ASSEMBLYWOMAN
BARBARA M. CLARK
INVITES
YOU
To
Participate in the
THE
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL SPRING CLEAN UP
&
BEAUTIFICATION
DAY
Saturday, May 20, 2006
8:00 AM TO 2:00
PM
97-01
Springfield Blvd.,
Queens Village
Flood
Damage?
If you live
around 224th Street and
114th Avenue
in
Cambria
Heights
and
Your home was
damaged by Flooding on or around Friday March 10, 2006
You have 90 days to file
a complaint
with the
Office of the
New York City
Comptroller
Queens Village
,
NY
11429
(718) 479-2333
Clark Rejects Governor’s Cuts to New
York’s
CUNY and SUNY Systems
Barbara M. Clark opposes tuition
hikes and supports the Assembly’s Budget Plan to restore and invest $320
Million to local colleges and universities
Assemblywoman
Barbara M. Clark (D-Cambria Heights) announced that the Assembly’s new budget
plan makes significant investments in New York’s higher education system while
rejecting the most harmful parts of the governor’s budget.
“The governor should not be allowed to undermine higher education.
Universities and colleges are vital to creating a well-trained workforce,
new jobs, bringing in federal research dollars, and most importantly, keeping
our young people here in New York,” Assemblywoman Clark said.
“The failure to properly fund higher education in our state could have
disastrous effects on its future.”
The Assembly’s plan restores almost $320 million in state support to
local colleges and universities. The
plan includes:
·
$131 million to offset tuition hikes for State University of New
York and City University of New York students;
·
$119 million in Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) funding;
·
Expanding TAP for part-time students;
·
Increasing overall SUNY/CUNY operating aid-allowing SUNY to add
541 more faculty and CUNY to add 400; and
·
Increasing support for vital opportunity programs by 10 percent.
More than $34
million in aid is provided to local community colleges over two years in the
Assembly’s proposal. If
undertaken the Assembly plan would allow the State of New York to meet its obligation
under state law to provide local colleges with 33 percent in support.
“Other than the addition of Part-Time TAP, the Assembly’s budget
proposal ensures that more students have access to an affordable college
education,” stated Assemblywoman Clark. “The
Assembly will fight for a final state budget that strengthens New York’s
higher education system.”
During his tenure,
the governor has increased tuition by 65 percent, allowed state support for
community college funding to drop to the lowest it has been in 30 years, and
attempted to cut TAP nine times.
There is no trouble
finding world-class learning institutions in New York, but as any student would
agree, the most difficult part of pursuing a higher education is finding the
money to pay for it. The governor is
trying to make it harder for New Yorkers to afford a college education.
The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to slash federal funding
for education loans and the governor proposed cutting TAP for some of New
York’s most vulnerable students.
“We don’t need
to create more obstacles and expenses for students looking to get a college
degree,” Assemblywoman Clark said. “In
the coming weeks, the Assembly will work in a bipartisan fashion to negotiate a
fair, on-time budget that provides our students with the educational
opportunities they need to succeed.”
Free
Computer Classes
for
•
Southeast
Queens
Residents
•
18 years or older
•
In Need of Basic Computer Skills
•
10 Weeks of Free Instruction
from
an Accredited Teacher
Using
the Latest Dell Computers
At
the Soon to Open
PAL-FOSTER LAURIE
SKILLS
TRAINING
CENTER
199-10
112th Avenue
Hollis
,
New York
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