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April 2, 2006

Albany Priorities: Money for Private Developers, Not Enough Money for Schools

Daily Gotham:

Albany has repeatly been ordered by our courts to give more money to NYC schools. Yet Pataki and the Republican dominated State Senate repeatedly short change our schools. Pataki refuses to give us the money the courts have ordered him to give. NYC education is not an Albany priority.

But what is? Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards Project. Ratner has been lobbying for Albany to give him $100 million for his Atlantic Yards project. This is a private developer asking for money from the government to build his dream project. Albany just eagerly gave him his first installment: $33 million dollars. That's our money, folks. While our schools suffer, our subways decline, our subway fares climb, and Pataki and the Republican dominated State Senate tell NYC schools to go to hell, they give our tax money to Bruce Ratner so he can build 17 skyscrapers and an arena in the heart of Brooklyn.

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Posted by amy at April 2, 2006 9:32 PM