Overcrowding in East Side public schools threatens to deny a generation of children their constitutional right to a "<a href="http://www.cfequity.org/" target="_BLANK"><strong>sound basic education.</strong></a>" We must make more school seats available now, build more schools to keep up with current development, and investigate new solutions for building educational infrastructure.<br><br>I have a strong commitment to public education that stems from being a graduate of the <a href="http://www.bxscience.edu/" target="_BLANK"><strong>Bronx High School of Science</strong></a>, State University of New York's <a href="http://www.albany.edu/" target="_BLANK"><strong>University at Albany</strong></a> and <a href="http://law.buffalo.edu/" target="_BLANK"><strong>University at Buffalo Law School</strong></a>. I helped create Community Board 8’s Youth and Education Committee, identified a <a href="http://kallosforcouncil.com/sites/default/files/DYCD_Bus.pdf" target="_BLANK"><strong>Free Yellow Bus Program</strong></a> for local youth service providers, and created an internship program to better serve the youth and education needs of our community. As your Council member I will continue to fight for increased funding for youth services and education.
By funding public college education for all – regardless of immigration status – the City will build a better workforce, earn more in taxes and become stronger.
Following child care funding cuts in the Final Executive Budget affecting thousands of working families, Council Candidate Ben Kallos joined Executive Director of DC 1707 Raglan George, Jr. at the “One Man One March,” along with Mabel Everett, President of Local 205 Day Care Employees, to call on Mayor Bloomberg to restore funding to help provide for New York City’s children, single parents and families living in poverty.
Benjamin Kallos (class of '98) and Professor Chris Malone (Chairman of Political Science at Pace University) taught a lesson to seniors about voting and elections. Mr. Kallos is a candidate for City Council; Professor Malone is the Legislative Director to NY State Senator Gustavo Rivera.
