NYNP: 151 Orgs Urge Bloomberg to Restore Child Care & After-School Funding
151 Orgs Urge Bloomberg to Restore Child Care & After-School Funding
April 2, 2012, 9:09a.m.
By NYNP
A total of 151 organizations claiming to represent more than 1 million New Yorkers have joined the Campaign for Children and signed a letter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg opposing proposed cuts to child care and after-school programs. The groups say that the Mayor’s Executive Budget proposals for FY2012-13, which begins July 1st, will eliminate funding for 47,000 child care and after-school slots.