🔴 LIVE: The Committee on Education's Preliminary Budget Hearing

New York City Council - Committee on Education · March 23, 2026

0:00/0m

0:00

Opening / DOE budget overview

Presentation

7:31 → 30:18(22m 47s)

Chair opens the hearing and the Department of Education (DOE) delivers an overview of the Mayor9s FY2027 preliminary plan and its investments for schools. Chancellor Kamari Samuels (first substantive testimony at SEG 220-246) lays out priorities: safety, academic rigor, early childhood, integration, and investments (>$1B new for schools) to stabilize operations and implement class-size requirements.

Keywords:

Speakers:

New York City Council education committee heard the DOE'9s FY2027 preliminary budget including major debate over class-size funding, special-education (due-process) costs, early-childhood expansion (2K/3K), mental-health staffing, procurement/contract transparency, school construction and student transportation (Omni card) issues.

AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Transcript

Unlock the transcript with a paid subscription