify this public investment
- Yeger references Councilwoman Brewer's earlier question about sending children to CUNY schools
- He emphasizes the need for CUNY to address safety concerns to remain a desirable choice for students and parents
Kalman Yeger
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And it would be good for the for CUNY to do that because it's a $4,200,000,000 enterprise predominantly paid for by the taxpayers, not by student tuition.
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It's paid for by the people who are funding this government, and they wanna know why an organization with a budget that size that represents a budget that's larger than many states in this nation are are not able to keep the children of them safe.
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The parents are paying for this.
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And they wanna know why, as councilwoman Brewer asked earlier, should we send our kids to CUNY Schools?
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They're making choices.
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It's customer choice.
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They're voting with their feet.
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If we're gonna keep this institution meaning something, you have to get rid of the bad element.
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So thank you very much.
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Yeah.
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Statement, but thank you very much for being here today.
Eric Dinowitz
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Thank you.
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Just a few more points and, and then that ends this section.
