Reaction to Astorino’s Comments on Gov. Cuomo’s Pre-K Plan
(Long Island, NY) Yesterday in an interview on public radio’s “The Capitol Pressroom,” Rob Astorino, Westchester County Executive and potential Republican candidate for governor, came out in opposition to Governor Cuomo’s statewide pre-K plan. Billy Easton, executive director of the Alliance for Quality Education, offers a reaction to Astorino’s comments:
“Everyone in the education community hopes for an intelligent dialogue on educational issues this year. People expect and deserve that,” said Billy Easton, executive director of the Alliance for Quality Education. “But, Rob Astorino is flat out wrong in saying we should not go forward with pre-K. A statewide pre-K plan is essential to making New York’s education system a national leader. Governor Cuomo deserves kudos for supporting statewide pre-K. Both Astorino and the Governor should be calling for more school aid to support K-12 education and more pre-K funding statewide. And, they should be supporting home rule so that New York City can pay its own bills on pre-K for its own four-year-olds.”
About AQE
The Alliance for Quality Education is a coalition mobilizing communities across the state to keep New York true to its promise of ensuring a high quality public education to all students regardless of zip code, income or race. Combining its legislative and policy expertise with grassroots organizing, AQE advances proven-to-work strategies that lead to student success and echo a powerful public demand for a high quality education. www.aqeny.org
