Adams restores $500M+ in education funding after parent backlash

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Friday April 19, 2024 [Donate now]( [Mayor Adams restores early childhood education funding after parent backlash]( [Preschool kids walk in a line on a New York City sidewalk.]( [Adams said his administration had restored a half-billion dollars in funding to the education budget. But the department still faces a remaining fiscal cliff of $500 million.]( More Stories From Today [A photo of the scene where a person set themselves on fire]( [Man in critical condition after setting himself on fire outside Trump trial in Lower Manhattan]( [Police said the man distributed literature before self-immolating.]( [Students rallying on the steps of a building.]( [Students demand more access to journalism at NYC public schools]( [Student journalism opportunities at New York City’s public schools tend to be limited to whiter and more affluent schools – and a group of kids wants to change that.]( [A toll reader near an on-ramp to the Queensboro Bridge.]( [MTA struggled to answer questions about congestion pricing tolls 5 years in the making]( [The MTA had difficulty saying whether drivers on the Brooklyn Bridge would be tolled if they went to the FDR Drive going in either direction. At one point, different MTA officials gave different answers.]( [A man stands in front of a crowd, where he and several other people hold signs reading "Brooklyn needs Downstate"]( [Brooklyn’s SUNY Downstate hospital saved from closure until at least 2025]( [Lawmakers rejected Gov. Hochul's proposal to close the facility and replace it with an outpatient clinic.]( [Yehida Kaplovitch, a Mashgiach, or rabbinical supervisor, oversees the mixing of flour on the matzo production line at the Manischewitz manufacturing facility in Newark in 2014.]( [Extra Extra: Looking forward to just another Manischewitz Monday]( [Because you should enjoy tasty frozen matzo balls just as your forebears in the desert did, here are your afternoon links: noise tax on helicopters, the West Elm coffee table everyone's trying to resell, Hopkins lax and more.]( [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]( [Gothamist]( [WNYC Studios]( [NJPR]( [WQXR]( [New Sounds]( Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.