Mamdani asked every agency to save 2.5% of their budget
Here is how to cut the largest agency: The Department of Education
Mayor Mamdani has asked every city agency to find an additional 2.5% in savings in the current fiscal year as NYC’s budget situation worsens.
The largest agency is the Department of Education, which accounts for 1/3 of the city’s budget.
I wrote with my colleague Jennifer Weber on City Journal about how the Mayor can cut the Department of Education.
What I am reading this week
I am almost done with Whitaker Chambers’ memoir “Witness”. He had an adventurous life, joining the Communist Party in his 20s, running an underground espionage ring in DC, then leaving the party and becoming a Time magazine editor and a witness in the Alger Hiss trial.
A Choice Opportunity for Parents Whose Time Has Come (Momentum)
The Most Radical Thing About Texas’ Book List Isn’t the Bible (NYT)
Mission High leads California in UC Berkeley admissions. But many don’t graduate (The SF Standard)
The Million-Dollar Talent Wars for 20-Something Math Geniuses (WSJ)
Students Need Consequences, Not “Restorative Justice” (City Journal)
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