The mayor has consistently demonstrated his commitment to New York City's children. That is why the mayor's proposed cuts to early childhood education and after-school programs are so jarring.
It will be impossible to curb school spending to the extent required by fiscal realities without addressing the significant and rapidly increasing expenditures for special education.
Gov. David A. Paterson on Monday night wasted little time vetoing some of the last major spending portions of the budget that had breezed through the...