Court Ordered Education in New York City

A court has decided that New York City has underfunded its schools by about $5.6 billion a year, which is not a lot of money when you consider the budgets of New York City and New York State, and when you consider that the figure represents about $5,600 per student. Shame on New York for leaving this to the courts.

The Mayor and Governor have been busy with other things, the Mayor with the Olympics and a new football stadium, and the Governor with whatever it is the Governor does. New York City is a tough place to govern; however, the priorities should be easy to set, and education is number one on the list. If any Mayor or Governor, or combination thereof, restored the New York City public schools to their heyday, now about 60 or 70 years ago, they would enshrined in the hearts and minds of all New Yorkers. Stadiums only last 25 or 30 years these days, and I doubt anyone can recite where the past three or four Summer Olympics were held.