Releases & Statements

Statement from Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on Court-Appointed Referees’ Recommendations Regarding State Funding of New York City Schools

"The referees have waffled on the critical issue of State accountability. By recommending that the State be allowed to shift part of the cost to the City, they have given Governor Pataki the kind of wiggle room he has used all along to evade his responsibility to City schools."

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