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Discussion on current CUNY student debt amounts and data requests
0:29:19
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Council Member Dinowitz engages in a detailed discussion with CUNY officials about student debt amounts, focusing on current students with debts of $2,000 or less. He requests specific data on the number of students affected and the potential cost of clearing these debts.
- 8,200 current CUNY students have debts of $2,000 or less
- Dinowitz requests data on students with debts of $1,000 or less and the total cost to clear these debts
- The discussion highlights the importance of having accurate data for policy decisions
Eric Dinowitz
0:29:19
Just go just to make sure our numbers align, miss Armiento, you said 8,200 students have debts of 2,000 or less.
0:29:27
That's current students?
0:29:29
Yes.
0:29:29
And do you know how many have debts of 1,000 or less?
Eli Dvorkin
0:29:41
Only
Reine Sarmiento
0:29:45
because when we looked at the major balances, that seemed to be the one that would hit the most
Eric Dinowitz
0:29:50
students.
0:29:51
Okay.
0:29:51
So So
Reine Sarmiento
0:29:52
we could run it at 1,000 and
Eric Dinowitz
0:29:55
Okay.
0:29:55
And I'm interested because that was the the cuff report was recommendation, interested to be talking sort of in the same language, and also the numbers are helpful.
0:30:04
Mean, so we're talking $17,400,000.
0:30:08
If every student had the $2,000, now some of those would be less.
0:30:14
Right?
0:30:14
Do you have the cost of of what do we what would it be to pay off all the debts of kids with or students rather with two of debts of $2,000 or less?
0:30:47
I think these numbers are important in having a robust conversation about, like, what it would take, what does it look like to to fund any initiative like this?
0:31:00
So it I I would hope during the are those numbers we can find during the hearing?
0:31:06
Yes?
0:31:06
Okay.
0:31:07
Because that allows us to have the real conversation about what it looks like, what does it actually look like on the ground to say, let's make sure every kid who owes a thousand or less isn't prevented, 2,000 or less.
0:31:18
Just to clarify, this And is your mic on?
0:31:20
Are you
Reine Sarmiento
0:31:21
Just to clarify, the data that you want are are for students that are currently enrolled now and not past debts.
Eric Dinowitz
0:31:29
Okay.
Reine Sarmiento
0:31:29
Is that correct?
Eric Dinowitz
0:31:30
Yes.
Reine Sarmiento
0:31:31
Okay.