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Adrienne Adams: “Most of it [budget cuts] was still left out. So there's…”

Featuring: Adrienne Adams, Democratic | Speaker of the New York City Council, Former Candidate, New York State Senate

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New York City Council Speaker Adrian Adams Discusses Rikers Island, ICE Lawsuit, and Mayoral Race

Published | Video Starts at 05:24

So to see the mayor kind of replenish his own budget cuts was very, very interesting. And they didn't even put back all of it. Matter of fact, Most of it [budget cuts] was still left out. So there's children with special needs that are still left out. special education children. They're mandated by law to get special services. That was not put back in, among some other things as well, just not replenished with this so called baselining or restoration. (05:24–05:31)

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Asserts that budget cuts affecting special needs children were not fully restored.

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