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Council member reflects on importance of funding successful CUNY programs
1:12:51
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Council Member Eric Dinowitz expresses frustration at having to fight for funding for programs proven to work. He emphasizes the importance of investing in CUNY and looks forward to seeing the positive impact of these investments.
- Dinowitz cites the success of programs like ASAP and CUNY Reconnect as evidence of the effectiveness of providing student support
- He expresses a desire to hear about the success of these programs in future hearings
- The council member highlights how these investments lift people out of poverty and benefit New York City's economy
- Dinowitz commits to continuing to fight for CUNY funding in the city budget
Eric Dinowitz
1:12:51
Yeah.
1:12:51
It's sort of a little depressing that we have to fight for this, for funding for programs that we know actually work.
1:13:01
I would love to have you back to tout the success of of programs even though we've had you here touting the success of the ASAP program, which answers the questions what happen the question of what happens when we provide students with Metro cards and supports.
1:13:18
The question of CUNY reconnect, what what happens when we provide students with the support financial or otherwise they need?
1:13:25
They they come back, they get their degree, and they get those four point o GPAs.
1:13:31
And so I would love for you to come back.
1:13:33
I I would love to tell a story of what happens when the federal, state, and city government actually make the real investments that we know work, that we know lift people out of poverty, lift up families, lift it up my family, my parents' family, lift up yours, so many New Yorkers, and also do better for the economy of New York City while we're at it.
1:13:58
So would certainly love to have you back to tell the story of of the data and I look forward to continuing to fight for CUNY in our city budget to make those smart and morally just investments.
1:14:16
I wanna thank each and every one of you for your testimony today.