Hi there,
Please be advised that the New York City Council Committee on Education will hold a hearing on Thursday, February 29th at 1:00 PM in Council Chambers at City Hall, New York, New York 10007 and via Zoom web conference, on the following topic:
Oversight: Implementing the State Class Size Law in New York City
Additionally, the Committee will hear the following bill:
Int. No. 45 (Joseph), a Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the New York city department of education to report actual class sizes and expand reports on the amount of students in special programs in New York city public schools
You are hereby invited to attend and testify, either in-person at City Hall, or live via Zoom.
If you plan on testifying in-person or via Zoom, please register in advance of the hearing at https://council.nyc.gov/testify/. Each person who intends to testify live via Zoom should register separately. Note that Zoom links are personalized and should not be shared. Zoom links will be manually sent as the hearing date approaches.
If you plan to testify in-person, it would be appreciated if you could bring twenty (20) copies double-sided of your written testimony to the hearing.
Written testimony may be submitted without registration by emailing it to testimony@council.nyc.gov or via the Council’s website at https://council.nyc.gov/testify/ up to 72 hours after the close of the hearing.
The entrance to the hearing and restrooms at City Hall are fully accessible. For questions about accessibility or to request additional accommodations, please contact Nicole Benjamin (NBenjamin@council.nyc.gov or 212-482-5176) at least 72 hours before the hearing. All other questions about the hearing can be directed to me (CRivera@council.nyc.gov).
Thank you,
Chloë
Chloë Rivera (she/her)
Senior Policy Analyst, New York City Council