School Book: Bloomberg Spares Education Department from Budget Cut
School Book: Bloomberg Spares Education Department from Budget Cut
By Anna M. Phillips
For the first time in three years, New York City teachers are not being threatened with layoffs, “unless something dramatic happens,” Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said, announcing his preliminary budget on Thursday.
Last year, the mayor’s preliminary budget threatened the jobs of 4,500 teachers, part of an effort to absorb large funding cuts from the state, as well as the end of federal stimulus funds. But as in 2010, the 2011 teacher layoffs never evolved beyond a threat, and were eventually taken off the table through negotiations with the city’s teachers union.
