--- In [email protected], "bluebishop82"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You are right that that is a bad scenario - hope some Abbott
expert
> can tell us something different.
I think it is almost certain that Abbott funding will for AP will go
away within the next ten years at maximum. The abatements will hurt
very much. It is imperative we do something about them. No politics
here, just reality.
>
> By the way I understand why Fishman said don't have families move
> here yet - I've preached it myself. First some numbers: We know
the
> City is strapped and families use the most services. For
instance,
> If a family with two kids moves here, the education costs alone
are
> $36,000.00, and the family might pay $8 or 9K in total taxes. We
> just are not financially ready for a mass influx of families (that
> was the reason why the plan for 3100 condos was agreed to, because
> they don't attract families). Second a morality issue: The
schools
> here are so bad that you have to disclose to people moving in just
> how bad it really is. I would want to know.
I would not use morality and Fishman in the same sentence. While you
might want to say it sotto voce, you don't have to put it on Page 1.
Fishman should instead focus on assisting making the school system
better. The 1st step would be to take a little less and forgo
abatements. Listen, I grew up in what is now Park Slope Brooklyn.
When I was a kid you had to carry a blade in your pocket during
lunch time. The public school there is now one of the best in the
city because there area was gentrified. If you only put poor kids in
a school system what do you think you're going to get?
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