The New York City Department of Education (DOE) is seeking to overturn a temporary restraining order that’s preventing the department from implementing $215 million in budget cuts for the 2022–2023 school year.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lyle E. Frank ruled in favor of a group of parents and teachers who sued the city over the budget cuts, stating the department must remain within the parameters of the 2021–2022 budget instead (pdf).
The lawsuit argued, and Frank agreed, that the city breached state laws by passing a budget before the DOE advisory panel approved it.
In an affidavit filed in the Manhattan Appeals Court on Thursday, DOE Chancellor David Banks argued that Frank’s decision to pause budget cuts and revert to the previous year’s spending levels could have “disastrous” effects, the Daily News reported….