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“I want the facts to be clear here. The action taken was to no longer devote to charter school expansion. Period,” de Blasio said Sunday. “And that frees up the money for other priorities.”
“We were simply saying we do not believe the money should be devoted to charter expansion. We think it should be freed up for other priorities,” Hizzoner said. “So we didn't specifically say what those will be, that's something that will be delineated in the future."
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