Huffington Post: Bloomberg Budget Brawl: Children’s Advocates Scramble To Save New York’s State-Of-The-Art After-School System On Eve Of Massive Cuts

Bloomberg Budget Brawl: Children’s Advocates Scramble To Save New York’s State-Of-The-Art After-School System On Eve Of Massive Cuts

By Saki Knafo
05/ 2/2012

A coalition of more than 150 New York City groups, including the Children’s Aid Society and the Police Athletic League, is making a last-ditch effort to save thousands of publicly funded child-care and after-school slots in the city.

The effort began more than two months ago, when Mayor Michael Bloomberg released a budget proposal that cut $170 million for children’s services.

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