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Council member asks students about budget priorities
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Council Member Eric Dinowitz engages with student representatives to understand their budget priorities. He asks them to identify the most impactful program or change that needs investment.
- Students prioritize CUNY Cares and Free Metro Cards
- Dinowitz acknowledges the consistency in student demands
- As a Bronx council member, he expresses support for expanding CUNY Cares
Eric Dinowitz
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Thank you for your testimony.
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Mister Hara, named a number thank you for coming.
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Today, both of you, you mentioned a number of things.
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I have a question for you.
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Yeah, man.
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I have the microphone.
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I'll think the microphone will reach you if you're standing up.
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You mentioned a number of things that are important.
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How would you prioritize them?
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Meaning, if you could pick just one program or one element of our budget that needs the most investment, that will make the most impactful change to you and your classmates, what would that one program or change be?
John Hara
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CUNY Cares and Free Metro Cards.
Eric Dinowitz
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CUNY Cares and Free Metro Cards.
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Good.
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Alright.
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And I as as we heard earlier, CUNY Cares and Free Metro Cards, it's like you all have the same talking points.
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But we're together.
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I think I have them too.
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As a as a Bronx council member also, CUNY Cares, looking forward to that being expanded.
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But I again, highlighting that our schools, our universities, our colleges are about all the supports around us that happen outside the classroom.
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I wanna thank you both for your testimony today.