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Jessica Ramos: “We are not doing enough to retain the professors, the…”

Featuring: Jessica Ramos, Democratic | New York State Senate, District 13

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New York City Mother's Plea Against Education Budget Cuts

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… the greatest income inequality, but because we actually need good jobs, we actually have a bunch of asylum seeking academics selling are EPAs on Roosevelt Avenue this morning. Right now We are not doing enough to retain the professors, the teachers that we have. We actually are not even recruiting. What we want is to bring more education opportunities to more people in New York so that we're able to actually continue to afford to continue to live in the city and the borough that we love. (01:12–01:19)

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Asserts that current efforts to retain educators in New York are insufficient.

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