Budget related issues

• link 4/13 MIT Community email on how MIT will plan for budget undertainties

• link 4/2 Cuomo summarizes adopted state budget:

Mentions OER, Food pantries, SNAP benefits;

Due to the extraordinary challenges from our COVID-19 health crisis, creating a $10 billion loss in revenue to the State, support for schools will remain nearly flat for a total of$27.9 billion in school aid.

• link A 4/2 NY Post article:

The budget foresees tax revenues plunging by at least $10 billion and OKed up to$11 billion in short-term borrowing to cover shortfalls while New York officials pray the feds provide more aid.

The budget crunch means that an expected $826 million boost in public education spending won’t happen —$321 million was supposed to go to the city’s schools.

• 3/30 Cornell announces hiring freeze, travel ban, ban on discretionary spending, re-evaluation of capital projects

• 3/30 Budget stories in the Chronicle and two