NYC leaders say a new budget puts them on the ‘path’ to closing the pre-K pay gap. But it’s not a done deal.
New York City officials committed Friday to providing funding in the next budget to create pay parity for early childhood education providers across the city, vowing to strike a deal on salaries later this summer.
But as Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson agreed to a handshake deal on next year’s budget, they did not offer specifics on how pay parity would be addressed or a dollar figure for that effort. De Blasio said the budget, which goes into effect July 1 with City Council approval, “promises to create a pathway” to comparable salaries between public school and community-based pre-K providers by early summer, but that labor negotiations are ongoing.
Officials representing the providers, who flanked the mayor and City Council members during a press conference announcing the budget deal Friday, did not immediately respond for comment.
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