rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/governor-cuomo-protect-students-not-millionaires?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-governor-cuomo-protect-students-not-millionaires' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Alliance for Quality Education https://actionnetwork.org/groups/alliance-for-quality-education https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg We are a matter of days away from Governor Cuomo and state leaders finalizing the state budget. The current health crisis has the potential to lead to a state fiscal crisis. The last time New York faced a financial crisis, Governor Cuomo chose to balance the State budget on the backs of children — cutting $1 billion from public schools, while giving a tax cut to the ultra-rich. It’s taken years to recover from these cuts and the lasting damage continues to be felt in classrooms all over the state: counselors were laid off, programs were never restored, and a generation of students lost out on years of educational opportunity. In 2020, Governor Cuomo is proposing to make drastic health care cuts, balancing the budget on the backs of low-income New Yorkers and children.We can’t let this happen! Medicaid provides critical healthcare funding, but it is also essential to helping kids learn. It promotes health equity through reimbursements for health services that are offered in schools, including key special education services — programs that are already facing enormous stress and challenges as schools across the state close their doors. Use the form and demand Governor Cuomo make billionaires pay, not make cuts to health care and education funding at a time where it is most critical! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/governor-cuomo-protect-students-not-millionaires