2016.11.23 Responsive Records - Part 2

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-----Original Message----From: Henry Goldman (BLOOMBERG/ NEWSROOM:) [mailto:hgoldman@bloomberg.net]

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I've got my first request: Can you help me talk to Harvey Weinstein and/or Gwyneth Paltrow about their
support for UPKNYC? Thanks, H
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Kanas Says De Blasios Higher Taxes Wont Damage NYC

BLOOMBERG - Elizabeth Dexheimer
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-09/kanas-says-de-blasio-s-higher-taxes-won-tdamage-nyc.html
New York Citys richest residents may have to meet Mayor Bill De Blasios demand for
higher taxes to fund early-childhood education programs, said BankUnited (BKU) Inc. Chief
Executive Officer John Kanas.
If wealthy New Yorkers have to kick in a little bit of money so that young people can go to
school early, so that their parents can go to work -- not so bad, right? Kanas said today in
an interview with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television.
The new mayor has vowed to raise taxes on the wealthy to finance pre-kindergarten care, and
Kanas said De Blasio, 52, will reach his goal in ways that dont kill the golden goose of the
citys business community. He will find his way to satisfy both sides, Kanas said.
De Blasios five-year plan would generate $530 million annually by raising taxes on income
above $500,000 a year to 4.4 percent from almost 3.9 percent. For the 27,300 city taxpayers
earning $500,000 to $1 million, the average increase would be $973 a year, according to the
Independent Budget Office, a municipal agency.
Kanas, 67, has run lenders in the New York region before including North Fork Bancorp and
has opened branches of Florida-based BankUnited in Manhattan. Kanas, who received $3
million in salary and bonus for 2012, said his primary home is on Long Island. Residents of
the suburban community arent subject to the citys income tax.
Billionaire Backers
BankUnited is backed by billionaire investor Wilbur Ross and private-equity firm Blackstone
Group LP, whose chairman, Steve Schwarzman, is also a billionaire.
The bank was among U.S. lenders that failed under previous managers during the housingmarket collapse, prompting regulators to seize its operations and sell most of them in 2009 to
a group of private-equity investors.
Kanas has been expanding Miami Lakes-based BankUnited after attempts to sell the firm
failed to draw any bids that met the boards expectations. While the company is looking at
takeovers of other firms, Kanas said he hasnt done any deals because of lofty valuations.
We are interviewing and discussing with people every week, every day, any acquisition
opportunity that might make sense for us, he said. But so far our own performance
outstrips anything that we could see.
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Emma Wolfe; jonathan@berlinrosen.com
Monday, January 13, 2014 9:45:43 AM
Rejecting NYCs pre-K tax proposal could lead to statewide feud over taxes
DAILY NEWS - Kenneth Lovett
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/rejecting-nyc-pre-k-tax-proposal-lead-tax-feud-article1.1577330
ALBANY The co-leader of the state Senate is hinting that dozens of requests from municipalities could
be in jeopardy if the Legislature rejects Mayor de Blasios push to raise the city income tax on the wealthy
to pay for a pre-K expansion.
Under what is known as a home rule process, a municipality requests permission from the state to raise
certain local taxes or take other actions.Typically, lawmakers acquiesce to the locals and the requests sail
through.
Over the past three years, 314 home rule bills were passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the
governor, aides to Jeffrey Klein (D-Bronx) say.
We cannot and must not have a double standard when it comes to home rule legislation like Mayor de
Blasios universal pre-K plan, Klein told the Daily News. Either we empower cities and counties to set
their own destiny, or we rethink this entire process.
Klein made his comments after Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos said last week that de Blasio hasnt
yet made a compelling case for a city income tax hike.
As co-leaders of the Senate, Klein and Skelos (R-Nassau County) each have the power to block legislation
from coming to the floor for a vote.
The Senate passed 138 home rule messages last year alone. Rejecting de Blasios plan assuming as
expected the City Council officially asks for it to be passed could cause city lawmakers to retaliate by
voting against other home rule actions sought by suburban and upstate communities if they are allowed
to reach the floor for a vote at all, insiders say.
In supporting de Blasios plan, Klein said hiking the city income tax on those earning at least $500,000 will
ensure a future funding stream for city prekindergarten programs and will guarantee 50,000 4-year-olds
the opportunity to enroll in this life changing program.
Told of Kleins comments, a Skelos spokesman said only that we look forward to working with our partner,
Jeff Klein, on this issue.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and his Democratic conference support the mayors request for a tax
hike, but Skelos and Gov. Cuomo have been cool to the idea.
The city depends on Albany for billions in state aid each year, as well as
to set income-tax rates. With that leverage, Mr. Cuomo can pressure Mr.
de Blasio to ease off his populist message and accept whatever can be
squeezed out of the budget for universal prekindergarten, the mayor's
signature campaign proposal.
"Mayor de Blasio won't be able to unilaterally raise taxes in New York City
on high-income earners," said Heather Briccetti, president and CEO of
the Business Council of New York State, which supports tax cuts proposed
by Mr. Cuomo. "He'll need the agreement of the Legislature and the
governor, which means he'll need some kind of deal if he wants to get
that done. And I just don't see it happening."
But Mr. de Blasio has cards to play. Both Assembly Speaker Sheldon
Silver and state Senate co-leader Jeffrey Klein support the tax hike for
pre-K, and the governor needs the votes they control to get his own
agenda passed. Moreover, polls show pre-K is a hit with voters; the
governor himself now wants it statewide.
Mr. de Blasio does have to fight the perception among the governor's
inner circle that he wants to tax the rich not to fund pre-K but to free up
city money to give unionized workers retroactive raises.
Contributing to this impression is the alignment of most of the city's
unions behind Mr. de Blasio. Last Monday in Harlem, union chiefs
representing teachers, hotel employees, health care aides and
construction workers, among others, stood with the mayor to voice
support for his tax plan. There was no mention of the pay raises that
municipal unions expect from Mr. de Blasio.
Open for negotiation
Nor were details given on how the campaign for a pre-K tax would
proceed, but Vincent Alvarez, president of the New York City Central
Labor Council and the New York chapter of the AFL-CIO, didn't discount
the possibility of withholding union endorsements from officials who
oppose the tax hike, including Mr. Cuomo.
Two days later, the governor embraced universal pre-K in his State of the
State speech but said nothing of the mayor's tax-the-rich scheme, nor of
Mr. de Blasio himself. Mr. Cuomo's office said that protocol was followed,
and Mr. de Blasio said he wasn't offended.
By voicing support for universal pre-K, Mr. Cuomo left daylight for
negotiation with Mr. de Blasio and his legislative allies. A resolution would
preserve the governor's reputation as a competent manager who ended
Albany's dysfunction, an image important for his re-election bid and
potential presidential campaign in 2016.
Mr. de Blasio may have even more at stake. Taxing the rich was a focus
of his campaign, and it reinvigorated liberals, who have since made him
their national poster child. Universal pre-K without the tax increase would
mean average New Yorkers would pay for it, dimming the de Blasio star.
"If Cuomo stiffs him," said former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, "I don't
know how he gets through year one."
Mr. Brodsky, a senior fellow at public-policy institute Demos, said the
fight on taxes will define the legislative session in Albany this spring.
"It looks like de Blasio has the Legislature with him," he said. "If that's
the case, there are votes in both houses to do what he wants. Is Cuomo
going to declare, 'I did my best'? It's possible. But it's not likely."
The governor has wriggled out of political boxes before. Two years ago,
having pledged no tax increases but facing a budget deficit, Mr. Cuomo
deftly passed off a $2 billion tax increase as a reduction by extending a
"millionaire's tax" just before it expired while cutting middle-class tax
rates. Last year, he and the Legislature quietly extended the surcharge
on high earners through 2017. The governor has since been vocal about
not revisiting income taxes, arguing that increases on the wealthy will
send them fleeing to low-tax states.
Two-front battle
The tax debate will play out on two fronts. City and state officials will
start hashing out their differences behind closed doors, with Mr. de Blasio
likely to deploy his new budget director, Dean Fuleihan, who for years
was Mr. Silver's chief policy adviser and knows Albany intimately.
Meanwhile, Mr. de Blasio, organized labor and the Working Families Party
will take their tax-the-rich message to the public in districts of key state
lawmakers to build momentum for their cause. The playbook will be
familiar: rallies, door-knocking, phone-banking and possibly TV and radio
ads.
The WFP recently joined with other left-leaning groups to create People
for New York, modeled in part on a past adversary, the Committee to
Save New York, a former business alliance that advertised in support of
the governor's fiscally conservative agenda.
As one source who has worked on past campaigns with the Democraticoperative-turned-mayor put it, Mr. de Blasio "is a big believer in the
outside game."
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he will unveil next week.

Here's part of the release announcing the press conference:
"New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed a plan to extend and make
available full-day Pre-kindergarten to all children in New York City. The new plan
would close a gap of nearly 50,000 children who currently receive inadequate parttime Pre-kindergarten or no Pre-kindergarten at all. These high-quality education
programs are proven to increase cognition, boost scores and build fundamental skills
that put children on an upward educational path.
The Mayor has proposed funding the new plan by implementing a five-year increase
in New York City income tax on earners over $500,000 from 3.876% to 4.41%. The
increase would yield approximately 530 million dollars in new revenue for the City
and make Universal Pre-kindergarten a reality for all of New Yorks families. The tax
portion of the plan is critical to its success because funding commitments for these
types of educational programs have not materialized in past years, leaving tens of
thousands of New York City children behind.
Not only do full-day Pre-kindergarten and afterschool programs a help to improve
graduation rates and to reduce the achievement gap, but they also make it 20%
more likely that a child will graduate high school and will be able to work their way
out of poverty. According to a recent study by the National Bureau of Economic
Research, Pre-kindergarten programs can reduce the achievement gap by up to as
much as 40%."
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RE: UPKNYC
Thursday, January 16, 2014 5:28:36 PM
+ Jonathan who is dealing w/ this for upknyc
From: Adams, Marti

Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 5:10 PM
To: Wolfe, Emma
Subject: FW: UPKNYC
From: Fermino, Jennifer [mailto:jfermino@nydailynews.com]

To: Adams, Marti
Subject: UPKNYC
Doing a story on this pre-k campaign that I got from them. Just wondering, does City Hall have a
point person who deals with it? Like one person whose job is solely to deal with UPKNYC? Would it
be emma wolfe?
Jennifer Fermino
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Walzak, Phil
Re: Exclusive for you on UPK campaign
Peter Ragone
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Peter Ragone/
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From: Jonathan Rosen [mailto:Jonathan@berlinrosen.com]

To: Wolfe, Emma; Adams, Marti
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From: Wolfe, Emma [mailto:EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov]

To: Adams, Marti
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+J Ro
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To: Wolfe, Emma
Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: FW: Exclusive for you on UPK campaign

To: Adams, Marti
The question is, what is mayors involvement and who is city hall point person?

Jennifer Fermino
New York Daily News
(646) 734 0320
From: Emma Woods [mailto:emma@berlinrosen.com]

Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 11:30 AM
To: Fermino, Jennifer
Subject: Exclusive for you on UPK campaign
Hi Jen wanted to offer you an exclusive on the next phase of the UPKNYC campaign to
pass Mayor de Blasios pre-k and after-school plan.
Starting tomorrow, the UPKNYC campaign will launch extensive online and grassroots
campaign to recruit tens of thousands of UPK activists to mobilize as budget discussions
heat up in Albany.
Tomorrow morning, hundreds of volunteers will be at subway stops in all five boroughs,
handing out literature and signing up supporters. And dozens of organizations will email
hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, urging them to become UPK activists.
The campaign will include talking to New Yorkers at subway stops, at their doors, at house
parties and at town halls throughout the City. Additionally, the campaign will rely on online
organizing methods perfected on BDB's campaign for Mayor.
As budget discussion heat up, organizers will mobilize activists to reach out to elected
officials throughout the state via in-district and Albany lobby visits, letters and phone calls.
The goal is to make sure elected officials see that 70 percent of New Yorkers want to get
this done now.
Let me know if you want this piece exclusively for a story to run tomorrow AM, and what
youd need to make it happen.
Thanks,
Emma
Emma Woods
BerlinRosen Public Affairs
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To: Adams, Marti
The question is, what is mayors involvement and who is city hall point person?
Jennifer Fermino
New York Daily News
(646) 734 0320
From: Emma Woods [mailto:emma@berlinrosen.com]

Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 11:30 AM
To: Fermino, Jennifer
Subject: Exclusive for you on UPK campaign
Hi Jen wanted to offer you an exclusive on the next phase of the UPKNYC campaign to
pass Mayor de Blasios pre-k and after-school plan.
Starting tomorrow, the UPKNYC campaign will launch extensive online and grassroots
campaign to recruit tens of thousands of UPK activists to mobilize as budget discussions
heat up in Albany.
Tomorrow morning, hundreds of volunteers will be at subway stops in all five boroughs,
handing out literature and signing up supporters. And dozens of organizations will email
hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, urging them to become UPK activists.
The campaign will include talking to New Yorkers at subway stops, at their doors, at house
parties and at town halls throughout the City. Additionally, the campaign will rely on online
organizing methods perfected on BDB's campaign for Mayor.
As budget discussion heat up, organizers will mobilize activists to reach out to elected
officials throughout the state via in-district and Albany lobby visits, letters and phone calls.
The goal is to make sure elected officials see that 70 percent of New Yorkers want to get
this done now.
Let me know if you want this piece exclusively for a story to run tomorrow AM, and what
youd need to make it happen.

Thanks,
Emma
Emma Woods
O: 646-200-5303
C: 203-568-4780
emma@berlinrosen.com
************(NJ)
rabinowitz@berlinrosen.com
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Fw: Cuomo pre-k
Monday, January 20, 2014 10:27:31 PM
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Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 10:26 PM
To: 'cgerstl@uft.org' <cgerstl@uft.org>
Subject: Re: Cuomo pre-k
Let's talk first thing in AM
----- Original Message ----From: Carol Gerstl [mailto:cgerstl@uft.org]
To: Wolfe, Emma
Subject: Cuomo pre-k
We are hearing $100 million this year and $1.5 billion over 5 years for full day pre-k
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"Jonathan Rosen"
RE: still no luck on my foundation meeting with Carmen - this reminds me. i will beg urs today but then knock
on your door.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 4:31:04 PM
Ok
SIGH

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Subject: still no luck on my foundation meeting with Carmen - this reminds me. i will beg urs today but
then knock on your door.
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Subject: TESTIMONY OF MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO - 2014-15 STATE EXECUTIVE BUDGET BEFORE THE
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T HE C ItY OF N EW Y ORK
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 27, 2014
CONTACT:pressoffice@cityhall.nyc.gov, (212) 788-2958
No. 023
TESTIMONY OF MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO
2014-15 STATE EXECUTIVE BUDGET
BEFORE THE STATE ASSEMBLY WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE
AND SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
JANUARY 27, 2014
Excerpts and Full Testimony, as Prepared for Delivery
Testimony Excerpts:
We are in the midst of an inequality crisis. It is my job to rectify the shortcomings and
inequalities that preclude our city from reaching its true potential. And our budget for the city
will address this affordability crisis.We are striving for One New York, where we all rise
together, and were going to let hard-working New Yorkers know that City Hall has their
backs. Its with that same goal in mind that I begin today by outlining our plan for instituting
universal full-day pre-kindergarten in our city, and for creating high-quality after-school
opportunities for all middle school students across the five boroughs. Its within our means to
do both and do them now.
***
[W]ere prepared to provide free, high-quality, all-day pre-K to close to 54,000

4-year-olds this September. And by January 2016, well be able to increase that to the full
universe of more than 73,000 children, participating in a high-quality, all-day pre-K

program.
***
New York City Council members strongly support this proposal, and Im confident it will
send you a Home Rule message expressing that support. A broad range of the citys business,
labor, civic and educational leaders is behind it, too. Its an idea that every public opinion
poll and also the results of last Novembers elections show has overwhelming backing
from the people of New York City. Its one where the citys right to self-determination to
setting and carrying out our own priorities ought to be honored in Albany. Its also one
thats so vital that it must be inviolable. Universal pre-K and after-school programs must
have a dedicated funding stream, a locked box, shielded from what we all know is the
inevitable give and take of the budgeting process.
***
[L]ets be clear about two principles key to making true universal pre-K a reality. First,
funding for universal, full-day pre-K must be dedicated and sufficient to meet the immediate
needs of our children, and the clearly-expressed mandate given by the residents of New York
City. And second, the funding must be predictable and consistent.
***
Since 2009, the state has not met the court-ordered obligation to our city and to school
districts elsewhere in the state under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit: An obligation
the Court of Appeals rightly defined as providing a sound basic education to all children in
our state.The decision in that case was a matter of simple justice.It ordered the end of an
historic wrong created by the manifestly unfair distribution of state education aid to local
school districts. In the next school year alone, New York City public school students will be
shortchanged some $2.7 billion in state education funds. Im confident youll agree that with
the resources available, it is time to make a significant down-payment on this obligation this
year fulfilling a commitment and making equity in education a priority.
***
So together, lets use the budget process were engaged in to address the top priority weve
outlined today: The crisis of inequality in our city and our state. And universal pre-K and
quality after-school programs do just that. We can level the field for our kids every child in
every borough of our city by asking those who make more than half a million dollars a year
to pay a little more in taxes.
***
First, there are some who say that Albany shouldnt approve our plan because the state
government simply cannot raise any taxes right now.But that is not the debate.Were not
asking Albany to raise the state income tax by a single penny to pay for universal pre-K and
after-school programs in New York City. Were simply asking Albany to allow New York
City to tax itself its wealthiest residents those making a half-million or more a year.
***
[T]here are some who whisper that our drive to tax the rich to fund pre-K and after-school is
just political posturing an effort to heap scorn on the wealthy to win an election. But the
election in New York City is over, and we are here to work with our leaders in Albany to
govern. This is about our commitment to One New York, where we all rise together. We
dont want to punish the wealthy for their success we want to create more success stories.
This is about the children of New York, and just how strong of a commitment we are willing
to make to their futures.
Full Testimony, as Prepared for Delivery:

Good morning.
I want to thank the chairmen of the committees holding this hearing, Assemblyman Denny
Farrell and Senator John DeFrancisco;
Also thank the ranking minority members of the committees, Assemblyman Robert Oaks and
Senator Liz Krueger;
And, finally, thank all the members of both the Assembly Ways and Means Committee and
the Senate Finance Committee for this opportunity to testify today.
Seated with me this morning are two people many of you already know: Dean Fuleihan, New
York Citys new director of Management and Budget; and Sherif Soliman, the citys new
director of state legislative affairs.
My entire administration and I look forward to a very constructive partnership with you and
your colleagues during this legislative session.
Over the years, weve seen, and appreciated, the leadership that the legislature has shown,
time after time.
You have our admiration and gratitude for the work youve done in recent years to help right
the finances of the state.
The surplus now projected is a welcome far cry from the massive deficits the state faced just
a few years ago and thats a tribute to your effective cooperation with the governor as fiscal
stewards.
We also commend the legislature for its work to reform the state juvenile justice system to
provide Medicaid and other mandate relief to our city and to local governments across the
state and on other key issues.
This year, we face new challenges and Im confident that working together, well meet
them.
Ill begin that process with some preliminary thoughts today about the recently presented
Executive Budget.
Over the next week, well flesh out our administrations views and our agenda in greater
detail.
Let me point out that in New York City, my administration is poised to begin our own budget
process.
On February 12, well offer our preliminary budget for the city fiscal year that begins July 1.
Were approaching that task in an environment of unprecedented fiscal uncertainty for the
city.
In large part thats because, for the first time in modern memory, collective bargaining
agreements with more than 300,000 employees virtually our entire municipal workforce
were allowed to expire by the previous administration.
In some cases, theyve gone un-negotiated for as many as six years, which has produced an
extraordinary and difficult city relationship with our own employees, and left unresolved
issues like rising health care costs.
And that makes the always-difficult task of balancing our budget far more complex.
Big question marks also hang over our relationship with our federal partners.
We are gratified by the efforts of the president, our Congressional delegation, FEMA, and
HUD in the response to Hurricane Sandy.
But it remains unclear whether the federal funds we receive from here on out for rebuilding
and for preparing our city for future extreme weather events, will be enough to address the
work that still remains.
And compounding those questions is the great social and economic challenge of our era the
growing crisis of affordability in our city.
Because here are the stark realities.
Today close to half the residents of New York City live below, or near, the poverty line.
Our citys middle class is pummeled by rising costs and pinched by shrinking real incomes.
And the social and economic gulf between those with great wealth and the far larger
number of people who lack the means to realize their dreams and make better lives for their
children continues to deepen.
inequalities that preclude our city from reaching its true potential. And our budget for the city
will address this affordability crisis.
We are striving for One New York, where we all rise together, and were going to let hard-
working New Yorkers know that City Hall has their backs.
Its with that same goal in mind that I begin today by outlining our plan for instituting
opportunities for all middle school students across the five boroughs.
Its within our means to do both and do them now.
And by doing so, well begin a major investment in our citys future, and start to close the
yawning social and economic chasms in our city.
It is our obligation to enact these programs now, because in the case of both universal pre-K
and after-school programs, the research evidence of their impact on greatly reducing social
and economic equality is overwhelming.
The verdict is in.
Nobel Prize-winning economists President Obamathe outgoing chair of the Federal

Reserve system, Ben Bernanke
And studies in dozens of states, all agree that high-quality pre-K instruction produces
substantial lifetime returns in:
Higher incomes;
Higher rates of homeownership;
Higher rates of savings; and
Fewer run-ins with the law.
Yet the reality is that today, fewer than 27 percent of 4-year-olds in New York City have
access to full-day pre-K.
We must, and can, do better than that and do it now.
The same is true of middle school after-school programs.
Programs that have been shown to reduce juvenile crime by up to half in the most high-risk
communities.
Theres no question about the value of programs that keep kids on task and off the streets
during the most crucial period of their days.
The hours between when the last school bell rings and their parents return from work.
Nor is there any doubt about the value of programs like those I recently saw at the School
of Young Leaders in the Bronx that open young minds and enrich young lives through
opportunities for cultural and artistic expression.
Yet in recent years, 30,000 seats were cut from after-school programs in the city.
And today, by some estimates, nearly 1-in-4 of the schoolchildren in our city goes
unsupervised after school.
We can do better than that and do it now.
And we can accomplish it by simply asking a little more of the very wealthiest people in our
city.
Were seeking the right to levy a small income tax surcharge on New York Citys wealthiest
residents over the next five years:
An increase from the current 3.9 percent rate to a 4.4 percent rate on those with annual
incomes of a half-million dollars or more.
This one dedicated measure would fully fund universal pre-K in our city, and let us expand
middle school extended learning programs, too.
In the first year, the dedicated funds raised by the personal income tax increase on the citys
highest earners will be used to increase the number of seats available for pre-K, upgrade
existing seats, and support the expansion of necessary infrastructure, including initiatives as
curriculum development and improved initiatives for training and ongoing support.
In the following year, virtually all of the funding will be dedicated solely to programming.
And in subsequent years, the dedicated funds generated from this tax will be used to continue
to build needed capacity, support ongoing operations, and ensure that programs offer highquality instruction and family engagement.
Our city in partnership with schools, community-based providers, and families is wellpositioned to take this on, and at a rapid pace.
And were ready to begin right away.
I am extremely fortunate to have a dedicated and knowledgeable group of experts whose

combined expertise in early education is nothing short of extraordinary guiding one of the
largest pre-K expansions in our nations history.
They have volunteered many hours as part of our transition, and several of them have joined
me here today:
Jennifer Jones Austin, the Co-Chair of my Transition Team and Chief Executive Officer and
Executive Director of the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies; Elba Montalvo, the
Founder, President and CEO of the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families; Josh
Wallack, who leads the Childrens Aid Societys Early Childhood Programs from birth to age
5 across New York City; Sherry M. Cleary, the Executive Director of the New York City
Early Childhood Professional Development Institute at the City University of New York;
Gail Nayowith, the Executive Director of the SCO Family of Services, providing early
childhood care and education to more than 60,000 New Yorkers; and Nancy Kolben, the
Executive Director of the Center for Childrens Initiatives.

They have been joined by our Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Lilliam
Barrios-Paoli, our Schools Chancellor Carmen Faria and the staff at the Department of
Education, our Commissioner of the Administration of Children Services, Gladys Carrion and
her staff, and the staff at the Office of Management and Budget.
Their thorough analysis shows that were prepared to provide free, high-quality, all-day preK to close to 54,000 4-year-olds this September.
And by January 2016, well be able to increase that to the full universe of more than 73,000
children, participating in a high-quality all-day pre-K program.
And were confident that well have the space to accommodate those children across public
school and community-based organization settings.
The Department of Education has identified 4,000 classrooms potentially available within
public school buildings, with additional space available in community-based organizations
that currently serve the majority of children in pre-K.
Weve also begun to develop a teacher pipeline to recruit, train, and provide support for
teachers and assistants to staff these classrooms.
Given the diversity of our city and that 19 percent of current kindergartners are English
Language Learners, the model will also put additional support in place so that teachers,
administrators, and coaches are prepared to meet their needs.
And for programs already offering full-day pre-K, we will bring them up to the same quality
standards as the new programs established through expansion.
The Working Group has agreed to continue with us to make implementation a reality this
September.I am committed to this implementation, and our First Deputy Mayor Tony
Shorris will supervise this effort with our Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services,
Lilliam Barrios-Paoli, Chancellor Faria, Commissioner Carrion and dedicated management
and staffs in each agency will bring these plans to fruition.
send you a Home Rule message expressing that support.
A broad range of the citys business, labor, civic and educational leaders is behind it, too.
Its an idea that every public opinion poll and also the results of last Novembers elections
show has overwhelming backing from the people of New York City.
Its one where the citys right to self-determination to setting and carrying out our own
priorities ought to be honored in Albany.
Its also one thats so vital that it must be inviolable.
Universal pre-K and after-school programs must have a dedicated funding stream, a locked
box, shielded from what we all know is the inevitable give and take of the budgeting process.

And let me remind you that the legislature has taken this kind of action before, and not so
very long ago.
In the early 1990s, you gave New York City authority to levy a temporary, dedicated income
tax surcharge that funded the Dinkins administrations Safe Streets/Safe City program.
Doing that allowed us to hire thousands of new police officers. It began the historic, ongoing
reduction of crime in our city.
Its part of why today, New York is the safest big city in the nation.
Now you can help us make history again:
By putting New York City in the lead nationwide in making universal pre-K a reality, and in
giving all our middle-school students the after-school programs they need.
This year, Governor Cuomo has also proposed making universal pre-K available statewide.
Thats an idea we strongly endorse and we appreciate his leadership on this issue.
And we back to the hilt the $2 billion smart schools bond issue that he seeks to put on the
ballot to improve and equalize technology in schools.
We look forward to working with the governor, and all of you, to win its approval by the
voters, and secure funding for necessary pre-K classroom construction and equipment
purchases.
But lets be clear about two principles key to making true universal pre-K a reality.
First, funding for universal, full-day pre-K must be dedicated and sufficient to meet the
immediate needs of our children, and the clearly-expressed mandate given by the residents of
New York City.
And second, the funding must be predictable and consistent.
Finally, before leaving the subject of education, let me make one last point
One that also speaks to the goal of ending social and economic inequality in our city and
state
districts elsewhere in the state under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit:
An obligation the Court of Appeals rightly defined as providing a sound basic education to
all children in our state.
The decision in that case was a matter of simple justice. It ordered the end of an historic
wrong created by the manifestly unfair distribution of state education aid to local school
districts.

In the next school year alone, New York City public school students will be shortchanged
some $2.7 billion in state education funds.
Im confident youll agree that with the resources available, it is time to make a significant
down-payment on this obligation this year fulfilling a commitment and making equity in
education a priority.
Now let me quickly review some of the other elements of the Executive Budget.
We support many of its ambitious programmatic initiatives.
I strongly urge you, for example, to adopt the governors proposal to raise the threshold age
for adult criminal prosecution in our state from 16 to 18.
This would right a shameful wrong, and at long last bring us in line with the sound and
decent standard followed in 48 of the other 50 states.
We also commend the Governor for the bold capital investments he has put forward. Many
would address top priorities in our city.
His call for building four new MetroNorth stations in the Bronx is music to the ears of the
people of that borough and will be a welcome enhancement of our regional mass transit
system.
I also strongly support the investments in the Executive Budget for strengthening the states
coastal infrastructure and revamping MTA stations and facilities.
Theyre smart responses to the new realities of climate change that Sandy brought home to us
all.
The governor rightly deserves all the national recognition hes earned for his leadership in
rebuilding after Sandy, and for preparing New York State for future emergencies.
The governor has also stressed the importance of the tax cuts that he proposes.
And in the coming weeks, we will be evaluating the impact on New York City.
But I recognize that the governor is putting forward a proposal that sets state priorities with
this package in the same way that we in New York City are putting forward our dedicated 5year modest tax increase on the wealthiest New Yorkers to fund our universal high-quality
pre-K for 4-year-olds and our extended learning for middle school children.
Let me also turn to the governors response to the dire plight of health care in the state
including the current crisis in Brooklyn.
We strongly support the states request for a Federal Medicaid waiver, and the goal of
investing those funds for the transformation of health care facilities.
We also believe that has to be part of a larger effort by the state and New York City to
ensure that people in Brooklyn have consistent access to quality health care.
Members of the Legislature:
You all know that a budget isnt merely a balance sheet; its a statement of priorities and an
expression of values.
So together, lets use the budget process were engaged in to address the top priority weve
outlined today:
The crisis of inequality in our city and our state.
And universal pre-K and quality after-school programs do just that.
We can level the field for our kids every child in every borough of our city by asking
those who make more than half a million dollars a year to pay a little more in taxes.
Now, I know that last part has been the subject of some debate in recent weeks.
And I know that people of good intention can have different plans for how to achieve better
outcomes for our kids.
But lets start debunking two myths surrounding our proposal.
First, thereare some who say that Albanyshouldnt approve our plan because thestate
governmentsimply cannotraise anytaxes right now.
But that isnot the debate. Were not asking Albany to raise the state income tax by a single
penny to pay for universal pre-K and after-school programs in New York City.
Were simply asking Albany to allow New York City to tax itself its wealthiest residents
those making a half-million or more a year.
Second, there are some who whisper that our drive to tax the rich to fund pre-K and afterschool is just political posturing an effort to heap scorn on the wealthy to win an election.
But the election in New York City is over, and we are here to work with our leaders in
Albany to govern.
This is about our commitment to One New York, where we all rise together.
We dont want to punish the wealthy for their success we want to create more success
stories.
This is about the children of New York, and just how strong of a commitment we are willing
to make to their futures.
We look forward to working with you to strengthen that commitment.

And now we look forward to your questions for us.
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T H E C ITY O F N E W Y O R K
O F F IC E O F TH E M A Y O R
N E W Y O R K , NY 10007

CONTACT: pressoffice@cityhall.nyc.gov, (212) 788-2958
No. 023
TESTIMONY OF MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO
2014-15 STATE EXECUTIVE BUDGET
BEFORE THE STATE ASSEMBLY WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE
AND SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
JANUARY 27, 2014
Excerpts and Full Testimony, as Prepared for Delivery
Testimony Excerpts:
inequalities that preclude our city from reaching its true potential. And our budget for the
city will address this affordability crisis. We are striving for One New York, where we
all rise together, and were going to let hard-working New Yorkers know that City Hall
has their backs. Its with that same goal in mind that I begin today by outlining our plan
for instituting universal full-day pre-kindergarten in our city, and for creating highquality after-school opportunities for all middle school students across the five boroughs.
***
[W]ere prepared to provide free, high-quality, all-day pre-K to close to 54,000
4-year-olds this September. And by January 2016, well be able to increase that to the full
universe of more than 73,000 children, participating in a high-quality, all-day pre-K
program.
***
send you a Home Rule message expressing that support. A broad range of the citys
business, labor, civic and educational leaders is behind it, too. Its an idea that every
public opinion poll and also the results of last Novembers elections show has
overwhelming backing from the people of New York City. Its one where the citys right
to self-determination to setting and carrying out our own priorities ought to be

honored in Albany. Its also one thats so vital that it must be inviolable. Universal pre-K
and after-school programs must have a dedicated funding stream, a locked box, shielded
from what we all know is the inevitable give and take of the budgeting process.
***
[L]ets be clear about two principles key to making true universal pre-K a reality. First,
funding for universal, full-day pre-K must be dedicated and sufficient to meet the
immediate needs of our children, and the clearly-expressed mandate given by the
residents of New York City. And second, the funding must be predictable and consistent.
***
districts elsewhere in the state under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit: An
obligation the Court of Appeals rightly defined as providing a sound basic education to
all children in our state. The decision in that case was a matter of simple justice. It
ordered the end of an historic wrong created by the manifestly unfair distribution of state
education aid to local school districts. In the next school year alone, New York City
public school students will be shortchanged some $2.7 billion in state education funds.
Im confident youll agree that with the resources available, it is time to make a
significant down-payment on this obligation this year fulfilling a commitment and
making equity in education a priority.
***
So together, lets use the budget process were engaged in to address the top priority
weve outlined today: The crisis of inequality in our city and our state. And universal preK and quality after-school programs do just that. We can level the field for our kids
every child in every borough of our city by asking those who make more than half a
million dollars a year to pay a little more in taxes.
***
government simply cannot raise any taxes right now. But that is not the debate. Were not
asking Albany to raise the state income tax by a single penny to pay for universal pre-K
and after-school programs in New York City. Were simply asking Albany to allow New
York City to tax itself its wealthiest residents those making a half-million or more a
year.
***
[T]here are some who whisper that our drive to tax the rich to fund pre-K and afterschool is just political posturing an effort to heap scorn on the wealthy to win an
election. But the election in New York City is over, and we are here to work with our
leaders in Albany to govern. This is about our commitment to One New York, where
we all rise together. We dont want to punish the wealthy for their success we want to
create more success stories. This is about the children of New York, and just how strong
of a commitment we are willing to make to their futures.
Full Testimony, as Prepared for Delivery:
Good morning.
I want to thank the chairmen of the committees holding this hearing, Assemblyman
Denny Farrell and Senator John DeFrancisco;
Also thank the ranking minority members of the committees, Assemblyman Robert Oaks
and Senator Liz Krueger;
And, finally, thank all the members of both the Assembly Ways and Means Committee
and the Senate Finance Committee for this opportunity to testify today.
Seated with me this morning are two people many of you already know: Dean Fuleihan,
New York Citys new director of Management and Budget; and Sherif Soliman, the citys
new director of state legislative affairs.
My entire administration and I look forward to a very constructive partnership with you
and your colleagues during this legislative session.
Over the years, weve seen, and appreciated, the leadership that the legislature has
shown, time after time.
You have our admiration and gratitude for the work youve done in recent years to help
right the finances of the state.
The surplus now projected is a welcome far cry from the massive deficits the state faced
just a few years ago and thats a tribute to your effective cooperation with the governor
as fiscal stewards.
We also commend the legislature for its work to reform the state juvenile justice
system to provide Medicaid and other mandate relief to our city and to local
governments across the state and on other key issues.
This year, we face new challenges and Im confident that working together, well meet
them.
Ill begin that process with some preliminary thoughts today about the recently presented
Executive Budget.
Over the next week, well flesh out our administrations views and our agenda in greater
detail.
Let me point out that in New York City, my administration is poised to begin our own
budget process.
On February 12, well offer our preliminary budget for the city fiscal year that begins
July 1.
Were approaching that task in an environment of unprecedented fiscal uncertainty for
the city.
In large part thats because, for the first time in modern memory, collective bargaining
agreements with more than 300,000 employees virtually our entire municipal workforce
were allowed to expire by the previous administration.
In some cases, theyve gone un-negotiated for as many as six years, which has produced
an extraordinary and difficult city relationship with our own employees, and left
unresolved issues like rising health care costs.
And that makes the always-difficult task of balancing our budget far more complex.
Big question marks also hang over our relationship with our federal partners.
We are gratified by the efforts of the president, our Congressional delegation, FEMA, and
HUD in the response to Hurricane Sandy.
But it remains unclear whether the federal funds we receive from here on out for
rebuilding and for preparing our city for future extreme weather events, will be enough to
address the work that still remains.
And compounding those questions is the great social and economic challenge of our era
the growing crisis of affordability in our city.
Because here are the stark realities.
Today close to half the residents of New York City live below, or near, the poverty line.
Our citys middle class is pummeled by rising costs and pinched by shrinking real
incomes.
And the social and economic gulf between those with great wealth and the far larger
number of people who lack the means to realize their dreams and make better lives for
their children continues to deepen.
inequalities that preclude our city from reaching its true potential. And our budget for the
city will address this affordability crisis.
We are striving for One New York, where we all rise together, and were going to let
hard-working New Yorkers know that City Hall has their backs.
Its with that same goal in mind that I begin today by outlining our plan for instituting
opportunities for all middle school students across the five boroughs.
And by doing so, well begin a major investment in our citys future, and start to close
the yawning social and economic chasms in our city.
It is our obligation to enact these programs now, because in the case of both universal
pre-K and after-school programs, the research evidence of their impact on greatly
reducing social and economic equality is overwhelming.
The verdict is in.
Nobel Prize-winning economists President Obamathe outgoing chair of the Federal
Reserve system, Ben Bernanke
And studies in dozens of states, all agree that high-quality pre-K instruction produces
substantial lifetime returns in:
Higher incomes;
Higher rates of homeownership;
Higher rates of savings; and
Fewer run-ins with the law.

Yet the reality is that today, fewer than 27 percent of 4-year-olds in New York City have
access to full-day pre-K.
We must, and can, do better than that and do it now.
The same is true of middle school after-school programs.
Programs that have been shown to reduce juvenile crime by up to half in the most highrisk communities.
Theres no question about the value of programs that keep kids on task and off the streets
during the most crucial period of their days.
The hours between when the last school bell rings and their parents return from work.
Nor is there any doubt about the value of programs like those I recently saw at the
School of Young Leaders in the Bronx that open young minds and enrich young lives
through opportunities for cultural and artistic expression.
Yet in recent years, 30,000 seats were cut from after-school programs in the city.
And today, by some estimates, nearly 1-in-4 of the schoolchildren in our city goes
unsupervised after school.
We can do better than that and do it now.
And we can accomplish it by simply asking a little more of the very wealthiest people in
our city.
Were seeking the right to levy a small income tax surcharge on New York Citys
wealthiest residents over the next five years:
An increase from the current 3.9 percent rate to a 4.4 percent rate on those with annual
incomes of a half-million dollars or more.
This one dedicated measure would fully fund universal pre-K in our city, and let us
expand middle school extended learning programs, too.
In the first year, the dedicated funds raised by the personal income tax increase on the
citys highest earners will be used to increase the number of seats available for pre-K,
upgrade existing seats, and support the expansion of necessary infrastructure, including
initiatives as curriculum development and improved initiatives for training and ongoing
support.
In the following year, virtually all of the funding will be dedicated solely to
programming. And in subsequent years, the dedicated funds generated from this tax will
be used to continue to build needed capacity, support ongoing operations, and ensure that
programs offer high-quality instruction and family engagement.
Our city in partnership with schools, community-based providers, and families is
well-positioned to take this on, and at a rapid pace.
And were ready to begin right away.
I am extremely fortunate to have a dedicated and knowledgeable group of experts
whose combined expertise in early education is nothing short of extraordinary guiding
one of the largest pre-K expansions in our nations history.
They have volunteered many hours as part of our transition, and several of them have
joined me here today:
Jennifer Jones Austin, the Co-Chair of my Transition Team and Chief Executive Officer
and Executive Director of the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies; Elba Montalvo,
the Founder, President and CEO of the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families;
Josh Wallack, who leads the Childrens Aid Societys Early Childhood Programs from
birth to age 5 across New York City; Sherry M. Cleary, the Executive Director of the
New York City Early Childhood Professional Development Institute at the City
University of New York; Gail Nayowith, the Executive Director of the SCO Family of
Services, providing early childhood care and education to more than 60,000 New
Yorkers; and Nancy Kolben, the Executive Director of the Center for Childrens
Initiatives.
They have been joined by our Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Lilliam
Barrios-Paoli, our Schools Chancellor Carmen Faria and the staff at the Department of
Education, our Commissioner of the Administration of Children Services, Gladys Carrion
and her staff, and the staff at the Office of Management and Budget.
Their thorough analysis shows that were prepared to provide free, high-quality, all-day
pre-K to close to 54,000 4-year-olds this September.
And by January 2016, well be able to increase that to the full universe of more than
73,000 children, participating in a high-quality all-day pre-K program.
And were confident that well have the space to accommodate those children across
public school and community-based organization settings.
The Department of Education has identified 4,000 classrooms potentially available within
public school buildings, with additional space available in community-based
organizations that currently serve the majority of children in pre-K.
Weve also begun to develop a teacher pipeline to recruit, train, and provide support for
teachers and assistants to staff these classrooms.
Given the diversity of our city and that 19 percent of current kindergartners are English
Language Learners, the model will also put additional support in place so that teachers,
administrators, and coaches are prepared to meet their needs.
And for programs already offering full-day pre-K, we will bring them up to the same
quality standards as the new programs established through expansion.
The Working Group has agreed to continue with us to make implementation a reality this
September. I am committed to this implementation, and our First Deputy Mayor Tony
Shorris will supervise this effort with our Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services,
Lilliam Barrios-Paoli, Chancellor Faria, Commissioner Carrion and dedicated
management and staffs in each agency will bring these plans to fruition.
send you a Home Rule message expressing that support.

A broad range of the citys business, labor, civic and educational leaders is behind it, too.
Its an idea that every public opinion poll and also the results of last Novembers
elections show has overwhelming backing from the people of New York City.
Its one where the citys right to self-determination to setting and carrying out our own
priorities ought to be honored in Albany.
Its also one thats so vital that it must be inviolable.
Universal pre-K and after-school programs must have a dedicated funding stream, a
locked box, shielded from what we all know is the inevitable give and take of the
budgeting process.
And let me remind you that the legislature has taken this kind of action before, and not so
very long ago.
In the early 1990s, you gave New York City authority to levy a temporary, dedicated
income tax surcharge that funded the Dinkins administrations Safe Streets/Safe City
program.
Doing that allowed us to hire thousands of new police officers. It began the historic,
ongoing reduction of crime in our city.
Its part of why today, New York is the safest big city in the nation.
Now you can help us make history again:
By putting New York City in the lead nationwide in making universal pre-K a reality, and
in giving all our middle-school students the after-school programs they need.
This year, Governor Cuomo has also proposed making universal pre-K available
statewide.
Thats an idea we strongly endorse and we appreciate his leadership on this issue.
And we back to the hilt the $2 billion smart schools bond issue that he seeks to put on
the ballot to improve and equalize technology in schools.
We look forward to working with the governor, and all of you, to win its approval by the
voters, and secure funding for necessary pre-K classroom construction and equipment
purchases.
But lets be clear about two principles key to making true universal pre-K a reality.
First, funding for universal, full-day pre-K must be dedicated and sufficient to meet the
immediate needs of our children, and the clearly-expressed mandate given by the
residents of New York City.
And second, the funding must be predictable and consistent.
Finally, before leaving the subject of education, let me make one last point
One that also speaks to the goal of ending social and economic inequality in our city and
state
districts elsewhere in the state under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit:
An obligation the Court of Appeals rightly defined as providing a sound basic
education to all children in our state.
The decision in that case was a matter of simple justice. It ordered the end of an historic
wrong created by the manifestly unfair distribution of state education aid to local school
districts.
In the next school year alone, New York City public school students will be shortchanged
some $2.7 billion in state education funds.
Im confident youll agree that with the resources available, it is time to make a
significant down-payment on this obligation this year fulfilling a commitment and
making equity in education a priority.
Now let me quickly review some of the other elements of the Executive Budget.
We support many of its ambitious programmatic initiatives.
I strongly urge you, for example, to adopt the governors proposal to raise the threshold
age for adult criminal prosecution in our state from 16 to 18.
This would right a shameful wrong, and at long last bring us in line with the sound and
decent standard followed in 48 of the other 50 states.
We also commend the Governor for the bold capital investments he has put forward.
Many would address top priorities in our city.
His call for building four new MetroNorth stations in the Bronx is music to the ears of the
people of that borough and will be a welcome enhancement of our regional mass transit
system.
I also strongly support the investments in the Executive Budget for strengthening the
states coastal infrastructure and revamping MTA stations and facilities.
Theyre smart responses to the new realities of climate change that Sandy brought home
to us all.
The governor rightly deserves all the national recognition hes earned for his leadership
in rebuilding after Sandy, and for preparing New York State for future emergencies.
The governor has also stressed the importance of the tax cuts that he proposes.
And in the coming weeks, we will be evaluating the impact on New York City.
But I recognize that the governor is putting forward a proposal that sets state priorities
with this package in the same way that we in New York City are putting forward our
dedicated 5-year modest tax increase on the wealthiest New Yorkers to fund our
universal high-quality pre-K for 4-year-olds and our extended learning for middle school
children.
Let me also turn to the governors response to the dire plight of health care in the state
including the current crisis in Brooklyn.
We strongly support the states request for a Federal Medicaid waiver, and the goal of
investing those funds for the transformation of health care facilities.
We also believe that has to be part of a larger effort by the state and New York City to
ensure that people in Brooklyn have consistent access to quality health care.
Members of the Legislature:
You all know that a budget isnt merely a balance sheet; its a statement of priorities and
an expression of values.
So together, lets use the budget process were engaged in to address the top priority
weve outlined today:
The crisis of inequality in our city and our state.
And universal pre-K and quality after-school programs do just that.
We can level the field for our kids every child in every borough of our city by asking
those who make more than half a million dollars a year to pay a little more in taxes.
Now, I know that last part has been the subject of some debate in recent weeks.
And I know that people of good intention can have different plans for how to achieve
better outcomes for our kids.

But lets start debunking two myths surrounding our proposal.
government simply cannot raise any taxes right now.
But that is not the debate. Were not asking Albany to raise the state income tax by a
single penny to pay for universal pre-K and after-school programs in New York City.
Were simply asking Albany to allow New York City to tax itself its wealthiest
residents those making a half-million or more a year.
Second, there are some who whisper that our drive to tax the rich to fund pre-K and afterschool is just political posturing an effort to heap scorn on the wealthy to win an
election.
But the election in New York City is over, and we are here to work with our leaders in
Albany to govern.
This is about our commitment to One New York, where we all rise together.
We dont want to punish the wealthy for their success we want to create more success
stories.
This is about the children of New York, and just how strong of a commitment we are
willing to make to their futures.
We look forward to working with you to strengthen that commitment.
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CITY RELEASES IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR FREE, HIGH-QUALITY,

FULL-DAY UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN
Historic and transformative plan will lift up all children and aggressively tackle inequality
City prepared to provide full-day, high-quality UPK to 53,604 children in September 2014,
and all 73,250 children eligible during 2015-2016 school year
NEW YORKMayor Bill de Blasio today released an interagency report detailing plans to
implement the historic expansion of pre-kindergarten to every 4-year-old in New York City.
The mayor will deliver testimony drawing on the reports findings in Albany later this
morning. The analysis makes clear city agencies are prepared for a rapid and massive
expansion of high-quality, full-day pre-kindergarten programs, and that the principal obstacle
to full implementation is securing dedicated, sustained and sufficient funding.
Mayor de Blasio has called on leaders in Albany to authorize New York City to increase the
local income tax on its highest earners to provide the dedicated and reliable funding required
to implement high-quality pre-K and after-school programs.
Make no mistake: we are prepared to hit the ground running and launch a major expansion
of quality pre-K for the coming school year. This will be one city, where everyone rises
together. The real obstacle isnt space or personnelits the sustainable funding needed to
serve every child, said Mayor Bill de Blasio.
The analysis prepared by the Office of Management and Budget, Department of Education,
Administration for Childrens Services, and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
has determined that New York City is prepared to provide free, high-quality, full-day pre-K
to the 73,250 children eligible for it by the 2015-2016 school year, beginning with 53,604 in
September 2014. All programs, including those that are currently full-day, will be enhanced
to foster the highest quality with an emphasis on increasing services for high-needs children
and families.
Meeting those standards will cost an average of $10,239 per child. The total costs of reaching
all 4-year-olds with these programsincluding expansion costs and ongoing operational
costsare calculated at $340 million annually, of which $97 million will be dedicated to
start-up infrastructure and costs required to upgrade program quality in year one. As the
number of children enrolled increases, expansion costs recede, with $6 million in expansion
costs in year two, and the full $340 million in funding dedicated to ongoing operations
thereafter.
As educators, we have been waiting decades for this moment to bring truly universal, highquality pre-K to this cityand were ready to seize it. With our community of schools,
teachers, and non-profit providers, we not only have the will to expand universal pre-K
rapidly, but the capacity to deliver it well. We need our leaders in Albany to do their part
now to change the lives of city students forever, said Schools Chancellor Carmen Faria.
The Department of Education estimates that pre-K expansion will require approximately
2,000 new classrooms in public schools and community-based settings across the city, each
staffed by an early education certified lead teacher. The Department of Education has
identified nearly 4,000 classrooms potentially available within public school buildings, with
additional space likely available in community-based organizations that currently serve the
majority of children in pre-K. In recent years, roughly 2,000 early education certified
teachers annually applied for positions at the Department of Education. With new momentum
behind pre-K expansion, the administration anticipates an increase in early childhood
certified teacher applications, creating an even deeper pool of teacher talent.
Features of the New York Citys high-quality pre-K programs will include:
Free for every child, regardless of income;
Ensuring recruitment and retention of high-quality UPK lead teachers with early
childhood certification;
Classroom ratios of 18 children to two adults (typically a lead teacher and a teaching
assistant). Classes may go up to 20 students with an additional adult;
Basing all instruction and professional development on state pre-K learning standards,
known as New York State Pre-Kindergarten Foundation for the Common Core;
Additional support for children whose primary language is not English;
DOE quality-assurance infrastructure for coaches, evaluation and research;
Increased family support in high-need areas;
Dont let anyone tell you these challenges cant be met. At the Childrens Aid Society, we
doubled the capacity of our quality early childhood education programs in five months. This
can be done if we have the political will needed to set this transformation in motion, said
Josh Wallack, a Vice President at the Childrens Aid Society and a member of Mayor de
Blasios Pre-K Working Group.
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Ready to Launch: New York Citys Implementation Plan for

Free, High-Quality, Full-Day Universal Pre-Kindergarten
Prepared by:
Office of the Mayor
Office of Management and Budget
Department of Education
Administration for Childrens Services
With recognition to the Universal Pre-Kindergarten
Implementation Working Group
Janaury 2014
The City of New York is moving aggressively to implement a truly universal pre-kindergarten system in New York City that provides every 4-year-old with high-quality, full-day
pre-K. These efforts have been guided by the deep expertise of city agencies, best
practices from our community-based organizations, and decades of academic research
that has proven high-quality pre-K is among the most effective ways to reduce economic
inequality.
A thorough analysis by the Office of Management and Budget, Department of Education,
Administration for Childrens Services, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and
a working group of non-profit childcare providers has determined that New York City is
prepared to provide free, high-quality, full-day pre-K to the 73,2501 children who require
it by the 2015-2016 school year, beginning with 53,604 in September 2014.
The limitations to rapid expansion are not personnel or space, or a vision for high quality instruction and professional development the fundamental challenge is sufficient,
sustainable funding. Without a high level of multi-year, guaranteed funding, agencies
and providers will be unable to secure the quality educators and space necessary to
serve every child in New York City.
Ready to Launch: New York Citys Implementation Plan for Free, High-Quality, Full-Day Universal Pre-Kindergarten
In the first year, the funds raised by the Personal Income Tax increase on the citys highest earners will be used to increase the number of seats available, upgrade existing
seats, and support the expansion of necessary infrastructure, such as curriculum development and improved initiatives for training and ongoing support. In the following year,
virtually all of the funding will be dedicated solely to programming. In subsequent years,
the funds generated will be used to continue to build needed capacity, support ongoing
operations, and ensure programs offer high-quality instruction and family engagement.
It is important to note that the proceeds from the proposed personal income tax surcharge will be dedicated solely to the expansion and enhancement of New York Citys
pre-kindergarten and after-school programs. The city will place these funds in a lockbox, just as it dedicated the proceeds from tax increases in the 1990s solely to crime
reduction efforts as part of the Safe Streets, Safe City initiative.
In making high-quality, full-day pre-K universal, Mayor Bill de Blasio is investing in the
future of our city. Filling the gap in full-day pre-K access cannot wait. The children we
could potentially place in programs this September will not get another chance to have a
pre-K experience that sets them up for achievement and increased opportunities later in
life. We owe it to our children to maximize the number of options to add each year, rather
than set limitations driven by legislative sessions and budget processes far removed
from the pressing needs of our citys children now.
Our city in partnership with schools, community-based providers, and familiesis
well positioned to take this on and at a rapid pace.
City agencies have already made major strides and have an infrastructure in place to
enable an increase of high-quality full-day seats by 186 percent2 in the first year alone.
To make the most of those investments, the city is taking a comprehensive approach to
implementation that draws on lessons learned in recent years:
1) Define expectations for quality based on research, successful examples outside of
New York, and promising practices already underway in New York City;
2) Employ strategies for advancing quality that build on existing systems;
3) Identify and execute new strategies needed to maximize the number of high-quality
pre-K seats available to families this September (e.g., expanded trainings for teachers
this summer).
We have made significant progress in each area. The following paper outlines the need to
be met, progress made so far, and the anticipated timeline for full implementation.
The Need
We estimate that 73,250 families are likely to need a full-day pre-K option for their
4-year-old. Currently, fewer than 27 percent of these 4-year-olds have access those
services.3 The remaining 53,767 children are either in a half-day free pre-K program, a
free half-day program with a fee charged for the remainder of the day, or receive full-day
services at programs that contract with the Administration for Childrens Services, combining half-day UPK with Child Care and Head Start services. The 12,681 children in ACS
programs must meet income eligibility requirements and, in some cases, pay Child Care
fees. Even if these seats are also counted as existing full-day options, that still leaves
approximately 41,000 children in need of full-day services 70 percent of whom are in
high-need areas.
Current Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) Programs

UPK part-day
with Child Care
and Head Start
Extended Day
Half-day
Full-day
Public
School4
7,552
16,119
23,671
DOE CBOs5
18,812
3,364
22,176
ACS CBOs6
TOTAL
26,364
19,483
TOTAL
12,681
12,681
12,681
58,528
In some communities, the gap between the number of kindergarten students and existing full-day pre-K seats is well above 1,000. These seats are often in the same areas
where parents are taking advantage of existing options and demonstrating a preference
for full-day pre-K over half-day options.
Assisting Students Whose Primary Language is Not English

Nearly one-in-five children in New York City kindergarten classes is an English Language
Learner.7 As New York City continues to attract and welcome immigrants from all over
the world, creating the best pre-K possible for this group of children will become even
more important. Reaching these children earlier to develop vocabulary and language
skills will increase their ability to thrive and succeed in the K-12 system and deepen their
overall comprehension.
We will ensure pre-K programs effectively support these learners by taking a comprehensive, systems building approach. On the front end, schools and CBOs applying
for full-day pre-K will complete a community needs assessment and demonstrate to
reviewers how their instructional and family engagement practices advance these students learning toward state pre-K standards. Once selected, pre-K providers will receive support from DOE instructional coaches. These coaches, under the new plan, will
receive intensive training in assisting students whose native language is not English.
Additional support will be provided as necessary through the start-up grants and tailored
to the needs of the program. For example, while some programs may need more multilingual books, others may need assistance building a print-rich environment for students
learning English. After pre-K classes start and teachers gather more information on the
needs of individual students, coaches will assist programs in determining how to refine
their plans. The DOE will develop concrete instructional and family support resources
for programs such as sample standards-based unit plans and extension activities for
families. Investments in research, data and program evaluation will enable the DOE to
identify trends in how these students are progressing and use those insights to target
interventions and supports. The DOE will pursue external partnerships with universities
and others, as needed when implementing these strategies.
Increasing Quality of All Full-Day Pre-K Seats

We anticipate fulfilling the vision of high-quality pre-kindergarten for all 4-year-olds in two
years, with a significant increase in seats in year one and combination of conversions
and newly-created seats each year, across community-based organization and public
schools. Ultimately, all families with 4-year-olds who want full-day pre-K will have access
to free services with consistent quality standards and support for teachers and administrators. Whether a child participates in a public school, CBO with pre-K, or CBO with
other services like Child Care and Head Start, that child will have a free, full day of enriching instruction that prepares him or her for kindergarten and sets him or her on a path
toward college and career readiness.
For programs already offering full-day pre-K, we will bring them up to the same quality
standards as new programs established through expansion. These include:
16,119 full-day seats in public schools
3,364 full-day seats in CBOs that contract with the DOE
In year one, we will implement quality enhancements for the 12,681 seats in CBOs that
contract with the Administration for Childrens Services through a combination of half-day
UPK, Child Care, and Head Start dollars. These will include covering parent fees for the
UPK portion of the day (6 hours and 20 minutes, 180 days).
Conversions
New Seats
27,241
13,845
Enhancements to
Bringing ACS
existing DOE public EarlyLearn seats up to
school or CBO fullnew UPK model
day options
19,483
12,681
The 13,845 new full-day seats will be spread across public schools and DOE contracted
CBOs, with the breakdown between them potentially shifting during expansion. We will
know more about specific percentages as we move forward with receiving and reviewing applications from programs in both settings.
Year 1 (2014-2015)
Year 2 (2015-2016)
TOTAL
Conversion
11,760
15,481
27,241
New
11,880
1,965
13,845
Bringing existing
full-day options up to
new quality standard
32,164
COMPLETE
32,164
TOTAL
55,804
17,446
73,250
Expansion
The new full-day seats in public schools will include 5 percent of seats for inclusion,8 and
the 128 general education children currently in half-day Inclusion programs will be converted to full-day. In addition, to accommodate students with disabilities who may want
to participate in pre-K for the second portion of the day after receiving self-contained
services, we will convert 877 seats to full-day service.
Cost Per Child Comparisons

In total, bringing all 73,250 full-day pre-K seats up to the quality standards described
below will cost an average of $10,239 per child.9 The cost per child required to build a
quality model in New York City is roughly comparable to quality programs outside of New
York and $3,032 more than the current city average rate per child. The costs of reaching
all 4-year olds with these programs including expansion costs and ongoing operational costs total $340 million annually, of which $97 million will be dedicated in the
first year to start-up infrastructure and costs required to upgrade program quality. As the
number of children enrolled increases, expansion costs recede, with $6 million in expansion costs in year two, and the full funding dedicated to ongoing operations thereafter.
Current average cost/child

in NYC
Cost/child with
new UPK-NYC
New Jersey
Abbott Districts
Washington, D.C.
Connecticut
$7,207
$10,239
$12,800
$14,000
$11,725
The city will make the following investments to maximize the number of quality
seats offered this September:
1. Create Start-Up and Quality Grants providing up to $10,000 per classroom
Covering costs needed to create enriching learning environments (e.g., targeted
teacher support, materials);
2. Increase the number of DOE reviewers of pre-K applications Every proposal
will be evaluated by experts who can review written proposals and conduct site
visits;
3. Increase the number of DOHMH inspectors All sites that have submitted
quality proposals will receive proper inspections.
Defining the New Model

The Universal Pre-Kindergarten Planning and Implementation Task Force formed even
before Mayor de Blasio took office. It pulled together experts from within and outside of
New York City government and researched quality pre-K systems outside of New York to
scope out the core features of high-quality models that produce positive learning outcomes. The practices already in place include:
Basing all instruction and professional development on state pre-K learning
standards, known as New York State Prekindergarten Foundation for the Common
Core.10 The citys Department of Education has played a lead role in demonstrating what
implementing these standards looks like in the context of developmentally appropriate
early learning environments. This past fall, a sample interdisciplinary unit and unit template created by the DOEs Office of Early Childhood Education were disseminated to
pre-K programs and higher education early childhood faculty across the state. Additional
unit samples are available on the DOE website. These units incorporate themes relevant
to young students (e.g., learning modes of transportation, plants). The resources provide flexibility for teachers to develop their own themes, based on students interests
and backgrounds, while also advancing instruction aligned to the standards. The quality
improvements build on groundwork laid, but go a step further by providing resources
needed to ensure standards are consistently and fully implemented.
Supporting programs with on-site instructional coaches, professional development workshops, and resources;
Using valid and reliable tools to examine the quality of early childhood learning
environments and child-teacher interactions to tailor supports and other interventions;
Creating a framework for programs to regularly observe and analyze child progress using observations of children engaging in everyday classroom experiences and to
individualize instruction based on those observations;
Supporting families with children in public school pre-K programs by adding additional social workers and reducing caseloads in high-need areas, investing in CBOs to
provide similar services, offering guidance for programs on best practices, hosting workshops for parents on building early literacy skills while they read to children, and holding borough-based forums that introduce families with children in public school or CBO
pre-K programs to the Common Core curriculum and work with them to support their
childs transition to kindergarten.
Since January 1, the DOE, ACS, the working group, and other city agencies have built
a high-quality model that includes those components and others that build on the current approach. In developing their approach, city agencies studied a range of dynamic
programs across the country, drawing heavily from New Jerseys Abbott Districts, which
are designed to overcome chronic education disparities and shown to have substantial
impacts on achievement in language, literacy, and mathematics, reduce grade retention,
close the achievement gap between students of different socioeconomic background,
and benefit all students in the Abbott districts.11 Similar to what will be developed in New
York City, that model uses on-site teacher coaches with manageable caseloads who provide both on-site support and professional development workshops, as well as valid and
reliable tools to monitor program quality.
The model designed for New York City will provide the following to all 4-year-olds:
1. Six hours and 20 minutes for 180 days of instruction, free;
2. Consistent and full implementation of standards-based instruction oriented
around the state pre-K learning standards, Pre-Kindergarten Foundation for the
Common Core, covering skills in all areas of development, including:

a. Approaches to Learning
b. Physical Development and Health
c. Social and Emotional Development
d. Communication, Language, and Literacy
e. Cognition and Knowledge of the World
3. Ensuring recruitment and retention of high-quality UPK lead teachers with early
childhood certification;
Investments in New York Citys early childhood workforce at every stage of their development will ensure all children attending our pre-K programs receive high-quality services
that lay the foundation for long-term success. Under the mayors plan, pay levels across
the system will be sufficient to attract and retain the best certified teachers to lead early
childhood classrooms.
4. Increased support for students whose primary language is not English.
Given the diversity of our city and that 19 percent of current kindergarteners are English
Language Learners,12 the model will put additional support in place so that teachers,
administrators and coaches are prepared to meet their needs. For example, DOE instructional coaches will receive targeted training on supporting students whose native language is not English, which they can turnkey in their ongoing work with programs.
5. Increased support for families in high-need areas;

The model will double down on existing support, with additional resources for CBOs and
public schools in high-need areas. In addition to increasing the number of social workers
to provide more intensive support for individual schools in high-need areas, programs in
community-based settings in high-need areas will receive additional resources to meet
the needs of families. This support enable programs to support families transitioning into
pre-K and into kindergarten in the following year. DOE will require programs to develop
plans for how they will use those funds to tailor family support in ways that meet the
needs of their community. Some examples include:
Developing mechanisms for gathering regular feedback from families on all aspects of
programming and using those findings to inform ongoing improvements;
Creating extended learning activities that provide families with concrete ways to support their children, which build on content covered and instructional practices used within
the classroom;
Establishing partnerships with schools where children will likely attend kindergarten to
promote smooth transitions.
6. Further developed quality infrastructure within DOEs Office of Early Childhood
Education
Programs will receive more targeted support with an increased number of on-site
coaches who will now have fewer classrooms to cover. Teachers, teaching assistants and
administrators will attend summer trainings conducted by DOE coaches focused on planning for the year. These coaches will remain in place at schools to provide ongoing and
consistent professional development. The DOE will draw from research-based practices
in adult learning and early childhood educator development and will engage university
partners to support development and execution of the summer sessions. More extensive program evaluation, database development, and research will demonstrate the
effects of New York Citys UPK program and inform ongoing improvements. The DOE will
be able to assess how children, teachers and programs are performing each year and
publicly share the trends we are seeing in programs across the city.
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Efforts Already Underway: Building on Existing Systems and Addressing

Gaps
Selection of High-Quality Providers to Offer Maximum Number of Seats
The administration is using the DOEs established mechanisms for schools and CBOs to
apply to select high quality full-day providers. The DOE has a contracting method in place
that can handle rapid expansion in CBOs. Providers from all five boroughs may respond
to the Request for Proposals (RFP) to offer full-day services starting in September. The
RFP was released in mid-December, 2013 and is due February 5. The DOE expects a high
turnout of quality proposals. Last year, 190 sites passed the DOEs quality threshold, but
only 33 percent of those sites were awarded full-day pre-K, because of limited funding.13 Assuming that we receive a comparable number of quality proposals this year,
plus proposals from additional application rounds, and that additional CBOs can convert
half-day seats, CBOs alone would yield close to 20,000 seats. The DOE has developed
procedures and materials for a large-scale public school application process. Applications
will be released in early February. The DOE will also draw from a pipeline of public school
applications from past expansions that did not receive additional full-day pre-K because
of limited funding, but met the DOEs quality threshold.
The DOE is prepared to add application rounds as necessary to maximize the number of
seats for September and has experience implementing such processes. For the past several years, the DOE has added 1,000 full-day seats in CBOs as late as June, using City
Tax Levy and discretionary funding from City Council. Additionally, just one month after
the city was awarded funding from the state to start operating additional full-day seats
for the current school year, the DOE was able to identify roughly 70 community-based
sites across the city and ensure that 2,800 children could participate in full-day classes
for the rest of this school year.
Outreach to Families to Maximize Enrollment

The DOE developed a pre-K outreach campaign over the past two years to make families
aware of their options. These efforts range from subway and bus advertisements, to a
texting campaign, to boots on the ground canvassing in high-need areas, to the cultivation of partnerships with local organizations that can help spread the word. The DOE also
has a partnership with the New York City Housing Authority that enables DOE to send
direct mailings and automated calls to more than 3,000 families in public housing developments with eligible 4-year-olds.14 The DOE is prepared to activate and expand this
campaign in the coming months.
The DOE will create more formal procedures for waitlist management to ensure all
families that want a seat can find a full-day option that meets their needs. In the spring,
DOE will launch a family survey to better understand family preferences to inform future
outreach planning and ongoing program improvements.
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Identification of Space
The additional seats would require around 2,000 more classrooms and lead teachers,
to be offered in public schools and community-based settings across the city. Roughly
26,000 seats would be converted from half-day to full-day, with an additional 14,000
created. Conversions typically require half the number of additional classrooms as newly
created full-day seats, assuming teachers are serving children in a morning and afternoon
session already.
Per state regulations, each classroom will have a ratio of 18 children to 2 adults (typically a lead teacher and a teaching assistant). Classes may go up to 20 students, but any
classroom larger than 18 students requires three adults.
The Department of Education has identified roughly 4,000 classrooms potentially available within public school buildings, with additional space likely available in community-based organizations that currently serve the majority of children in pre-K.15
The DOE currently offers mostly half-day pre-K at 500 community-based sites. This
week, the Department of Education will launch a survey to assess their ability to expand.
Results from the survey will be completed by February and will identify additional space
for pre-K expansion.
The city has also started exploring the availability of space in other city-owned properties
with the Economic Development Corporation, space in branches of the New York Public
Library, and others to secure additional space as needed.
Development of a High-Quality Teacher Pipeline

Typically, about 2,000 early childhood certified teachers apply for positions at the Department of Education each year.16 With new momentum around pre-K expansion, the
administration anticipates an increase in early childhood certified teacher applications,
creating an even deeper pool of teacher talent to meet the needs of expansion.
Last year, the DOE established a way for CBO programs to access a pool of teachers
who apply to the DOE and express an interest in teaching in CBO settings. This year,
DOE will make that tool more helpful to directors and principals by providing pre-K specific guidance for selecting high quality teachers. The DOE will also expand its partnerships with universities to recruit undergraduates working toward early childhood certification.
The DOE is prepared to ensure these teachers are prepared, starting with a 5-day summer training focused on implementing the pre-K learning standards using developmen-
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tally appropriate instruction and engaging families in support of childrens learning. The
team that supports teachers and programs on an ongoing basis is also creating a full-day
pre-K toolkit with concrete resources, such as sample schedules and guidance on how
teachers and assistants can maximize time spent throughout the day while meeting the
developmental needs of young children.
Our city has laid the groundwork for rapid and significant full-day pre-K expansion. The
adults have come together to do whats right for kids all kids in this moment. We
identified core features of a quality model that provides clear expectations, supports educators working hard every day with children and families, and ensures mechanisms are
in place to advance quality in the short and long term. These efforts cannot happen with
a phased-in approach. To build a system one cohesive system that maximizes
participation in high-quality, full-day pre-K we need to properly resource all aspects
of that system, from the salaries for certified teachers to data analysis for strategically
allocating seats and tailoring professional development to the coaches that will provide
professional development and on-site support. Our city agencies cannot build out that
system and fulfill our promise to all families with 4-year-olds without securing the funding necessary now, with assurances that funding will continue at that level for years to
come.
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Endnotes:
1. Figures are based on the number of children enrolled in district and charter school kindergarten (81,748),
minus the estimated number of children who will require full-day pre-K in a non-public setting (8,498), as documented on his/her individualized education program (IEP). The DOE will adjust these figures and programming
as necessary over time to ensure that all children receive appropriate services.
2. Growth from 19,483 (current full-day) to 55,804 (final 2014-2015 full-day).
3. All current city pre-K capacity numbers are based on unaudited New York City Department of Education
figures, as of December 5, 2013.
4. Public School pre-K settings are pre-K programs within district public elementary schools. In these settings,
the principal oversees the pre-K program. There are approximately 570 public schools with pre-K across the
five boroughs.
5. DOE CBOs are community-based organizations that contract directly with the citys Department of Education to offer pre-K services. There are approximately 500 sites with these contracts across the five boroughs.
6. ACS CBOs are community-based organizations that provide pre-K under contract with ACS, using funding
from the SED Universal Pre-Kindergarten grant. These sites offer additional services to children, using Child
Care and Head Start funding. The DOE retains programmatic oversight of this portion of programming for
these sites. There are approximately 350 such sites across the five boroughs.
7. Figures based on the 2012 Audited Register.
8. Inclusion in this sense means integrated co-teaching, or ICT classes, for those children whose Individual
Education Plans (IEPs) recommend such a setting. While the special education seats in these classes are paid
for with a separate funding source, since they are integrated, each of these classes includes 10-12 UPK seats.
9. Includes $9,077 for quality rate without DOE operational costs. Additional DOE public school operational
costs include $131 for food, $209 for facilities, $87 for energy, $45 for leases, $190 for administration and support, and $501 for debt service.
10. These standards were adopted and approved by the New York State Board of Regents in January 2011. They
describe the skills and knowledge children should develop by the end of their pre-K year. They cover all areas
of development and include math and literacy standards aligned to K-12 Common Core Standards. The DOEs
Office of Early Childhood Education began implementing the standards shortly after the Board of Regents approved them.
11. W. Steven Barnett, Ph.D. et al, Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study: Fifth Grade FollowUp, National Institute for Early Education Research, 2013.
12. Figures based on the 2012 Audited Register.
13. Based on DOE analysis of unaudited data.
14. These 3,000 families were located in targeted high-need areas. DOE, in partnership with NYCHA, could
expand the number of households included for future enrollment periods.
15. The preliminary assessment is based on facilities information from the 2012-2013 Annual Facilities Survey
only, which is filled out by principals yearly.
16. Based on the past two years of data from the DOE. These applicants have a birth-2 early childhood certification.
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Mike Rabinowitz
Klein, Monica
RE: Favor
Monday, January 27, 2014 6:02:07 PM
Thanks much.
-Sent by MobileMichael Rabinowitz-Gold
646.200.5308 (o)
646.342.3469 (c)
-------- Original message -------From: "Klein, Monica"
Date:01/27/2014 4:31 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Mike Rabinowitz
Subject: RE: Favor
Yep. Added.
Monica Klein |Assistant Press Secretary |Mayors Press Office

o: (212) 788-2969 |c: (917) 324-3297 | twitter: @monicacklein
From: Mike Rabinowitz [mailto:Rabinowitz@berlinrosen.com]

To: Klein, Monica
Subject: RE: Favor
Thanks again for doing this.
It would be helpful if we could add two other people who work on City Hall stuff, Mandela Jones
(mandela@berlinrosen.com) and Dan Levitan (dan@berlinrosen.com).
Let me know if there is any problem with that.
Thanks again,
I seem to have gotten off the press list in the transition from transition to
government. Could I be added back on?
And could one of you possibly shoot me todays public schedule?
Thanks much.
Michael Rabinowitz-Gold
646.200.5308 (office)
646.342.3469 (cell)
rabinowitz@berlinrosen.com
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Adams, Marti
"Jonathan Rosen"
RE: REQUEST FOR COMMENT: Jewish Week: Open Letter from New York Jews re AIPAC
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 4:05:44 PM

Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 4:05 PM
To: Adams, Marti
Subject: RE: REQUEST FOR COMMENT: Jewish Week: Open Letter from New York Jews re AIPAC
From: Adams, Marti [mailto:MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov]

To: Jonathan Rosen
Subject: FW: REQUEST FOR COMMENT: Jewish Week: Open Letter from New York Jews re AIPAC
From: Fink, Avi

To: Norvell, Wiley; Mayor's Press Office; Adams, Marti
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Wolfe, Emma
From: Norvell, Wiley

To: Mayor's Press Office; Adams, Marti
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Fink, Avi
Looping Avi.

To: Adams, Marti; Norvell, Wiley
Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: REQUEST FOR COMMENT: Jewish Week: Open Letter from New York Jews re AIPAC
From: Adam Dickter [mailto:adam@jewishweek.org]

Subject: FW: Open Letter from New York Jews
Hi.
Can we get comment in response to this letter?
Also, can you add me to the official email list?
Adam Dickter
Asst. Managing Editor
The Jewish Week
212 997-2939
Adam@jewishweek.org
Www.thejewishweek.com
@AdamDickter
January 29, 2014

An Open Letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio:
We are Jewish residents of New York who read, in the leaked
transcript of your private speech to a meeting of AIPAC
leaders, the following:
"City Hall will always be open to AIPAC. When you need me
to stand by you in Washington or anywhere, I will answer the
call and Ill answer it happily cause thats my job.
We understand that the job of mayor of New York is a
complex one that often calls for your participation on the
international stage, and we would not presume to define your
job for you. But we do know that the needs and concerns of
many of your constituents--U.S. Jews like us among them--are
not aligned with those of AIPAC, and that no, your job is not
to do AIPACs bidding when they call you to do so. AIPAC

speaks for Israels hard-line government and its right-wing
supporters, and for them alone; it does not speak for us.
Sincerely yours,
Ruth J. Abram
Karen R. Adler
Arlene Alda
Anita Altman
Esther Ann-Asch
Emanuel Ax
Peter Beinart
Andrew Berger
Loren Bevans
Martin I. Bresler
Kenneth David Burrows
Howard Clyman
Rabbi Rachel Cowan
Barbara Deinhardt
Barbara Dobkin
Eugene Eisner
Laurel W. Eisner
Daniel Engelstein
Eve Ensler
Danny Goldberg
Sally Gottesman
Linda Gottlieb
Laurence Greenwald
Jane Hirschmann
Erica Jong
Peter A. Joseph
Alice Kessler-Harris
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum
Gil Kulick
Martha Weinman Lear
Bobbie Leigh
Jonathan Leigh
Alan H. Levine
Rabbi Ellen Lippmann
Rabbi J. Rolando Matalon
Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark
Donna Nevel
Kathleen Peratis
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Bertrand B. Pogrebin
Michael Ratner
Anne Roiphe
Betty Rollin
Al Ruben
Marlene Sanders
James Schamus
Dan Silverman
Beverly Solochek
Carla Singer
Rabbi Felicia Sol
Alisa Solomon
Gloria Steinem
Herbert Teitelbaum
Rebecca Vilkomerson
Rabbi Burton Visotzky
Peter Weiss
Jack Willis
Eugenia Zukerman
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Date:
Kavanagh, Laura
Hughes, Esther
Jonathan@berlinrosen.com
Thursday, February 06, 2014 9:41:21 AM
Esther - Please invite Jonathan Rosen, copied here, to SOTC as well as anyone else he would like to
bring as guests.
Thanks,
Laura
classroom space useable for young children.

Another potential headache: School busing is not provided for most four-yearolds.
Im worried about it, said Pedro Noguera, a professor of education at NYU's
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, about
executing de Blasio's pre-K plan. I just think if you try to do this too quickly
youre not going to do it well.
"This could easily blow up in the mayor and chancellors face, he added.
De Blasio and his allies are currently engaged in a political battle with Governor
Andrew Cuomo, who has no intention of allowing a tax hike in his re-election
year, and has effectively tried to preempt the de Blasio plan by proposing some
statewide funding for pre-K that wouldn't require additional taxes.
That's left de Blasio to convince lawmakers and the public that Cuomo's proposal
is insufficient to the needs of the city's children, even as he reassures them that
his own plan is a workable one.
De Blasio offered some new details about his potentially transformative (and
highly popular) plan in a report released on Jan. 27, which found the Department
of Education has already identified about 4,000 classrooms that could house preK programs, with more space available in community-based organizations and
public libraries.
The D.O.E. currently provides pre-K for about 59,000 children, according to the
department's figures, with about 60 percent of the programs housed in C.B.O.s,
and the remaining 40 percent in D.O.E. schools.
But many city schools are already overcrowded, meaning, presumably, there
would be no room for new pre-K classes. (In Brooklyns District 15, for
example, where de Blasios children attended school, 24 out of 36 schools are
already over-utilized, according to a D.O.E report from the 2012-2013 school
year.)
So accomodating the newly eligible children, at the very least, will require more
resources and capability than the education department can muster on its own.
Theres hardly any community you go in that doesnt have a big need for preK, said Nancy Wackstein, the executive director of United Neighborhood
Houses, a coalition of 38 community organizations, many of which currently
provide pre-K and are willing to increase their capacity under the mayors
plan."What it will require is all the city agencies pulling together to make it
happen, and to expand in many cases. We in the nonprofit sector are sometimes
the victim of slow city processes.
There is plenty of precedent for housing pre-K programs outside traditional
schools: 500 C.B.O.s currently offer pre-K through D.O.E. contracts.But
expanding them under strict city regulations wont be easy.
According to Department of Health regulations, C.B.O.s housing pre-K space

must have, among other things, child-sized sinks with water temperature not
exceeding 115 degrees Fahrenheit, 30 square feet of wall-to-wall space for each
child, protective barriers installed in all stairways, and low banisters or handrails
installed for small children, among many other regulations for construction.
C.B.O.s will also have to ensure that all rooms housing pre-K programs have the
appropriate radiator covers and correct liquid soap dispensers for children, along
with hundreds of other regulations for building and renovating pre-K space.
D.O.E. officials have asked principals and school leaders to tell them whether
their schools have space for pre-K and if they are willing to host the program.
Schools are also subject to regulations for pre-K: classrooms cannot be above the
third floor, must provide at least 35 square feet of space per child, and have
child-size bathrooms easily accessible from the classrooms.
If there are schools with pre-K space available, commutes may prove difficult
due to a state law preventing children under four from riding a bus without a car
seat. While special-education students will continue to receive busing from the
D.O.E., busing for general education students is not yet on the table. De Blasio
has also proposed looking into additional space in public library branches and
New York City Housing Authority buildings.
Wackstein said that while some NYCHA buildings community spaces are
underutilized, some would require costly renovations in order to bring the rooms
up to code for housing young children. As for the libraries, there could be space
crunch: Pre-K children could end up using branches where schools chancellor
Carmen Faria already has designs to create "teen rooms" for her new middle
school improvement initiative.
Officials from the city's cash-strapped library system say they're up to the task of
housing pre-K activity.
Weve been in the business of pre-K and childrens literacy work for decades,
said Anthony Marx, president and CEO of the New York Public Library.
The NYPL has 88 branches and most of them have floors or rooms for children,
Marx added.
The Queens Public Library has submitted proposals to provide pre-K at several
of its sites, a spokeswoman said.
Still, the details of whether pre-K programs would actually move into the
libraries in large numbers or whether those programs would just use the libraries
resources have not yet been hammered out, sources say.
Specifics for space utilization in school buildings are still to be determined,
D.O.E. spokesman Devon Puglia said.
In terms of our classroom estimates, they are initial, said Puglia.
He said the city would find accommodations, without compromising on
standards.
We want kids in suitable spaces with high-quality programs, whether C.B.O. or
public school, and they will be, he said.
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Walzak, Phil
"Jonathan@berlinrosen.com"
Re: Speech Prep
Sunday, February 09, 2014 8:47:57 PM
Likely story....
:)
----- Original Message ----From: Jonathan Rosen [mailto:Jonathan@berlinrosen.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 08:46 PM
To: Grybauskas, Stefan
Cc: Ragone, Peter; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Wolfe, Emma; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com> (jfdc@akpdmedia.com) <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Seignious, Sandy; SchnakeMahl, Gabriel; Robert Munoz (rmunoz@akpdmedia.com) <rmunoz@akpdmedia.com>; Owens, Cynthia
(OMB)
Subject: Re: Speech Prep
I am out of town for the day tomorrow for work and can't be there. Good luck tomorrow.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 9, 2014, at 8:06 PM, "Grybauskas, Stefan" <SGrybauskas@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
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> <meeting.ics>
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Subject:
Date:
Ragone, Peter
"laura@billdeblasio.com"; "jonathan@berlinrosen.com"; Walzak, Phil; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"
Re: Speech draft
Monday, February 10, 2014 9:18:28 AM
Sent to gmail
----- Original Message ----From: Laura Kavanagh [mailto:laura@billdeblasio.com]
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 09:16 AM
To: Jonathan Rosen <jonathan@berlinrosen.com>; Ragone, Peter; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Subject: Speech draft
Can you send me a copy so production can review? Don't need final, just draft.
Sent from my iPhone
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Attachments:
Wolfe, Emma
Jonathan Rosen; Valerie Berlin
Fwd: EMBARGOED UNTIL 2:00 PM: FACT SHEET: MAYOR DE BLASIO ISSUES PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR
2015, UPDATES THE CITYS FINANCIAL PLAN FOR 2014-2018
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 2:14:28 PM
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From: Mayor's Press Office <pressoffice@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Date: February 12, 2014 at 1:53:08 PM EST
To: Mayor's Press Office <pressoffice@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: EMBARGOED UNTIL 2:00 PM: FACT SHEET: MAYOR DE
BLASIO ISSUES PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015,
UPDATES THE CITYS FINANCIAL PLAN FOR 2014-2018
THE CITY OF NEW YORK

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
NEW YORK, NY 10007
EMBARGOED UNTIL 2:00 PM: February 12, 2014
No. 049
***EMBARGOED UNTIL 2:00 PM***
FACT SHEET: MAYOR DE BLASIO ISSUES PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2015, UPDATES THE CITYS FINANCIAL PLAN FOR 20142018


Today, Mayor Bill de Blasio will issue the preliminary New York City Budget for FY
2015, a fiscally responsible plan that reflects the mayors core values, and represents the
first step in charting a new course forward for New York City.
The preliminary budget was crafted with three imperatives in mind: responsibility,
progressiveness and honesty.
The preliminary budget is the initial plan to meet the short-term and long-term fiscal
risks facing the city in the years to come including the structural deficit left by the
previous administration, and the more than 150 labor contracts left
unresolved. Combined, these pressures have presented the city with unprecedented
fiscal challenges.
The de Blasio administration will invest in critical priorities for New York Citys future
such as universal, full-day pre-kindergarten for tens of thousands of 4-year-olds; an
inspector general for the NYPD; enforcement of the paid sick leave act; NYCHA
payment relief, so more money can be invested in housing repair and maintenance;
expanded services for homeless youth; and capped rent contribution for HIV/AIDS
clients.
The de Blasio administration will be honest about its priorities, and begin to end games
like the budget dance by restoring unnecessary cuts made by the last administration
that are not in line with the mayors agenda. This includes restoring 20 FDNY
companies targeted in past budgets for elimination.
ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
The United States economy is growing at a moderate pace, and the city is growing
along with it. Our local residential real estate market continues to recover, and the local
commercial real estate market remains strong. But despite this growth, affordability
remains a problem, and income inequality in New York City is higher than in the U.S.
overall, and the local unemployment rate is significantly higher than the national rate.
Employment growth in the city is highest among our lowest-paying sectors.
A RESPONSIBLE BUDGET
The de Blasio administrations FY 2015 preliminary budget is a fiscally-responsible
document that begins to put New York Citys financial house back in order.
  The Structural Deficit: The budget for the
current year, FY 2014, remains balanced by relying on $1 billion from the prior
year. The FY 2015 plan right now relies on $1.8 billion of resources from the
prior year for balance. The city is already facing a deficit of $1.1 billion for FY
2016.
  Maintaining the Retiree Health Benefits Trust
Fund: The Retiree Health Benefits Trust Fund pays for the cost of retiree health
benefits for city workers, including health insurance, welfare funds, and
Medicare Part B reimbursements. The previous plan drained $1 billion from the
Trust; the de Blasio preliminary budget restores that funding to the Trust for this
long-term obligation.
  Ensuring DSNY has the Resources it
Needs: An unusually heavy snow season this year means reorganizing the
budget so the sanitation department has all the resources it needs to ensure the
citys streets remain clear and safe throughout the winter. The previous plan
budgeted $57 million for the sanitation department to respond to snow and
winter storms, and the de Blasio administration has increased that allocation by
$35 million covering costs to date, as well as expected costs for the rest of the
season.
  Increasing School Aid from the State: New
York State has not kept up with its obligations to fund New York City schools.
In FY 2015, there will be a $2.7 billion gap between the current level of state
aid and the funding levels agreed-upon following the Campaign for Fiscal
Equity lawsuit. In this preliminary budget, the de Blasio administration is asking
the state for an additional $500 million to fund improvements to New York City
public schools. The resources will help reduce class size and provide additional
teacher supports in early grades; strengthen elementary Common Core academic
intervention; and increase funding equity across schools, so students are treated
more fairly.
A PROGRESSIVE BUDGET THAT REFLECTS OUR VALUES
The preliminary budget begins to implement Mayor de Blasios progressive agenda.
Beyond his pre-K and after-school programs, which are funded through a dedicated tax,
the plan proposes just $14 million in new initiatives in FY 2014 and $26 million in FY
2015, including the following:
  Implementing Mayor de Blasios Universal
Pre-Kindergarten and After-School Expansion Program: The centerpiece of the

administrations budget agenda is education, specifically universal prekindergarten and expanded after-school programs. These investments will be
transformational in improving achievement and boosting economic opportunities
for every New Yorkerin every boroughand providing a long-term strategy
in the fight against income inequality.
The FY 2015 preliminary budget includes an additional $530 million in revenue
from a .0534 percent increase in the personal income tax rate for households
earning more than $500,000 per year. This revenue will be solely dedicated to
funding full-day universal pre-kindergarten and after-school programs
beginning in FY 2015. More than 95 percent of the increased personal income
tax revenue will be paid by taxpayers with annual incomes greater than $1
million. On the expense side, the preliminary budget provides $530 million for
universal pre-kindergarten and after-school programs.
  Creating an Independent NYPD Inspector
General: The preliminary budget features initial funding in FY 2014, growing to

$3 million in FY 2015 to set up an independent inspector general at the NYPD.
This new office will help bring police and the community together by
overseeing department policies and procedures, such as stop-and-frisk.

  Implementing the Paid Sick Leave Act: The
preliminary budget includes $4.8 million in FY 2014 and an ongoing $1.8

million FY 2015 for the Department of Consumer Affairs to ensure that
additional working New Yorkers benefit from the protections provided in the
paid sick leave bill.
  Redirecting Resources into NYCHA Repair and
Maintenance: NYCHA has been paying the NYPD approximately $70 million
annually for police services at NYCHA facilities. The preliminary budget
relieves NYCHA of the remaining $52.5 million that would otherwise be owed
to the NYPD in FY 2014, so more money can be steered to service outstanding
work orders on the NYCHA repair docket. In order to keep the NYPD budget
whole, the preliminary budget also provides the NYPD with an additional $52.5
million in city funds.
  Bolstering Homeless Services: The preliminary
budget directs $1.3 million in FY 2014 and $2.4 million in FY 2015 to add 76
shelter beds for the citys homeless and runaway youth. Services include
emergency housing, food, clothing, individual and group housing, and limited
transportation services. The preliminary budget also directs $1.3 million in FY14
to improve security and programming at the Auburn and Catherine Street
Shelters. In addition, the preliminary budget restores $9.3 million in FY 2014
and $19.1 million FY 2015 that was cut in the previous administrations
November modification plan. This funding means that families that dont know
each other wont be forced to live together in a shared apartment.
  Providing HASA Rent Cap for HIV/AIDS
Housing Clients: The preliminary budget directs $4.3 million in FY 2014 and
$17.4 FY 2015 to cap the rent contribution for HIV/AIDS housing clients at 30
percent.
  Improving Access to Mental Health Services:
The preliminary budget restores $4.1 million in FY 2014 and $4.8 million in FY
2015 of funding cut in the previous administrations November modification
plan that supported community-based mental health providers and immunization
clinics.
A MORE HONEST BUDGET
The administration is enacting honest budget reform in its first budget by beginning to
end games and gimmicks, like the budget dance.
  Restoring $59 million to support the 20 fire
companies that were previously cut from the FY 2015 budget.

  Restoring $10 million of funding for the five
borough presidents and the public advocate.

###
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Jonathan Rosen
Ben Furnas
; Hatch, Peter;
FW: hi Jonathan!
Friday, February 14, 2014 12:23:26 PM
From: Leah Archibald [mailto:larchibald@ewvidco.com]

Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 10:58 AM
To: Jonathan Rosen
Subject: hi Jonathan!
Hope all is well with you, and you are enjoying a respite from the relentless snow!
Are you involved at City Hall at all, or are you staying exclusively on the political side? If you
have any involvement these days, I wanted to bring something to your attention.
I know that the Mayor values manufacturing jobs, as per campaign and other stated
priorities, but I see that the only program that provides services to industrial businesses
(Industrial Business Zone Program) has been cut completely out of the preliminary
administrative budget. 0$ allocation. Its my guess that this is what the agencies
themselves proposed to fund, but I think that defunding this program does not align well
with his stated goal of using city resources to retain and grow manufacturing. Last year $1.1
million was allocated city wide after the Council stepped in to fund it. In contrast, NYC and
Company was allocated $12 million for FY15. (Not that they dont deserve itthey do!)
Is there anyone at city hall that you think I should speak with to point this out? It is a
funding decision that is misaligned with the Mayors stated policy goals.
UnrelatedI recently found out that we have a mutual friendJohn McMillian! Have you
read his new book Beatles Vs. Stones? Its really great!
Talk to you soon!
leah
Leah Archibald
Executive Director
EWVIDCO
11 Catherine Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-388-7287 x168
fax 718-963-1905
www.ewvidco.com

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 4:44 PM
To: Leah Archibald
Subject: RE: very delayed thank you
Thanks Leah! I forwarded your note to our transition team and urged them to consider you for any
working groups or task forces on economic development and/or manufacturing. Hope all is well and
thank you again.
-jr

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 10:41 AM
To: Jonathan Rosen
Hi Jonathan!
A belated congratulations to you and your team! Hope all is chugging along smoothly!
I wanted to offer my assistance on anything you guys need with regard to economic
developmentIve been doing this a couple of years and would be happy to provide
feedback to help the transition team as it crafts the framework for the new administration!
Let me know if you need anything from me or our businesses!
Talk to you soon!
Leah
Leah Archibald
Executive Director
EWVIDCO
11 Catherine Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-388-7287 x168
fax 718-963-1905
www.ewvidco.com

Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 1:13 PM
To: Leah Archibald
It was! Thank you. We will definitely be in touch going forward! Thanks for helping us when no one
thought it was possible.

Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:30 AM
To: Jonathan Rosen
Congrats, man!
Im pretty sure that its the tour of Milgo and Broadway Stages that put him over the top!!
Go get em, and let us know if you need any other info on growing industrial jobs!!
Leah
Leah Archibald
Executive Director
EWVIDCO
11 Catherine Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-388-7287 x168
fax 718-963-1905
www.ewvidco.com

Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 12:33 PM
To: Leah Archibald
Subject: very delayed thank you
I should have sent this weeks ago. Im sorry. Campaign is crazy. But thank you so much for helping
us find a location for the tour. It was great. Bill loved it and really connected with the Gitlins.
Really appreciate it and so does Bill. Sorry for my rudeness and delayed note.
Jonathan Rosen
New York, NY 10038
t. 646.452.5637
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Grybauskas, Stefan
"Jonathan Rosen"; Chao, Raymond; Sharp, Edie
Emily Walsh
RE: in case you"re looking for me starting wednesday for the tall guy
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 10:46:51 AM
Thanks for the update Jonathan. Enjoy your trip!

Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 10:44 AM
To: Chao, Raymond; Grybauskas, Stefan; Sharp, Edie
Cc: Emily Walsh
Subject: in case you're looking for me starting wednesday for the tall guy
Quick heads up that I will be out of the country from tomorrow night until Wednesday the 26 th . I
will have somewhat limited access to email the 2nd half of this week / this weekend but will be
working out of a clients office in London starting on Monday and will be on email then until
Wednesday when I fly home. In an emergency call my cell 917-803-6176. I will be 6 hours ahead
so will likely be asleep as of 6 PM EST most nights. Emily knows how to find me.
Jonathan Rosen
New York, NY 10038
t. 646.452.5637
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Wolfe, Emma
"Jonathan Rosen";
; PhilWalzak (gmail.com); Rebecca Katz
RE: NY Times mag
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:27:23 AM
-----Original Message----From: Jonathan Rosen [mailto:Jonathan@berlinrosen.com]

Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:26 AM
To:
; PhilWalzak (gmail.com); Rebecca Katz; Wolfe, Emma
Subject: FW: NY Times mag
-----Original Message----From: David Sirota [mailto:

To: Jonathan Rosen
Subject: NY Times mag
Can we chat in the next few days about my NY Times magazine piece? I can't get anyone in de Blasio's
office to call me back, and I really don't want to write a no comment in there. It will somewhat change
the entire flavor of the piece. I'm at
D
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Wolfe, Emma
"Jonathan Rosen"
RE: NY Times mag
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:29:20 AM

To: Wolfe, Emma
Subject: RE: NY Times mag
-----Original Message----From: Wolfe, Emma [mailto:EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov]

To: Jonathan Rosen;
; PhilWalzak (gmail.com); Rebecca Katz
Subject: RE: NY Times mag

To:
PhilWalzak (gmail.com); Rebecca Katz; Wolfe, Emma
Subject: FW: NY Times mag
-----Original Message----From: David Sirota [mailto

To: Jonathan Rosen
Subject: NY Times mag
Can we chat in the next few days about my NY Times magazine piece? I can't get anyone in de Blasio's
office to call me back, and I really don't want to write a no comment in there. It will somewhat change
the entire flavor of the piece. I'm at
D
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Jonathan Rosen
Diaz, Melissa
Automatic reply: Evening TV News For Wednesday, February 19, 2014
I will be out of the country until Wednesday February 26th with limited access to email. Please
contact Emily Walsh at BerlinRosen if you need any assistance in my absence at (646) 200-5310 or
emily@berlinrosen.com
-Jonathan
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Jonathan Rosen
Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
Automatic reply: Weekly UPK Meeting
Thursday, February 20, 2014 12:34:43 PM
-Jonathan
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Jonathan Rosen
Scola, Lindsay
Automatic reply: Planning Meeting
-Jonathan
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Jonathan Rosen
Scheduling
Automatic reply: Weekly Planning Meeting
-Jonathan
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Jonathan Rosen
Santucci, Laura
Automatic reply: Planning Meeeting
Sunday, February 23, 2014 10:31:37 AM
-Jonathan
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Jonathan Rosen
Drew, Chloe
Automatic reply: How was Paris?
Monday, February 24, 2014 11:14:41 AM
-Jonathan
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Jonathan Rosen
Grybauskas, Stefan
Automatic reply: Planning Meeting - Sunday 3/2
-Jonathan
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Mike Rabinowitz
Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
Automatic reply: Weekly UPK Meeting
I am out of the office until March 3 and checking email intermittently. If this is urgent, call 646.452.5637 and
someone can help you.
Thanks,
Mike
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To:
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Date:
Wolfe, Emma
; jonathan@berlinrosen.com
FW: 3pm Eva call
Friday, February 28, 2014 12:48:33 PM
From: Wolfe, Emma

Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 12:27 PM
To: 'Jonathan Westin'
Cc: Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
Subject: RE: 3pm Eva call
Yes
From: Jonathan Westin [mailto:jwestin@nycommunities.org]

Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 11:00 AM
To: Wolfe, Emma
Subject: 3pm Eva call
Does that work?
UFT, AQE, CEJ, MTR and us confirmed.
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Wolfe, Emma
"jonathan@berlinrosen.com"
Sorry! Coming now - in car
Wednesday, March 05, 2014 8:48:13 PM
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Jonathan Rosen
Katz, Rebecca
Norvell, Wiley; Ragone, Peter; Mike Rabinowitz
Re: can you send me contact info for Jeff Sachs?
Sunday, March 09, 2014 12:34:33 PM
Can't find in my phone. Mike do you have?

Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 9, 2014, at 11:38 AM, "Katz, Rebecca" <RKKatz@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> + JR
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 9, 2014, at 11:34 AM, "Norvell, Wiley" <WNorvell@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>
>> So we can pre game for tomorrow?
From:
To:
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Date:
Jonathan Rosen
Chao, Raymond
Poll presentation tomorrow
Monday, March 10, 2014 12:49:00 PM
I will be there.
Jonathan Rosen
New York, NY 10038
t. 646.452.5637
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Chao, Raymond
jon;
"; Jonathan@berlinrosen.com; Ragone, Peter; Santucci, Laura; Wolfe, Emma; "Anna
Greenberg"; bhyers@hilltoppublicsolutions.com
RMilford@gqrr.com
Note: Location change for Poll Presentation
Monday, March 10, 2014 6:04:00 PM
Hi all,
The location of the 10AM Poll Presentation meeting tomorrow has changed location.
It will now be at:
BerlinRosen
15 Maiden Ln #1600
The calendar invite was adjusted accordingly.
Thank you,
Raymond Chao
Scheduling Coordinator
Office of the Mayor
The City of New York
Office: (212)-788-7565
Cell: (347)-607-8325
rchao@cityhall.nyc.gov
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Unger, Katherine
"Rabinowitz@berlinrosen.com"; "dan@berlinrosen.com"; "matt@berlinrosen.com"
Fw: Statement
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 3:07:46 PM
From: Viguers, Jonathan

Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 03:04 PM
To: Unger, Katherine
Subject: FW: Statement
From: Bob Townley [mailto:bob@manhattanyouth.org]

Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 2:58 PM
To: Viguers, Jonathan
Subject: Statement
Jonathan : I have put a few new words and removed others . feel free to make suggestions
Speaker Shelly Silver and other assembly members have put children first. For 20 years,
through thick and thin, Speaker Silver and the Assembly Majority have attempted to
safeguard after school programs and establish pre-kindergarten programs .Today they made
their voices heard in an important commitment to provide dedicated funding needed to ensure
full-day pre-K for every child in New York Cityas well as after-school programs for every
middle-schooler. The implementation of pre k and after school for middle schoolers will
have dividends for many years. America is only strong when our youth infrastructure is
world class. New York is taking the lead ! Thanks Mr. Mayor and the NYS Assembly for
your leadership.
Bob Townley
Founder and Executive Director
Manhattan Youth
Prover of after school programs for over 25 years
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Jonathan Rosen
Sharp, Edie
hiya - what"s the phone number over there again/
Friday, March 14, 2014 5:46:40 PM
Jonathan Rosen
New York, NY 10038
t. 646.452.5637
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Mike Rabinowitz
Norvell, Wiley
Automatic reply: UPK messaging meeting
Monday, March 17, 2014 6:44:08 PM
I will be checking email intermittently the afternoon of March 17. If this is urgent, call 646.452.5637
and someone can help you.
Thanks,
Mike
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Education news from Mayor de Blasio
Monday, March 24, 2014 9:51:41 AM
In case you missed it yesterday, Mayor de Blasio laid out his vision to #EducateNYC to bring
people together with a focus on education solutions that reach every child and change the entire
school system. In his speech, he laid out an approach that focusses on improving all our schools,
including a role for charter schools in improving the entire system.
Parents and Students Deserve Better: The Status Quo Cannot Be

Accepted
Charter Schools Play an Important Role in Strengthening Our
School System
An Imminent Victory on Universal Pre-K and After-School
READ the full text of the speech here.

WATCH his full remarks here or a highlight reel here.
Will you help get the word out on twitter? Here are some sample tweets to get you started:
#EducateNYC
.@BilldeBlasio: we have a crisis when it comes to education--that's a status quo that can't be
accepted. on.nyc.gov/1jmosbs #EducateNYC
Hard RT: https://twitter.com/BilldeBlasio/status/447855269268430848
Or
RT @BilldeBlasio: Its time for big, bold changes that prepare every child in every borough for
college and career. READ and RT: http://on.nyc.gov/1kVMZ4q
Six percent of our children in the charters they are our children. We need them to
succeed. http://on.nyc.gov/1kVMZ4q #EducateNYC
94% of our children are in traditional public schools they are our children. We need them
to succeed. http://on.nyc.gov/1kVMZ4q #EducateNYC
I want the parents to know that we will not accept a neighborhood school that fails them.
http://on.nyc.gov/1kVMZ4q #EducateNYC
WATCH: Until recently, we didnt talk about early childhood education enough.
http://youtu.be/lkNkqX0Xm3o #EducateNYC
WATCH: Mayor @BilldeBlasio lays out an approach to improve all our schools.
http://youtu.be/lkNkqX0Xm3o #EducateNYC
Key Points:
Parents and Students Deserve Better: The Status Quo Cannot Be Accepted
For far too long, the interests of everyday New Yorkers and their children have been
ignored. Improving our educational system is a pivotal area that we should all agree
to work on together as the adults in the room.
The de Blasio Administration is committed to securing pre-k and after school

programs for all NYC children. And we are committed to creating solutions to repair
our entire school system.
We will continue to work with any and everyone who understands the fierce urgency
of now to save our childrens lives. We thank all of the community leaders, parents,
teachers, activists and elected officials that stood with us in the fight to improve our
schools and secure pre-k and after-school.
The Administration will take crucial steps to increase parental involvement, empower
teachers and carve out long-term solutions for a problem that has plagued this city
for far too long. Quality education can open a world of opportunities for a child; all
NYC kids deserve this chance.
The Administration will work with all of those who want to make this a reality. We
know we can achieve this together.
Charter Schools Play an Important Role in Strengthening Our School System
Repairing our educational system will take cooperation from all sectors of our city.
The Administration has never and will never be against charter schools or any
mechanism that advances educational opportunities. We must work together to
ensure that all of our schools districts, charters and parochials are performing at
their best and serving the needs of all students.
As far as co-locations, the Administration has approved many. But we did not and
will not approve a co-location that pushes out children with serious disabilities.
Mayor de Blasio accepts full responsibility in failing to properly communicate the

reasons for his actions, but he stands firmly by his decision to help improve our
entire school system.
An Imminent Victory on Universal Pre-K and After-School
New York City is now on the verge of securing unprecedented funding for universal
pre-k and afterschool.
This will transform the lives of our children, their families and this city.
Study after study shows that most brain development occurs in a childs earliest
years. We will now be able to reach all children during those crucial years.
The road to this achievement has been hard but worthwhile. Many people thought
this would never happen. Its now about to happen thanks to the people of this city
and its leaders who fought for it.
___
Jessica Singleton
@NYCMayorsOffice
@jessay286
Download the official Twitter app here

Sent from my iPhone
programs outside the city. But, sources said, that money will have more flexibility so
districts can also use it to beef up full-day kindergarten programs.
In addition, its expected that an education bond act that will go before voters will set
aside money for pre-kindergarten classroom construction as well as additional space
so the city can close down the trailers that house some classes.
Legislative leaders reported progress on the budget talks. Sources said a deal to
delay the implementation of the Common Core education standards for two years has
been agreed to.
One source said the major outstanding issues involve charter schools, an anticorruption package, campaign finance reform and the DREAM Act.
-Dan Levitan
O: 646.200.5315
C: 201.674.7475
@levitandan
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Jonathan Rosen

<Jonathan@berlinrosen.com> wrote:
Gov Cuomo says NYC will probably get about $300m for pre-k.. But talks on
budget continue
Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/GormleyAlbany/status/448563692830208000
Sent via TweetDeck
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Unger, Katherine
"Matt Tepper"
RE: tomorrow"s visit
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 10:16:01 AM
-----Original Message----From: Matt Tepper [mailto:matt@berlinrosen.com]

Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 10:14 AM
To: Unger, Katherine
Subject: Re: tomorrow's visit
On 3/26/14 10:08 AM, "Unger, Katherine" <KUnger@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
>-----Original Message---->From: Matt Tepper [mailto:matt@berlinrosen.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 10:06 AM
>To: Unger, Katherine
>Subject: FW: tomorrow's visit
>
>
>On 3/26/14 9:57 AM, "Espinal, Keyla" <keylae@childrensaidsociety.org>
>wrote:
>
>>Hi Matt- I left a message for Janet again because some of the
>>commissioners folks went to out center yesterday but didn't give us
>>any more details but did mention that the mayor may be coming along as well.
>>I will keep trying to call her this morning.
>>
>>Any details you can get would be great too. We want to know if there
>>will be a press conference and if we should be reaching out to the
>>media as well.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Keyla Espinal
>>The Children's Aid Society
>>Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Mar 26, 2014, at 9:53 AM, "Matt Tepper" <matt@berlinrosen.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey < Just wanted to check to make sure you all connected with the
>>>NYPD for tomorrow's visit.
>
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Banks, Angela
"Nicole Kolinsky"
RE: press list update
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 10:49:41 AM
YW
From: Nicole Kolinsky [mailto:Nicole.Kolinsky@berlinrosen.com]

To: Banks, Angela
Subject: RE: press list update
Thanks
From: Banks, Angela [mailto:abanks@cityhall.nyc.gov]

To: Nicole Kolinsky
Will do.

To: Banks, Angela
Subject: press list update
Hi Angela, can you update your blast list to swap my old email (nkolinsky@downtownny.com) with
my new email (nicole.kolinsky@berlinrosen.com)? Thanks! Nicole
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ICYMI: MAYOR DE BLASIO TO KEYNOTE INTERNET WEEK NEW YORK 2014
Thursday, March 27, 2014 3:05:41 PM
Friends
As you can see below and here, Mayor de Blasio will deliver the keynote address at this years
Internet Week New York on May 19 th . Throughout the week-long festival, NYC Digital will host a
number of content blocks focused on the administrations work to support New York Citys tech
economy.
I expect that this will be the first of many tech-related announcements to come.
Best,
Jessie

Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 10:01 AM
Subject: MAYOR DE BLASIO TO KEYNOTE INTERNET WEEK NEW YORK 2014
THE CITY OF NEW YORK

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
NEW YORK, NY 10007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 27, 2014

No. 112
MAYOR DE BLASIO TO KEYNOTE INTERNET WEEK NEW YORK 2014

In first major address to tech community, Mayor de Blasio to outline the role of the
growing technology sector in NYC
NEW YORKThe de Blasio administration today announced that Mayor Bill de Blasio will
deliver the keynote address during the opening session of Internet Week New York 2014 on
Monday, May 19. Mayor de Blasio will present his vision for the role of the technology
industry in New York City, address the unique nature of New York Citys technology
community, and outline the administrations plans to support and grow the citys innovation
economy.
Technology is one of New York Citys most vibrant and vital industries, which is why Im
honored to outline my administrations plans to bolster the citys tech sector at Internet Week
New York, said Mayor Bill de Blasio. New York City has emerged as a global center for
innovation, and my administration stands ready to ensure that we lead the world in
technology growth, and that were developing and feeding the 21st century talent pipeline in
New York City.
I applaud Internet Week New York for convening its seventh annual celebration of Internet
business and digital culture, said Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development
Alicia Glen. The technology industry is helping to advance innovation and create jobs
across industry sectors in all five boroughs, making the industry a natural partner in this
administrations work to build one city, where everyone rises together. From training the next
generation of engineers to increasing access to affordable housing and startup space, we will
work to leverage all government resources to allow New York Citys digital economy to
reach its full potential.
In addition to Mayor de Blasios keynote address, NYC Digital, led by Digital Director
Jessica Singleton, will host a series of discussions and workshops at Internet Week New
York to further engage with the tech community. Housed within the Office of the Mayor,
NYC Digitals mission is to realize New York City governments potential as the most
digitally engaged city government in the world.
Mayor de Blasios address builds on Internet Weeks record of working closely with New
York City government to support, promote and advance the citys technology industry. The
festival was founded in 2008 in cooperation with the New York Mayors Office of Media and
Entertainment. In 2012, Internet Week New York, in partnership with the Mayors Office of
Media and Entertainment and the New York City Economic Development Corporation,
launched the Made in NY Digital Map, which visually tracks the growth of the industry and
the employment opportunities it creates. The map currently features more than 1000 digital
companies and more than 1,500 job opportunities.
###

UnrelatedI recently found out that we have a mutual friendJohn McMillian!
Have you read his new book Beatles Vs. Stones? Its really great!
Talk to you soon!
leah
Leah Archibald
Executive Director
EWVIDCO
11 Catherine Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-388-7287 x168
fax 718-963-1905
www.ewvidco.com

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 4:44 PM
To: Leah Archibald
Thanks Leah! I forwarded your note to our transition team and urged them to
consider you for any working groups or task forces on economic development
and/or manufacturing. Hope all is well and thank you again.
-jr

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 10:41 AM
To: Jonathan Rosen
Hi Jonathan!
A belated congratulations to you and your team! Hope all is chugging along
smoothly!
I wanted to offer my assistance on anything you guys need with regard to

economic developmentIve been doing this a couple of years and would be
happy to provide feedback to help the transition team as it crafts the framework
for the new administration! Let me know if you need anything from me or our
businesses!
Talk to you soon!
Leah
Leah Archibald
Executive Director
EWVIDCO
11 Catherine Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-388-7287 x168
fax 718-963-1905
www.ewvidco.com

Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 1:13 PM
To: Leah Archibald
It was! Thank you. We will definitely be in touch going forward! Thanks for
helping us when no one thought it was possible.

Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:30 AM
To: Jonathan Rosen
Congrats, man!

Im pretty sure that its the tour of Milgo and Broadway Stages that put him over
the top!!
Go get em, and let us know if you need any other info on growing industrial jobs!!
Leah
Leah Archibald
Executive Director
EWVIDCO
11 Catherine Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-388-7287 x168
fax 718-963-1905
www.ewvidco.com

Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 12:33 PM
To: Leah Archibald
Subject: very delayed thank you
I should have sent this weeks ago. Im sorry. Campaign is crazy. But thank you
so much for helping us find a location for the tour. It was great. Bill loved it and
really connected with the Gitlins. Really appreciate it and so does Bill. Sorry for
my rudeness and delayed note.
Jonathan Rosen
New York, NY 10038
t. 646.452.5637
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Mike Rabinowitz
The Office of Mayor de Blasio
Automatic reply: ***You are cordially invited to an Address on New York City"s Future***
Thursday, April 03, 2014 4:45:32 PM
I will be out of the office on April 3. If this is urgent, call 646.452.5637 and someone can help you.
Thanks,
Mike
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Jonathan Rosen
Poe-Kest, Anna
Re: Can you remind me who is Alicia glen"s chief of staff? Have number?
Thursday, April 03, 2014 6:51:03 PM
Hah!
Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 3, 2014, at 6:14 PM, "Poe-Kest, Anna" <APoe-Kest@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> No problem! Although you might have trouble looking for a Paul. His name is James Patchett. C)
O) 212-788-3128 E) JPatchett@cityhall.nyc.gov
>
> -----Original Message----> From: Jonathan Rosen [mailto:Jonathan@berlinrosen.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 6:07 PM
> To: Poe-Kest, Anna
> Subject: FW: Can you remind me who is Alicia glen's chief of staff? Have number?
>
> I do not know Paul's last name or info. Can I trouble you for it?
>
> -----Original Message----]
> From: Andrew Brent [
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 5:40 PM
> To: Jonathan Rosen
> Subject: Can you remind me who is Alicia glen's chief of staff? Have number?
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Banks, Angela
"Nicole Kolinsky"
RE: press list update
Friday, April 04, 2014 3:01:01 PM
yw

Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 3:01 PM
To: Banks, Angela
Thanks for that!

To: Nicole Kolinsky
Great. Thank you.

And, sorry for the delay.
I made the change today on your email.

To: Banks, Angela
Thanks!
Nicole Kolinsky
Senior Associate
nicole.kolinsky@berlinrosen.com
646.200.5296 (o)
646.263.1527 (c)

To: Nicole Kolinsky
Please send your new contact information.

Thanks.
-ANGELA
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 6:30 PM

To: Banks, Angela
Hey there, I dont think I am getting the blasts yet. Any way I can be put on? No worries if not! thx
From: Nicole Kolinsky

To: 'Banks, Angela'
Thanks

To: Nicole Kolinsky
Will do.

To: Banks, Angela
Subject: press list update
Hi Angela, can you update your blast list to swap my old email (nkolinsky@downtownny.com) with
my new email (nicole.kolinsky@berlinrosen.com)? Thanks! Nicole
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Canfield, Ellyn
Jonathan Rosen
RE: Tomorrow"s speech
Wednesday, April 09, 2014 6:19:00 PM
Got it just wanted to check. Thank you!
Ellyn Canfield Nealon

Deputy Director, Mayors Office of Special Projects and Community Events
New York City
(e) ecanfield@cityhall.nyc.gov | (w)212-788-2567 | (c) 718.536.4359

Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 6:17 PM
To: Canfield, Ellyn
Subject: Re: Tomorrow's speech
Thanks so much for reaching out. Really appreciate it. Unfortunately she can't make it. Hope all is
well.
-jr
Sent from my iPad
On Apr 9, 2014, at 6:12 PM, "Canfield, Ellyn" <ECanfield@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Hey Jonathan,
Just wanted to check in and make sure that anyone who would like to join for
tomorrows Cooper Union speech knows they are more than welcome! I just noticed
that Val did not explicitly receive an invite and wanted to make sure folks are taken
care of.
All the best,

Ellyn

Deputy Director, Mayors Office of Special Projects and Community
Events
New York City
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Jonathan Rosen
Diaz, Melissa
Automatic reply: Noon TV News Monday, April 14, 2014
Monday, April 14, 2014 12:53:52 PM
I am out of the office this week. Please contact Emily Walsh at BerlinRosen if you need any assistance
in my absence at (646) 200-5310 or emily@berlinrosen.com. Thanks.
-Jonathan
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Jonathan Rosen
Roberts, Kelly
Automatic reply: Major Press Clips -- Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 7:16:56 AM
I am out of the office this week. Please contact Emily Walsh at BerlinRosen if you need any assistance
in my absence at (646) 200-5310 or emily@berlinrosen.com. Thanks.
-Jonathan
From:
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Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Attachments:
Kraemer, Jacob
Hatch, Peter; Stanton, Alexandra
A briefing on OATH
Thursday, April 24, 2014 10:08:00 AM
OATH Brief.docx
Good Morning Mr. Rosen,
Please find attached our prep memo on the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH), its
structure and functions, and brief profiles of past Commissioners.
Please let us know if theres anything else we can find for you on this.
Best Regards,
Jacob Kraemer
Mayors Office of Appointments
(858) 232 9564
OATH Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings.

The Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) is an independent, central court that consists of
four tribunals:
1.
2.
3.
4.
the OATH Tribunal

the Environmental Control Board (ECB)
the OATH Taxi & Limousine Tribunal, and
the OATH Health Tribunal.
The OATH Tribunal adjudicates or settles a wide range of issues referred by City agencies. Its caseload
includes employee discipline, retention of seized vehicles, license and regulatory enforcement, real
estate and loft law violations, contract disputes, and human rights violations.
The Environmental Control Board (ECB) formulates policies for enforcing quality of life regulations and
administers appeal hearings on such violations, covering the work of 13 different city agencies. These
violations include public health and safety matters, illegal dumping and medical waste disposal, as well
as quality of life violations such as street obstructions, dirty sidewalks, littering and illegal vending. The
OATH Commissioner serves as the Chair of the ECB Board.
The OATH Taxi & Limousine Tribunal holds hearings on summonses issued by TLC, NYPD, and Port
Authority for alleged violations of TLC and other City rules.
The OATH Health Tribunal holds hearings on violations issued by the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene (DOHMH) regarding alleged violations of the Citys Health Code and other laws affecting health.
OATH is responsible for holding more than 400,000 hearings annually.
Structure & Staff
Budget: $34.5 Million annually
Full Time Employees (240), Part Time (115)
The Commissioner/Chief Administrative Law Judge (CALJ) is appointed by the Mayor. The current
Commissioner/CALJ is Susanne A. Beddoe, appointed in June, 2010.
Prior to her appointment to OATH, Beddoe was the ED of the Environmental Control Board.
Before this, she had been a Director at Meryl Lynch, a trial counsel at a boutique litigation firm,
and a litigator for NYC Corporation Counsel.
The previous OATH commissioner was Judge Roberto Velez (2002-2010), who left OATH
to become VP for Corporate Compliance and Counsel at Promesa Before his appointment, Velez
had been a chief of staff and general counsel at several city agencies, including DOP and DCA,
and acting Commissioner of DOP (2001-2002).
The CALJ appoints Administrative Law Judges (ALJ) to OATH for five year terms. Currently there are 12
ALJs who exclusively handle the cases of the Administrative Tribunal;
1
The Commissioner/CALJ also hires 350 per diem-ALJs through the agencys HR/employment system;
these ALJs handle the cases from the other 3 tribunals (the Health, ECB, & Taxi & Limousine tribunals).
The Commissioner/CALJ also appoints the central administrative staff that oversees the day to day
operations of the agency.
The Administrative tribunal is headed by the Commissioner, while the ECB, Taxi & Limousine, and Health
Tribunal are each run by a Deputy Commissioner.
Caseload
For FY13:
42% Disciplinary/disability/COIB issues;

26% & City License issues;
15% Vehicle forfeiture issues;
6% Loft zoning issues;
5% Discrimination issues;
5% Lobbying/Regulatory issues
1% Contracting issues.
History
OATH was established by Executive Order No. 32 in 1979 to professionalize the administrative hearing
system serving City government. OATH was made a Charter agency in 1988, as part of Charter Revisions
and the City Administrative Procedure Act (CAPA), written to remove adjudications from within city
agencies and make a central, independent decision maker for administrative hearings.
Initially, OATH's caseload consisted of mostly disciplinary cases brought by City agencies against civil
service employees.
The 1988 Charter revisions gave OATH greater jurisdiction and the types of cases referred to OATH have
substantially increased. City agencies now refer matters pertaining to licensing, regulatory, and
enforcement authority, including cases involving City contractors, holders of various City licenses, and
loft tenants and their landlords.
In 2004, as a result of court rulings including the Second Circuit's decision in Krimstock v. Kelly, OATH
acquired jurisdiction over hearings conducted after NYPD seizes vehicles of drivers accused of crimes.
On August 12, 2008, Mayor Bloomberg signed Local Law 35 that consolidated the Environmental Control
Board (ECB) under OATH. ECB is the City's largest tribunal, adjudicating some 250,000 violations per
year. Due to the success of the ECB consolidation, on June 8, 2011, Mayor Bloomberg signed Executive
Order 148 which further expanded OATHs jurisdiction by transferring the management of the
administrative tribunals traditionally overseen by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
(DOHMH) and the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) to OATH.
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Canfield, Ellyn
Jonathan Rosen
RE: hiya / quick question
Friday, April 25, 2014 10:53:00 AM
Jonathan,
So sorry that I couldnt get this done in time! Feel free to reach out anytime!

New York City

Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 5:21 PM
To: Canfield, Ellyn
Subject: RE: hiya / quick question
Thanks much.
From: Canfield, Ellyn [mailto:ECanfield@cityhall.nyc.gov]

To: Jonathan Rosen
Subject: RE: hiya / quick question
Hey Jonathan,
The SIPA list is indeed being managed by the SIPA staff, not MO, but let me poke around and see if I
can just add this folks Ill get right back to you!

New York City

To: Canfield, Ellyn
Subject: hiya / quick question
Hey Ellyn,
Are you at all involved with invites for tomorrows speech at SIPA? A former Dinkins person who
now works at Brooklyn Community Services and her boss reached out to me to see if they could be
invited. They are both SIPA grads etc.
Names are Marla Simpson (head of Mayors Office of Contract Services under Dinkins) and Julia Rothwax
(worked in Dinkins press operation).
Is this possible? If this is not in your lane and SIPA is inviting no worries.

-jr
Jonathan Rosen
New York, NY 10038
t. 646.452.5637
From:
To:
Date:
Singleton, Jessica
Friday, May 16, 2014 9:51:51 PM
http://www.nycedc.com/blog-entry/response-todd-krizelman-s-open-letter-mayor-de-blasio-future-nycs-tech-community
Sent from my iPhone
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Attachments:
Ben Wyskida
Rebecca Katz; Katz, Rebecca
FW: Gun list (esp. Bloggers)
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 11:05:40 AM
Best gun reporters.xlsx
Press Call guns list 12.16.xlsx
--
Ben Wyskida
646.200.5320 desk //917.825.1289 cell
Ben@berlinrosen.com
** See our new website, www.berlinrosen.com
From: Taylor Maxwell <Taylor.maxwell@berlinrosen.com>

Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 11:04:05 -0400
To: Ben <ben@berlinrosen.com>
Subject: Re: Gun list (esp. Bloggers)
Okay, two things attached. The first one, "best gun reporters," is a few top people I'd recommend for
outreach. The second one is a big list we used for our press call around the Newtown anniversary. Hope
these help!
--
Taylor Maxwell
o: (646) 200-5330
c: (704) 975-4589
On 5/27/14 8:51 AM, "Ben Wyskida" <ben@berlinrosen.com> wrote:

Appreciate it thanks!
* mobile *
On May 26, 2014, at 10:40 PM, "Taylor Maxwell" <Taylor.maxwell@berlinrosen.com> wrote:
I have a list! It's not the most up to date because we don't do national pitching for
them anymore, but I can send a few names that'd be helpful when I get to my computer.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 26, 2014, at 5:57 PM, "Ben Wyskida" <ben@berlinrosen.com> wrote:
Hey Taylor The mayors press aide asked me if I had a progressive blogger list and then said
they wanted to do some gun outreach. I can give her the usual progressive contacts
I use, but do you have a general list you use?
Thanks!
* mobile *
AP
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Max Matza
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max.matza@bbc.co.uk
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pbarrett17@bloomberg.net
1 (212) 617-1573
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New York TimJennifer Mascia
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ThinkProgres Annie Rose-Strasser
ThinkProgres Rebecca Leber
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astrasser@americanprogress.org
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rleber@americanprogress.org
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From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Singleton, Jessica
Jonathan Rosen
Re: ABNY Tech event Monday night
Friday, May 30, 2014 6:27:55 PM
I know just sharing so you can tell all your people we are out and about doing dog
and pony show!
Sent from my iPhone
On May 30, 2014, at 18:25, "Jonathan Rosen" <Jonathan@berlinrosen.com> wrote:
This is rocking, but sadly I cant make it. Have an event for a client. Will retweet all the
brilliant things written / said about you.
Have a great weekend.
-jr
From: Singleton, Jessica [mailto:JSingleton@cityhall.nyc.gov]

Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:46 AM
Subject: ABNY Tech event Monday night
Shameless BUT I hope/think this will be an interesting and well-rounded discussion.

Please let me know if youd be interested in joining!
___
Jessica Singleton
Digital Director @nycgov
@jessay286
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Dan Levitan
Roberts, Kelly
RE: Morning Press Clips Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 11:09:53 AM
Kelly
Thank you so much for sending these invaluable clips. Would it be possible to use this email
address, Dan@berlinrosen.com ?
Thanks again
-Dan Levitan
O: 646.200.5315
C: 201.674.7475
@levitandan
From: Dan Levitan [mailto

Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 9:43 AM
To: Dan Levitan
Subject: Fwd: Morning Press Clips Wednesday, June 25, 2014
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Roberts, Kelly <c>

Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Subject: Morning Press Clips Wednesday, June 25, 2014
To:
Morning Press Clips Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Todays Front Pages:
Todays Headlines:
NEW YORK TIMES

De Blasio Offers Easier Access to City Money for Special Education Al Baker
New York City Council Expected to Approve 2 Plans Aiding Immigrants Kirk Semple
New York Is Star in Video Pitch for Democratic Convention Michael Grynbaum
Corruption Sweep at Rikers Island Leads to 22 Arrests Michael Schwirtz
Gold Touches Up Sullied Band Shell in Central Park Kia Gregory
Contract Offer Scorned, L.I.R.R. Faces Strike Matt Flegenheimer
In Rematch, Rangel Holds Lead in a Tight House Primary Race Nikita Stewart
A String of Sexual Assaults Puts a Bronx Area on Alert J. David Goodman and Monique
Madan
Lawyer Says Boy in Killing May Go Before Grand Jury Benjamin Mueller
Manhattan District Attorneys Office Showing No Leniency in Daredevil Cases James
McKinley Jr.
Cochran Holds Off Tea Party Challenger in Mississippi Jonathan Weisman
Tea Party Republican Wins Representative Seat in Florida Alan Rappeport
Doubting Putin, Obama Prepares to Add Pressure Peter Baker
After Opening Way to Rebels, Turkey Is Paying Heavy Price Ben Hubbard and Ceylan
Yeginsu
Column: Suit in Jogger Case May Be Settled, but Questions Arent Jim Dwyer
Opinion: Room for Debate: Citizen of the State of New York Various
WALL STREET JOURNAL
Mayor To Ease Reimbursement Process For Special Needs Students Leslie Brody
New Transparency Law Gave New York Landlords Edge in Rent Vote Josh Barbanel
WSJ Poll: Rent Increases For Rent-Regulated Apartments Staff
New York City Council Divvies Up $50 Million in Discretionary Funds Michael Howard
Saul
MTA Ups Offer for LIRR Wage Increase Andrew Tangel
Rangel Holds Primary Lead Mara Gay
U.S. Ruling Loosens Four-Decade Ban On Oil Exports Christian Berthelsen and Lynn
Cook
Sick Drawn to New Coverage in Health-Law Plans Anna Wilde Mathews and Christopher
Weaver
DAILY NEWS
City eases rules on private ed $ (p. 2) Jennifer Fermino
Rent Guidelines Board member who voted down the rent freeze took off on a plane
Jennifer Fermino
Domestic violence groups ask for more NYCHA apartments for the homeless Erin Durkin
Mayor de Blasio in playground clash with Environmental Protection Agency over Gowanus
cleanup Jennifer Fermino
Legislature gives police union win with bill to rein in discipline rules Kenneth Lovett
City, Rochester students will be plaintiffs in suit to stop states teacher-tenure laws Stephen
Rex Brown and Ben Chapman
Cop found drunk, nearly naked in stranger's Bronx apartment hours after receiving medal
Tina Moore, Larry McShane and Rocco Parascandola
Son of retired FDNY firefighter, 8, dies from leukemia after 14 months of remission Nina
Golgowski
2 Rikers Island guards, 20 inmates busted for smuggling; 10 more guards face charges
Reuven Blau and Greg Smith
FDNY diversity pays (p. 12) Mark Morales
Judge predicts settlement in $150M lawsuit by wrongfully convicted Brooklyn man John
Marzulli
Sugar Hill seniors mourn loss of decades-old garden artwork Jan Ransom
CUNY transitional high school in the Bronx gets funding restored Denis Slattery
Survey: nearly half of the citys food manufacturing workers have been injured on the job Erica Pearson
Port Authority to approve free wireless Internet deal for airport travelers Glenn Blain
GOP Gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino opposes NYC plan to offer municipal ID cards to
illegal immigrants Ken Lovett
Rep. Charles Rangel defeats fierce challenger Adriano Espaillat, winning 23rd and final
Congress term Annie Karni, Corinne Lestch and Erin Durkin
Park brawl turns into a deadly stab (p. 8) Rocco Parascandola
Rikers inmate accused of knocking out intern faces judge Jennifer Cunningham
Editorial: Rent irregulation
Editorial: Not cool, dudes
Opinion: Why were fighting N.Y.s teacher laws Campbell Brown
Column: Making Cuomo walk the lines Bill Hammond
Column: Despite district changes, Rep. Charles Rangel proves he's not ready to go Juan
Gonzalez
NEW YORK POST
De Blasio announces plan to smooth path for special-needs kids Yoav Gonen
De Blasio furious rent board nixed his call for a freeze Tara Palmeri
Rangel: Leaders who abandoned me made one hell of a mistake Erin Calabrese, Lorena
Mongelli and Carl Campanile
De Blasio to rent familys home while living in Gracie Mansion Bob Fredericks
Mark-Viverito gives large chunks of funds to allies projects Yoav Gonen
Two guards and twenty inmates busted after Rikers sweep Jamie Schram
Man wrongly accused of stabbing bus driver files $14M suit Selim Algar
DA probing Hynes for alleged improper use of forfeiture money Josh Saul
Huge ad in Times Square begs for safe return of Israeli teens Ross Toback and Lia
Eustachewich
Rangel claims victory over Espaillat in Democratic primary Tara Palmeri, Aaron Short and
Carl Campanile
Man walks into McDonalds with knife sticking out of his back Jamie Schram
Editorial: Mayor for rent
Editorial: A lawsuit to upend New York tenure laws
Opinion: De Blasio did not think out rent freeze with his budget Michael Goodwin
Opinion: Unprepared grads the scandal New Yorks pols ignore Bob McManus
Opinion: A New York City restaurant crisis? Baloney Steve Cuozzo
CAPITAL NEW YORK
De Blasio huddles with I.D.C. to talk about reconciliation - Jimmy Vielkind
[PRO] De Blasio, Silver defend special-ed tuition deal Eliza Shapiro
De Blasio: Rent increase 'not a surprise' Sally Goldenberg
Rangel: De Blasio favors Walrond Azi Paybarah
De Blasio on favoring Walrond: 'Just plain inaccurate' Sally Goldenberg
De Blasio: Tenure suit 'muddying the situation' for reform Sally Goldenberg and Eliza
Shaprio
City Council grants based on new, poverty-based formula Sally Goldenberg
[PRO] De Blasio promises 'real improvements' at elections board Sally Goldenberg
[PRO] D.O.E. set to approve first charter pre-K program Eliza Shapiro
Officials like hepatitis-data idea, but fear price Dan Goldberg
Councilman sees 'red flags' in municipal ID requirements Gloria Pazmino
[PRO] H.H.C. receives initial $35.5M from Medicaid waiver Dan Goldberg
[PRO] How the City Council spends an extra $5.1M Sally Goldenberg and Gloria Pazmino
[PRO] New state rules for educating non-native English speakers Jessica Bakeman
Cuomo energy czar signals shift in grant strategy David Giambusso
[PRO] LaHood and Garvey to chair M.T.A. 'reinvention commission' Dana Rubinstein
Brown: Tenure suit could force new legislative process Eliza Shapiro
[PRO] Cuomo 'skeptical' of pensions for municipal associations Jimmy Vielkind
[PRO] Cuomo will sign Brownfields extender bill Scott Waldman
United Hospital Fund adds Adams and Berger Laura Nahmias
Rangel gets his victory party, if not Espaillat's concession Azi Paybarah
Espaillat refuses to concede Rangel race Conor Skelding
Rangel issues 'grateful' statement Azi Paybarah
Rangel casts his ballot, after 'civil' campaign Azi Paybarah
[PRO] Espaillat: Base is 'overperforming' Conor Skelding
[PRO] Polling 'smoother,' but Espaillat reserves judgment Conor Skelding
NEW YORK OBSERVER
Bill de Blasio Disappointed in Rent Guideline Board for Rent Hike Vote Jillian Jorgensen
What Does a 1% Rent Increase Do? (Other Than Irritate Virtually Everyone) - Kim Velsey
Rangel: Bill de Blasio Said He Was Backing Mike Walrond Will Bredderman
No, Bill de Blasio Is Not Endorsing Pastor Mike Walrond Jillian Jorgensen
Mike Walrond on Possible De Blasio Endorsement: The Mayor Is Extremely Smart Paula
Duran
Mark-Viverito and Espaillat Make Last Minute Campaign Push in East Harlem Ross
Barkan
Charlie Rangel Late and Confused at Last Campaign Stop Will Bredderman
Espaillat Promises Higher East Harlem Turnout Will Propel Him to Victory Ross Barkan
Adriano Espaillat Proudly Votes for Himself on Primary Day Ross Barkan
For Maybe The Last Time, Charlie Rangel Votes for Himself Jillian Jorgensen
Editorial: Council Echo Chamber
Editorial: The UFT Rules from the Crack of Dawn
WNYC
De Blasio Promises Smoother Path for Special Needs Parents Gwynne Hogan
Medical Community Calls for More Hepatitis Awareness Danny Lewis
Crickets Chirping for NY's Small Biz Insurance Exchange Fred Mogul
Rangel Declares Victory Brigid Bergin
AM NEW YORK
De Blasio eases private school access for special needs children Matthew Chayes
City to streamline process for tuition reimbursement for special needs programs Ivan
Pereira
Con Ed preparing for a summer of record power use
AM NY Dan Rivoli
Spike Lee, Brooklyn leaders announce party to celebrate 'Do the Right Thing' anniversary
AM NY Ivan Pereira
Rangel declares victory; Espaillat won't concede
AM NY Emily Ngo and Matthew Chayes
Editorial: In subways, pair cops with social workers
Opinion: Eskew: Will the worms return to Bill de Blasio's Big Apple? Carter Eskew
METRO
MTA forms reinvention commission to enhance, modernize transit system Anna Sanders
High-rising market: Scarcity of homes for sale and super-luxe condo developments send
prices soaring Katherine Clarke
Charlie Rangel declares victory over Adriano Espaillat in rematch Chester Jesus Soria
Man dead, 2 recovering after stabbing in Crown Heights Chester Jesus Soria
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE
Staten Island's City Council delegation at odds over municipal ID card bill Tom Wrobleski
New teachers' contract to bring earlier start times for some Staten Island public schools
Diane Lore
Staten Island Tech touted in article about high school graduation rates, report says Maura
Grunlund
Spurred by students, Savino calls for increased S46 bus service at Teleport Tom Wrobleski
New South Shore 'Super Express' bus expected to get MTA's OK on Wednesday Vincent
Barone
CB3 votes to oppose 2 new developments (p. A6) Kiawana Rich
Con Edison paying customers to use less electricity this summer Tracey Porpora
Rep. Charles Rangel declares victory in New York's 13th Congressional district Associated
Press
Editorial: The cowardly DOE exiles a good principal for no good reason (p. A22)
Opinion: City's first-ever anti-stalking Initiative launched on Staten Island Rose PierreLouis and Daniel Donovan Jr.
EL DIARIO
The city faces challenges for Pre-K programs for special children Staff
Low graduation rates in high school in NYC Hispanic Alexandra Ochoa
Rangel wins again Staff
The Latino vote in the primary is divided in El Barrio Staff
Rangel last vote for himself in El Barrio Juan Matossian
Adriano Espaillat vote accompanied by his family Zaira Cortes
Attorneys minor accused of murder seek to prove pattern of "bullying" Staff
McAllen, the gateway of migrant children to the U.S. Yolanda Gonzalez
DNA INFO
De Blasio Promises to Streamline Special Education Reimbursement Process Colby
Hamilton
Discarded Test Papers Behind Bed-Stuy School Reveal Student Information Paul
DeBenedetto
Bronx Teens Pushing for Sex Education Reform in City Schools Eddie Small
Diversity Plaza Gets Dedicated Police Officers to Address Complaints Katie Honan
Oddo Calls on Staten Island Restaurants to Offer Healthier Dishes Nicholas Rizzi
$1.9M Softball Field Coming to Tottenville HS, Borough President Says Nicholas Rizzi
New UWS Precinct Council President Wants to Make Group a Nonprofit Emily Frost
Crown Heights Community Board to Get New Head After 34 Years Rachel Holliday Smith
Charles Rangel Declares Victory in 13th Congressional District Primary Jeff Mays and
Nigel Chiwaya
Bitter Rangel-Espaillat Race Nears End as Voters Head to the Polls Nigel Chiwaya and Jeff
Mays
18-Year-Old Killed in Lincoln Terrace Park Stabbing Spree Trevor Kapp
Gunman Shoots Two for $125, Police Say Aidan Gardiner
OTHER
De Blasio disagrees with rent increase
CRAINS Andrew Hawkins
Senate GOP tries to mend fences with Latinos
CRAINS NY Chris Bragg
Advocates preparing lawsuit to target New York state teacher tenure laws
CHALKBEAT Geoff Decker
Opinion: Pre-K is ticket to success
ALBANY TIMES UNION Tena Tyler
Just How LGBT-Friendly Is Bill de Blasio?
VILLAGE VOICE Andy Humm
She Was a Lesbian: Chirlane McCray Tells the Voice How Her Past Affects Her Role in City
Hall
VILLAGE VOICE Megan Barnes
Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Silver Announce New Steps to Help Families of Students with
Disabilities
BROOKLYN NEWS - Author Unlisted
EXCLUSIVE: Secret Offer on the Table to Reunite Senate Dems and IDC: Source
CITY & STATE - Jon Lentz, Nick Powell, and Morgan Pehme
Mayor de Blasio in the News:
SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING
De Blasio Offers Easier Access to City Money for Special Education
NY TIMES Al Baker
Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a series of changes on Tuesday to make it easier for specialneeds students in New York to receive private schooling at public expense, a practice that has
led to frequent litigation as the city has tried to keep such spending under control. His plans,
announced at a news conference at City Hall, forestalled a bill in Albany that would have
forced the city to make changes to the process. The bill, passed by the State Senate, was
halted in the State Assembly last week after Mr. de Blasio promised to make the changes on
his own. At the news conference, the mayor revealed how he would streamline the process
for thousands of parents each year who ask the city to pay for private schooling because they
believe that public schools do not meet the needs of their children, a right established by
court rulings.
Mayor To Ease Reimbursement Process For Special Needs Students
WSJ Leslie Brody
Mayor Bill de Blasio promised Tuesday to make it easier for parents of special needs
students to get reimbursed for private school tuition when public programs cant meet their
needs. He pledged his administration would be less aggressive than former Mayor Michael
Bloombergs in litigating disputes with parents over where children with extreme challenges
should be served. At issue are about 2,500 children with severe disabilities whose parents
unilaterally choose private placements each year and then seek tuition reimbursement from
the city Department of Education. The department wins some disputes in these situations,
arguing that public programs can serve these children well. Private placements cost an
average of $60,000 a year for each child, according to the city. Mr. de Blasio said he wanted
to simplify and expedite the tuition reimbursement process for families with valid claims. He
said the department will render decisions about whether to settle cases within 15 days of
notice that a parent wants to unilaterally place a child in a private setting, cut requirements
for documenting eligibility, and pay a childs tuition bills pending a department appeal of a
placement decision.
City eases rules on private ed $ (p. 2)
DAILY NEWS Jennifer Fermino
De Blasio announces plan to smooth path for special-needs kids
NY POST Yoav Gonen
Pressed by Albany, city officials say theyre removing hurdles for parents trying to get kids
with special needs placed in private schools at taxpayers expense. Among the reforms
announced Tuesday by Mayor de Blasio are efforts to limit litigation when parents argue that
their children cant be adequately served in public schools, and instead work to reach
settlements within 15 days. The move came in response to proposed legislation in Albany that
officials feared would have increased the number of cases brought and won against the city.
[PRO] De Blasio, Silver defend special-ed tuition deal
CAPITAL NY Eliza Shapiro
De Blasio Promises Smoother Path for Special Needs Parents
WNYC Gwynne Hogan
City officials promised on Tuesday to make it easier for parents to get reimbursed when they
send a special-needs child to private school. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor
Carmen Faria announced the new policy at a press conference alongside Assembly Speaker
Sheldon Silver and other state lawmakers. Federal law requires the city to pay for such
programs when parents can't find the right program in public schools. Starting this fall, when
parents of children with disabilities seek tuition reimbursement, things will be different, de
Blasio said.
De Blasio eases private school access for special needs children
AM NY Matthew Chayes
The de Blasio administration will stop aggressively fighting parents who demand that New
York City pay private-school tuition for their special-needs children, officials said Tuesday.
Under federal law, parents may seek tuition reimbursement if public schools can't
accommodate their children's disabilities. But former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's
administration, following a consultant's finding in 2007 that the city wastes millions paying
such tuition for needs the public schools could accommodate, made it a policy to step up legal
challenges. De Blasio said the city would abandon that mandate, and the Department of
Education would decide within 15 days whether to settle cases. The department also will
speed reimbursements to families, reduce the paperwork needed to complete the process and
eliminate the current annual review of cases.
City to streamline process for tuition reimbursement for special needs programs
AM NY Ivan Pereira
Parents of children with special needs will receive better help from the city, following an
agreement with the city and state Tuesday. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Assembly Speaker
Sheldon Silver announced a package of administrative changes that will streamline the
process for those parents who seek reimbursement for their kids' special ed needs. The mayor
said too many parents were sidelined while the Department of Education spent too much time
litigating cases for tuition reimbursement for programs outside public schools.
The city faces challenges for Pre-K programs for special children
EL DIARIO Staff
While the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has launched an ambitious expansion
program for pre kindergarten, education advocacy organizations doubt that the city achieved
accommodate all children with special needs in time for the start of classes in September .
The Department of Education (DOE) must accommodate about 5,000 children with special
needs in pre-kindergarten programs and coordinate individual services with approved
agencies and communicate with parents and teachers. At the same time, the city should create
hundreds of pre-kindergarten programs in public schools and a thousand more in community
centers, in addition to outlining the health code.
De Blasio Promises to Streamline Special Education Reimbursement Process
DNA INFO Colby Hamilton
Heading off a round of proposed legislation by Albany lawmakers, Mayor Bill de Blasio
vowed Tuesday that the city would make it easier for parents of special needs students to get
reimbursed when sending their kids to private schools. We believe in a parent-friendly,
family-friendly approachto get parents what they need, de Blasio said during a press
conference at City Hall announcing the agreement, which followed threats from New York
State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to pass a law to force the city to streamline the
process if the city didnt do so willingly.
Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Silver Announce New Steps to Help Families of Students with
Disabilities
BROOKLYN NEWS - Author Unlisted
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today announced a package of
administrative changes that make the process easier and less contentious for parents who are
entitled to reimbursement of tuition for their childs special education program. The changes
will affect parents whose children attend special education programs outside of public
schools in order to receive necessary services.The special education placement process has
been fraught with contention and litigation in recent years. The changes announced today will
simplify and expedite the process for families with valid claims. The Department of
Education is committing to render decisions about whether to settle cases within 15 days, to
expedite reimbursements to parents, and to limit the paperwork they are required to submit.
The changes were developed in consultation with Speaker Silver and the New York State
Assembly.Every child in this city deserves a quality education. But for years, parents of
children with special needs have had to wait for the City to settle legitimate claims for tuition
reimbursement. Today, we are turning the page, making changes that will ease the burden on
these parents. We are cutting red tape, speeding up the process, and reaching outcomes that
do right by families, said Mayor Bill de Blasio.
RENT GUIDELINES BOARD

New Transparency Law Gave New York Landlords Edge in Rent Vote
WSJ Josh Barbanel
Mayor Bill de Blasio's public call for a rent freeze was thwarted by landlord representatives
on the Rent Guidelines Board who took advantage of a new law intended to make city
government more transparent. The law, adopted in December, required many city agencies to
give board members and the public three days' notice for adoption of final rules. That
included the city's Rent Guidelines Board, which sets maximum permitted increases each
year for approximately one million New Yorkers who live in rent-stabilized apartments. For
the first time, the nine members of the bitterly divided board had to submit their final
proposals in advance.
WSJ Poll: Rent Increases For Rent-Regulated Apartments
WSJ Staff
Despite being urged by New York City mayor Bill de Blasio to consider a rent freeze, the
city Rent Guidelines Board approved a rent increase for rent-regulated apartments on
Monday night. Mr. de Blasio had previously called for the board to consider New York
Citys affordability crisis when making its decision and on Monday urged the board to
adopt a one-year freeze on some rents.
Rent Guidelines Board member who voted down the rent freeze took off on a plane
DAILY NEWS Jennifer Fermino
When your name is mud with a million tenants, its time to skip town. The rogue Rent
Guidelines Board member who killed the rent freeze then got berated by furious renters
hopped a plane less than 24 hours after the vote, his wife said. Steven Flax, a banker who
was appointed by Mayor de Blasio but disregarded the mayors support for a rent freeze for
stabilized tenants, was too upset to explain his vote, she said. He isnt ready, she said. It
was hard for him. She didnt say where he was going, but Flaxs work voice mail says he
will be out of town until July 2. Flax, one of de Blasios six appointees to the nine-member
board, broke ranks with four others Monday night by crafting a plan to allow 1% rent
increases on one-year leases, and a 2.75% hike on two-year leases.
Editorial: Rent irregulation
DAILY NEWS
Mayor de Blasio fell just short of getting the rent freeze he had ordered up. But make no
mistake: The 1% hike on one-year leases approved Monday night by the Rent Guidelines
Board a historic low is very much a victory for his populist reign. While everyone of
good sense wants to ease the blow for residents of New Yorks almost 1 million stabilized
apartments, the RGB is supposed to do one thing: set maximum annual hikes by weighing the
best economic evidence. On Monday, that mandate turned to farce as de Blasio virtually
commanded his six representatives on the nine-member board to exempt tenants from hikes
after the panel offered eight proposals that veered wildly from an increase of as much as
5.5% to a rollback of 6%.
De Blasio furious rent board nixed his call for a freeze
NY POST Tara Palmeri
Mayor de Blasio is furious that the Rent Guidelines Board he supposedly controls refused to
go along with his public call for a rent freeze, according to one insider. Hes off the wall,
off the wall, said the source. The source said the mayor intends to replace two Bloomberg
appointees, David Wenk and Carol Shine, who voted with landlord reps to increase stabilized
rents by 1 percent and 2.75 percent.
Editorial: Mayor for rent
NY POST
In his successful run for mayor, Bill de Blasio campaigned on the theme that New York has
become a Tale of Two Cities, with the haves doing well while the have-nots struggle to
make ends meet. So why has Mayor Bill now come down squarely for the largest group of
haves in this city those who live in rent-controlled or rent-subsidized apartments? On
Monday night, a Rent Guidelines Board filled with de Blasio appointees approved a 1
percent rent increase for one-year leases and a 2.75 percent increase for two-year leases.
Though it was not the freeze the mayor endorsed in his campaign, it was the lowest increase
ever.
Opinion: De Blasio did not think out rent freeze with his budget
NY POST Michael Goodwin
When Mayor de Blasio last sounded off, he was rolling out the big rhetorical guns to
describe the $75 billion budget he produced. It was, he said, truly transcendent and
everybody involved was extraordinary. So much bloviating, so little time, but one number
says it all: 7 percent. Thats how much de Blasios first budget increases spending over the
one he inherited.
De Blasio: Rent increase 'not a surprise'
CAPITAL NY Sally Goldenberg
Mayor Bill de Blasio showed no signs of frustration with the Rent Guidelines Board, after the
panel voted last night to allow modest rent increases, over the mayor's call for a rent freeze.
"It was not a surprise to me that there would be difference of opinion, and we knew it would
be a close vote either way you slice it, but I was trying to make it very clear what I thought
was the right way to go," de Blasio said on Tuesday afternoon following an education press
conference in City Hall. After wavering on whether to back a rent freeze last week, de Blasio
spoke in favor of the board keeping rents flat during a press conference Monday, hours
before the vote. He claimed landlords have been charging tenants more than they should,
based on their own incurred costs, such as property taxes and water bills.
Bill de Blasio Disappointed in Rent Guideline Board for Rent Hike Vote
NY OBSERVER Jillian Jorgensen
Though he appointed the majority of its members, the Rent Guidelines Board bucked Mayor
Bill de Blasios call for a rent freeze Monday and approved a one percent hike and today
the mayor said he was disappointed in the boards decision, but not quite surprised. Two of
the six people Mr. de Blasio appointed to the board voted to approve the hike, and one of the
mayors appointees was actually the person who suggest the one percent hike Steven Flax,
appointed to represent the public, who some City Council members took issue with publicly
on Twitter after the Monday night vote. I have not talked to him today. I disagree with his
action, Mr. de Blasio said of Mr. Flax. From everything Ive heard of him, hes a person of
integrity. But I disagree with his vote. The other one of Mr. de Blaisos appointees to vote
for the hike, Sarah Williams Willard, was added to the board to represent property owners.
What Does a 1% Rent Increase Do? (Other Than Irritate Virtually Everyone)
NY OBSERVER - Kim Velsey
It was widely speculated that the evening of June 23 might be the night of a historic freeze
the first time that the Rent Guidelines Board voted for a zero percent rent increase on
stabilized units in its 45 year history. With six of the boards nine members appointed by
Mayor Bill de Blasio, who called for a freeze, it had seemed quite possible that if any year
were to be the year, this would be it. Instead, the Board backed a strange compromisea
one-percent increase for one-year leases and 2.75 percent increase for two-year leasesa
bump so miniscule that it would appear to have little beyond symbolic import to either
tenants or landlords.
De Blasio disagrees with rent increase
CRAINS Andrew Hawkins
Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday he disagrees with the vote to modestly increase rents for
regulated apartments by the Rent Guidelines Board, and left open the possibility of replacing
some of the board's members in the future. The board, which is mostly appointed by the
mayor, ignored his call Monday for a rent freeze, instead voting 5-4 to raise rents on rentstabilized apartments 1% and 2.75% for one-year and two-year lease renewals, respectively,
and a 0% increase for SRO units. Advocates on both sides of the debate lamented the
decision.
2014 ELECTIONS
Rangel: Leaders who abandoned me made one hell of a mistake
NY POST Erin Calabrese, Lorena Mongelli and Carl Campanile
Winding up what he described as his final race, Rep. Charles Rangel said Tuesday that
political leaders and union bosses who abandoned him for rival Adriano Espaillat in the
fierce Democratic primary made one hell of a mistake. People didnt support me this time
not because I wasnt the best qualified and this is so important, they didnt support me
because they thought it wasnt in their best future interests, not to support me, Rangel said
during one of several campaign stops before the polls closed.
The Working Families Family also lined up with the challenger leading Mayor de
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Site closures
Tuesday, September 02, 2014 4:44:52 PM
Results of Latest Evaluation of All Pre-K Sites

On Thursday, September 4 th , the City will launch Pre-K for All and in the coming weeks
more than 50,000 children will be learning at more than1,700 sites. Students health and
safety is a top priority of the administration, and an aggressive inspection and evaluation
regime monitors programs on an ongoing basis to make sure every classroom and site
meets the highest standards. It remains our commitment that no site that poses a risk to
children will be permitted to open as part of our program. We will continue to monitor
schools beyond the first day to ensure rigorous adherence to high-quality standards.
Following our most recent inspections and site reviews, we identified sites that will not be
ready by September 4. There are 9 sites, representing approximately 265 children, that
are unlikely to open this year and we are working closely with families to ensure a
seamless transition to another school in the coming days (see below for more detail). In
the lead up to Pre-K for All city agencies have completed approximately 6,000 inspections
and walk-throughs. The FDNY and DOB will complete approximately 400 additional
inspections this week.
City agency inspections and reviews also identified approximately 36 additional sites
serving about 900 children -- that will likely have their start dates delayed while oversight
and permitting continue. The City anticipates these sites have the capacity to address any
[1]
outstanding concerns on an expedited timetable. Most of these sites are expected to
open on Monday, September 8 th . No funds have yet been disbursed to any of these
organizations. If these sites are successful in addressing outstanding concerns, they will
be capable of serving children later this month. In large part, these sites have already
worked closely with families to announce delayed starts. These delayed starts are primarily
related to ongoing construction and permitting. The number of delayed sites will change as
the City has been working with providers throughout the summer to help ensure that they
meet safety standards.
Serving Affected Families
As soon as the City made the determination that 9 schools are not likely to open,
enrollment specialists at the Department of Education initiated communication with parents
whose children may be affected. Specialists called, emailed and texted parents to alert
them to the potential changes and are working individually with each family to offer them a
quality alternative in which to re-enroll each child. Enrollment specialists are trained to
assess a familys needs and to identify convenient alternatives based on where families
live, where parents work, as well as any program features that a family may seek, such as
language training. The Department of Education has begun reaching out to impacted
parents, made contact with 107 parents and successfully enrolled 83 children in alternative
programs. Specialists will continue to work with families until every child in an available
seat of the parents choice.
Reasons Sites Are Unlikely to Open or Have Delayed Start-Dates
Every site must meet rigorous criteria to receive its permit from the Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene to participate in Pre-K for All. All Health Department violations in need
of immediate correction must be fully resolved. All violations with the FDNY and
Department of Buildings presenting a danger to the safety of children must be corrected
and verified. DOI reviews multiple sources of information for potential fraud and
misconduct and will coordinate follow up spot investigations to check on health, safety,
and integrity matters throughout the school year. In addition, all sites must meet the
Department of Educations rigorous quality and academic standards. Only when all such
conditions are met is the site permitted to open.
The sites listed below have at least one outstandingagency concern that remains
unaddressed and are unlikely to open this fall. These 9 sites represent approximately 265
children.
1. Child Development Support Corporation (Clinton Hill)

2. Rainbow Afterschool Program (Clason Point)
3. Birch Family Services Center (East Flatbush)
4. Manhattan Early Childhood Center (Washington Heights)
5. Queens Early Childhood Center (Springfield Gardens)
6. Watson Avenue Early Childhood Center (Parkchester)
7. Rainbow Montessori (East Bronx)
8. Alpha Academy (Jamaica)
9. Rising Stars Islamic School (Jamaica)
Wiley Norvell
Deputy Press Secretary
Office of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
(212) 788-2958
(917) 428-8307 (mobile)
wnorvell@cityhall.nyc.gov
@wileynorvell
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Note: Some schools previously had set a later start date for this month. Those parents were previously notified
by their schools.

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Jeff Klein, on this issue.

he will unveil next week.

+ Jonathan who is dealing w/ this for upknyc

From: Adams, Marti

From: Fermino, Jennifer [mailto:jfermino@nydailynews.com]

Adams, Marti; "Jonathan@berlinrosen.com"; Wolfe, Emma

From: Jonathan Rosen [mailto:Jonathan@berlinrosen.com]

From: Wolfe, Emma [mailto:EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov]

From: Adams, Marti

From: Fermino, Jennifer [mailto:jfermino@nydailynews.com]

From: Emma Woods [mailto:emma@berlinrosen.com]

From: Adams, Marti

From: Walzak, Phil

; Adams, Marti; 'Jonathan Rosen'

From: Walzak, Phil

From: Jonathan Rosen [mailto:Jonathan@berlinrosen.com]

From: Wolfe, Emma [mailto:EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov]

From: Adams, Marti

To: Wolfe, Emma

From: Fermino, Jennifer [mailto:jfermino@nydailynews.com]

From: Emma Woods [mailto:emma@berlinrosen.com]

----- Original Message ----From: Wolfe, Emma

From: Jonathan Rosen [mailto:Jonathan@berlinrosen.com]

From: Mayor's Press Office

[W]ere prepared to provide free, high-quality, all-day pre-K to close to 54,000

universe of more than 73,000 children, participating in a high-quality, all-day pre-K

Full Testimony, as Prepared for Delivery:

Because here are the stark realities.

Its within our means to do both and do them now.

The verdict is in.

Nobel Prize-winning economists President Obamathe outgoing chair of the Federal

We must, and can, do better than that and do it now.

The same is true of middle school after-school programs.

We can do better than that and do it now.

And were ready to begin right away.

I am extremely fortunate to have a dedicated and knowledgeable group of experts whose

Its also one thats so vital that it must be inviolable.

Now you can help us make history again:

And second, the funding must be predictable and consistent.

We support many of its ambitious programmatic initiatives.

Members of the Legislature:

The crisis of inequality in our city and our state.

And universal pre-K and quality after-school programs do just that.

But lets start debunking two myths surrounding our proposal.

We look forward to working with you to strengthen that commitment.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 27, 2014

to self-determination to setting and carrying out our own priorities ought to be

Higher rates of homeownership;

Higher rates of savings; and

Fewer run-ins with the law.

send you a Home Rule message expressing that support.

better outcomes for our kids.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 27, 2014

CONTACT:pressoffice@cityhall.nyc.gov, (212) 788-2958

CITY RELEASES IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR FREE, HIGH-QUALITY,

Read the full report:http://www.scribd.com/doc/202456867/Ready-to-Launch-New-YorkCity%E2%80%99s-Implementation-Plan-for-Free-High-Quality-Full-Day-Universal-PreKindergarten