{"id":2131922,"date":"2023-12-22T16:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T21:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-y-c-teachers-union-sues-mayor-adams-citing-steep-budget-cuts-to-public-schools\/"},"modified":"2023-12-22T16:33:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T21:33:41","slug":"n-y-c-teachers-union-sues-mayor-adams-citing-steep-budget-cuts-to-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-y-c-teachers-union-sues-mayor-adams-citing-steep-budget-cuts-to-public-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Teachers Union sues Mayor Adams over deep school budget cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fn-y-c-teachers-union-sues-mayor-adams-citing-steep-budget-cuts-to-public-schools%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2131922&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New York City \u2063Mayor Eric Adams. (Photo by Spencer Platt\/Getty\u2063 Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Ongoing Battle \u200dOver \u2064NYC Public School Budget Cuts<\/h2>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>12:58 PM \u2013 Friday, December 22,\u200b 2023<\/p>\n<p>The New York City Teachers\u200b Union is taking legal\u200b action to prevent the implementation of \u2063the city&#8217;s public school budget cuts.\u200b They argue that Mayor Eric \u200bAdams&#8217; proposed cuts would\u200c undermine important education initiatives,\u200b hinder teacher incentives, and violate state law. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>However, Mayor Adams (D-N.Y.) has been advocating for\u2063 budget cuts for\u200c months, citing the increasing expenses \u2062related to New York&#8217;s immigration issue. <\/p>\n<p>This \u2063includes a significant $550 million reduction in education funding.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u2064 state court case, the United Federation of Teachers accused the mayor of fabricating the\u2064 city&#8217;s financial problems\u200d to justify an \u2064unjust and illegal &#8220;blunt austerity measure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit is based on a state statute that\u2062 limits the city&#8217;s ability to cut education spending unless overall revenues decrease. \u200bIt \u2062argues that the mid-year education cuts, which would disproportionately affect special needs students, \u200cuniversal\u200d pre-kindergarten, and after-school programs, are unlawful because the city&#8217;s\u2062 income projections for this fiscal year were exceeded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;This is \u2064going to\u200d become difficult and ugly,&#8221; asserted \u200dUFT President Michael Mulgrew on Thursday. &#8220;We have never had an administration try to cut\u2063 their schools when they have\u2063 historic reserves and their revenues are all up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition to education cuts, other municipal services\u2063 will also\u200d be affected, including reduced\u2064 hours \u2064at public libraries, elimination of parks and sanitation programs, and a freeze on police recruiting.<\/p>\n<p>With crime rates on the rise and increasing chaos related to asylum seekers in\u2064 the city, informed New Yorkers are expressing their dissatisfaction with the mayor&#8217;s announcement. His popularity\u2063 has reached an\u2064 all-time low since taking office over two years ago. <\/p>\n<p>To prevent the layoffs, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-unions-spent-over-half-a-billion-dollars-backing-democrats-the-left-during-midterm-elections-report\/\" title=\"Report: Government unions spent 0M supporting Democrats, the left during midterms\">largest public sector union<\/a> in the city, DC 37, is also \u2064suing \u200dthe mayor separately.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Adams\u2063 attempted to downplay the cases at a press\u2063 conference on Thursday, emphasizing his close ties to the two political unions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;From time to time, friends disagree,&#8221; Adams\u2063 said. &#8220;Sometimes it ends up in a boardroom and sometimes\u2063 it ends up in a courtroom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite acknowledging that the cuts would cause &#8220;extreme pain to New Yorkers,&#8221; Adams urged citizens to demand\u200c more assistance from the White House \u200bin handling the immigration situation. <\/p>\n<p>He also warned that even more drastic \u200ccuts would be necessary\u2063 to address the projected $7\u200d billion budget\u2064 deficit in the upcoming fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>However, a recent report from the Independent Budget Office suggests that the \u2062city&#8217;s financial situation may not be as dire as the mayor has portrayed. The \u200dreport projected a $3.6 billion budget surplus by the end of the fiscal year in\u2062 June, resulting in a more manageable budget shortfall of $1.8 billion the \u200cfollowing year.<\/p>\n<p>The teachers union cites this estimate as\u200c evidence that Adams&#8217; assessment of the city&#8217;s financial situation is unfounded and baseless.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;The Mayor&#8217;s\u2062 recent actions,&#8221; the suit states,\u200b &#8220;are \u2063driven more by a &#8216;crisis&#8217; of budget management, leadership, and problem-solving, as opposed to an influx of migrants \u200cto \u200bNew York.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for\u2063 free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Some\u200c of the Americans freed in the prisoner swap with Venezuela are back on U.S.\u200d soil. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Since the\u2062 start of December, Customs and Border Patrol has reportedly encountered more than 200,000 migrants\u200c at the \u2063Southern Border. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Fallout continues from the Colorado Supreme \u2062Court&#8217;s decision to remove 45th President Donald Trump from the ballot. Article Three Project founder \u200dMike \u200cDavis highlights that\u2064 among many things the decision violated President Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pres-trump-tees-off-on-georgia-indictment-sounds-rigged-to-me\/\" title=\"Trump questions Georgia indictment: 'Seems rigged!'\">due \u2064process rights<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz \u2063says he\u2062 believes that the U.S. Supreme Court will act quickly on 45th President Donald Trump&#8217;s imminent appeal. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>December 22, 2023 \u2013 6:05 AM PST HONG KONG (Reuters) \u2013 Chinese regulators announced on Friday \u2063a wide range of rules aimed\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>One of the main bottlenecks for Tesla is the speed it can make the 4680 batteries used in the Cybertruck with its new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-school-district-sued-for-switching-childs-name-pronouns-without-parental-consent\/\" title=\"Michigan school district sued for changing child's name and pronouns without parental consent\">dry-coating \u200ctechnology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A group of 11 nonfiction authors have \u2062joined a lawsuit in \u200dManhattan federal court that accuses OpenAI and \u200cMicrosoft of misusing\u2063 books the authors have written to train their\u2063 models.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>San Francisco police Sergeant David Radford contacted Tesla about data on an alleged stalker&#8217;s remote access to a \u2064vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> According to Mayor Adams, what is the primary reason for implementing budget cuts to public schools?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ongoing \u200cBattle Over NYC Public \u200cSchool Budget Cuts<\/p>\n<p>By Brooke Mallory &#8211; 12:58 PM \u200c\u2013 Friday, December \u206222,\u200b 2023<\/p>\n<p>The New York City Teachers Union is currently engaged\u200d in a legal battle to prevent \u2063the implementation of budget cuts to the city&#8217;s public schools. They argue that these proposed \u2063cuts, put forth by Mayor Eric Adams, \u2064would undermine important education initiatives, hinder teacher incentives, and violate state law.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mayor Adams, who belongs to the Democratic Party, has been advocating for budget cuts for \u200cseveral months now. He cites the increasing expenses \u2063associated with New \u2062York&#8217;s immigration issue as the primary reason for these cuts, including a significant reduction of $550\u200b million in education funding.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the United Federation of \u200cTeachers has filed a lawsuit in\u2064 state court, accusing the mayor of fabricating the city&#8217;s financial problems to justify an\u200d unjust and illegal \u2064&#8221;blunt austerity measure.&#8221; The \u200dlawsuit is based on a state statute that \u200dlimits the city&#8217;s\u200c ability \u200cto cut education spending unless overall revenues decrease. It argues that the mid-year education cuts, which would disproportionately affect special needs students, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-propose-massive-new-legislative-package-cost-to-be-borne-by-taxpayers\/\" title=\"Biden to propose massive new legislative package, cost to be borne by taxpayers\">universal pre-kindergarten<\/a>, and after-school programs, are unlawful because the city&#8217;s income projections for this fiscal year were exceeded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is going to\u2064 become difficult and ugly,&#8221; \u200dasserted\u2063 UFT President Michael Mulgrew on Thursday. &#8220;We have never had an administration try to cut their schools when they have historic reserves and their revenues are all up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to education cuts, other municipal\u2064 services will also be affected, such as reduced hours at public libraries, \u200celimination of parks and sanitation \u2064programs, and a freeze on police recruiting.<\/p>\n<p>With crime rates on the rise\u2062 and increasing chaos related to asylum seekers in the city, informed New Yorkers are expressing their dissatisfaction with the mayor&#8217;s announcement. \u2063Mayor Adams&#8217; popularity has reached an all-time low \u2064since taking office over two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>To prevent the layoffs, the largest public sector union in the city, DC 37, is also \u200dsuing the\u2063 mayor separately.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Adams attempted to downplay the cases at a\u2063 press \u200cconference \u200con Thursday, emphasizing his close ties\u200b to the two political unions. &#8220;From time to time, friends disagree,&#8221; \u2063Adams said. &#8220;Sometimes it\u2063 ends up in a boardroom, and sometimes it ends up in\u200c a courtroom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite acknowledging \u2064that \u2063the cuts would cause &#8220;extreme pain \u2063to New Yorkers,&#8221; Adams urged citizens to demand more assistance from the White House in handling the immigration situation. He also warned that even more drastic cuts would be necessary to address the projected $7 billion budget deficit in the upcoming fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>However, a recent report\u2063 from the Independent Budget Office suggests that the city&#8217;s financial situation may not be as dire as the mayor has portrayed. The report\u2063 projected a $3.6 billion budget surplus by the end of the fiscal year\u200d in June, resulting in a\u2064 more manageable budget shortfall of $1.8 billion the following year.<\/p>\n<p>The teachers union cites this estimate as evidence that Adams&#8217; assessment of the city&#8217;s financial situation\u2063 is unfounded and\u2062 baseless.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Mayor&#8217;s recent actions,&#8221; the\u2062 suit states, &#8220;are driven more by a &#8216;crisis&#8217; of budget management, leadership, and problem-solving, as \u200copposed to an influx of migrants to New York.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen how this ongoing battle over the NYC public school budget cuts will ultimately be resolved. In the meantime,\u2064 concerned citizens \u200dcontinue to voice their opinions and anxiously await the outcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York City Teachers Union is taking legal action against Mayor Eric Adams to halt the implementation of public school budget cuts. 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