Mamdani quietly adds $700M to NYC public schools’ already bloated budget

Source: New York Post

The Big Apple’s beleaguered Department of Education quietly got even more money in this year’s massive $126 billion budget — pushing public school funding to nearly a third of all planned city spending. City documents show the DOE got $680 million more for its fiscal year 2027 budget than what Mayor Zohran Mamdani originally proposed earlier this year. That brings the DOE’s budget to an eye-watering $38.