Back to Class in NYC, Public Schools are $469 Million Short

Published: Sept. 8, 2022, 9:43 p.m.

We speak on WBAI-99.5 FM with Dr. Kaliris Salas-Ramirez, a public school parent leader and a member of New York City\u2019s school board. A new school years begins on Thursday for New York City\u2019s 1 million public school students. Dr. Kaliris Salas-Ramirez has been a leading critic of the decision by Eric Adams and the City Council to defund the schools this year by $469 million. She talks about the impact that decision is having on the city\u2019s children and their support systems and what public education activists are doing to claw that money back.