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Brad Lander: “Proposes reducing the Department of education by 15% or $12…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Brad Lander's Address on Trump Administration Budget Cuts Impacting New York City

Published | Video Starts at 06:58

But we're talking about hundreds of thousands of New York households at risk of not having air conditioning in the hottest days of the year or heat on the coldest days of the year, or being able to pay their electricity bills at all. Proposes reducing the Department of education by 15% or $12 billion. Entirely eliminates national Endowment for the Arts, Humanities and the Corporation for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and AmeriCorps, as I'll talk about at the end. So that's, you know, part two. (06:58–07:04)

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Asserts that the Trump budget proposes a 15% reduction in the Department of Education's budget.

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