Budget breakthrough restores cuts to day care and after-school programs
Mary Frost
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
To the relief of thousands of the city’s families, the City Council and Mayor Michael Bloomberg have brokered a budget agreement that restores millions of dollars in child care and after-school programs cuts.
Parents and advocates have been protesting the draconian budget cuts proposed by the mayor, which would have eliminated tens of thousands of child care spots and after-school slots on top of cuts to libraries and other family service providers.