To: NY Comptroller Scott Stringer, NYC Comptroller and Bill de Blasio
Create a Youth Board to Supervise $20 Million in Arts Education Funding in New York City
As leaders in our community, youth in arts education, future voters and future members of the city’s workforce, we urge the de Blasio administration, Comptroller Stringer, Carmen Fariña, the City Council and other city leaders to create a youth board to ensure the $20 million arts education funds are distributed to the schools and programs in communities that need and demand arts education.
Why is this important?
As New York City public school students, we applaud Comptroller Stringer and Mayor de Blasio for recognizing the power of arts education to improve academic outcomes, especially for young people who live and go to school in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Upper Manhattan.
As leaders in our community, youth in arts education, future voters and future members of the city’s workforce, we urge the de Blasio administration, Comptroller Stringer, Carmen Fariña, the City Council and other city leaders to create a youth board to ensure the $20 million arts education funds are distributed to the schools and programs in communities that need and demand arts education. As youth leaders, we want to ensure our city leaders make good on the promise and ensure that all New York City public school students receive the comprehensive and state-mandated arts education they deserve regardless of who they are, or where they live.
As leaders in our community, youth in arts education, future voters and future members of the city’s workforce, we urge the de Blasio administration, Comptroller Stringer, Carmen Fariña, the City Council and other city leaders to create a youth board to ensure the $20 million arts education funds are distributed to the schools and programs in communities that need and demand arts education. As youth leaders, we want to ensure our city leaders make good on the promise and ensure that all New York City public school students receive the comprehensive and state-mandated arts education they deserve regardless of who they are, or where they live.