School Book: Protesters Urge Mayor to Spare Programs for Children
School Book: Protesters Urge Mayor to Spare Programs for Children
By THEODORIC MEYER
Bill de Blasio, the city’s public advocate and a likely mayoral candidate in the 2013 election, joined half a dozen City Council members, parents and other advocates on the steps of City Hall on Monday afternoon to criticize proposed cuts to the city’s child care and after-school programs.
The cutbacks, which are reflected in Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s budget plan for the next fiscal year, could affect 47,000 children, protesters said on Monday. They would hurt working parents like Nancy Maxwell.
