2016.11.23 Responsive Records - Part 11

From:
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Ragone, Peter
Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel; Wolfe, Emma; "jwallack@childrensaidsociety.org";
"jonathan@berlinrosen.com"; "FuleihanD@omb.nyc.gov"; "emily@berlinrosen.com"
Re: Check in on working group
Monday, January 13, 2014 8:58:38 AM
1130.
----- Original Message ----From: Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 08:53 AM
To: Wolfe, Emma; 'jwallack@childrensaidsociety.org' <jwallack@childrensaidsociety.org>;
>; Ragone, Peter; 'jonathan@berlinrosen.com'
<jonathan@berlinrosen.com>; 'FuleihanD@omb.nyc.gov' <FuleihanD@omb.nyc.gov>;
'emily@berlinrosen.com' <emily@berlinrosen.com>
Subject: Re: Check in on working group
Can folks do a call today at 10:30am? Or 11:30am?
----- Original Message ----From: Wolfe, Emma
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 08:41 AM
To: 'jwallack@childrensaidsociety.org' <jwallack@childrensaidsociety.org>; '
; Ragone, Peter; 'jonathan@berlinrosen.com' <jonathan@berlinrosen.com>;
'FuleihanD@omb.nyc.gov' <FuleihanD@omb.nyc.gov>
Cc: Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
Subject: Check in on working group
Looking forward to doing a check-in on this if we can make folks' schedules work -- Gabriel cc'd here
can herd cats
Thanks all!
instructive to look at how far you've come.
Back in August, even before the primary candidates had held an official, televised
debate, the Daily News endorsed Christine Quinn, saying of de Blasio:
Additionally, his call for raising taxes on the wealthy to drum up hundreds of millions
of dollars annually to pay for pre-K education sells well but hasnt a chance at a
time when the next mayor will have to fight like hell just to preserve the status quo
for New Yorkers.
A few weeks later, the New York Times also backed Quinn. It praised de Blasio
mildly, but noted:
Mr. de Blasios most ambitious plans like a powerful new state-city partnership to
make forever-failing city hospitals financially viable, or to pay for universal
prekindergarten and after-school programs through a new tax on the richest New
Yorkers need support in the State Capitol, and look like legislative long shots.
Once a Mayor de Blasio saw his boldest ideas smashed on the rocks of Albany, then
what?
De Blasio's opponents picked up this theme. In their final pre-primary debate, Quinn
said de Blasio's tax plan was dead on arrival at the state capitol, labeling it pie in
the sky. After de Blasio overturned all the handicapping and won the primary on the
first round, Governor Cuomo sat with the Daily News editorial board and, according
to the News, virtually shot down the possibility next year that the state would take
up a de Blasio plan to hike the city tax rate. Cuomo's re-election hopes and/or
designs on the presidency, the thinking went, made it all but impossible for him to
consider a tax hike. Soon, de Blasio's Republican opponent, Joe Lhota, took up the
line of argument that Quinn tried, calling the plan dead on arrival in a debate with
the Democrat. Through it all, de Blasio refused to consider a plan B or negotiate
against [himself].
That seemed like rhetoric at the time. It doesn't now.
Last week, de Blasio convened union leaders in support of the pre-K plan at the
same time as Cuomo held an event to tout a $2 billion package of tax cuts. Some
saw this as the two men taking one step closer toward a real groin-kickin', gravel-inthe-eyes-throwin', beer-bottle-on-the-bar-breakin' street fight over the mayor's tax
plan (which, you have to admit, would make for compelling drama, given their
political history together and the fact that de Blasio's lengthy reach versus Cuomo's
more powerful build create an interesting match-up).
Maybe that fight will still come to occur, but it was interesting that Cuomo's package
of tax cuts addressed property taxes, businesses taxes, estate taxes and so on, but
not the personal income tax, which is what the de Blasio plan would affect. By my
unsophisticated math, if de Blasio's planwhich requires some $500 million a year in
new revenuegoes through and Cuomo gets his other cuts he can still claim to
have cut $1.5 billion in taxes. And hey, it's not like a future Cuomo presidential
campaign is ever going to be able to claim that he transformed New York State into
a low-tax environmentjust that he lessened the overall bite.
What's more, Cuomo's recent tax proposals were clearly aimed more at upstate,
where the economy is worse and Cuomo needs votes more if he is going to
accomplish his perceived goal of trying to eclipse his father's widest electoral margin.
If Cuomo needs anything from downstate in order to achieve a stunning re-election

landslide, it's Democratic turnout, and that's where those unions who've jumped on
the de Blasio UPK bandwagon come in.
Strange things often happen in Albany: Good ideas (see pricing, congestion) die,
bad ideas (see stadium, West Side) die and things once thought politically
impossible (e.g., Mayor Bloomberg securing mayoral control of the schools) actually
occur. De Blasio's plan could still end up in tatters on the lifeless concrete plain of
Empire State Plaza.
But it's valuable to note that the conventional wisdom, which so often narrows the
parameters of political debate, appears to have underestimated the mayor, the
legislature or both. If everybody had listened to the editorial boards, or the governor
or Quinn or Lhota and written off de Blasio's plan and de Blasio, we wouldn't be
here. If de Blasio's first big idea doesn't get smashed on the rocks of Albany, what
then?
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Wolfe, Emma
"jonathan@berlinrosen.com"
Re: Fwd: Pre-K
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 2:14:51 PM
K
J ro?
From: Josh Wallack [mailto:

Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 01:36 PM
To: Wolfe, Emma
Subject: Fwd: Pre-K
I can't do this time but certainly go without me.

Begin forwarded message:
From: "Patrick B. Jenkins" <patrick@pbjenkins.com>
Date: January 15, 2014 at 1:30:50 PM EST
To: "'Wolfe, Emma'" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: "'Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel'" <GSchnakeMahl@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"'Jonathan Rosen'" <jonathan@berlinrosen.com>,
Subject: RE: Pre-K
Can you do Friday at 10am?
Best,
Patrick
From: Wolfe, Emma [mailto:EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov]

To: 'Patrick Jenkins'
Cc: Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel; Jonathan Rosen;
Subject: RE: Pre-K
Awesome thanks
From: Patrick Jenkins [mailto:patrick@pbjenkins.com]

To: Wolfe, Emma
Cc: Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel; Jonathan Rosen;
Subject: RE: Pre-K
Will have a date this afternoon.

On Jan 15, 2014 12:06 PM, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Hey Patrick checking back in on this were hot to trot
From: Wolfe, Emma

Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 3:47 PM
To: 'patrick@pbjenkins.com'
Cc: 'jonathan@berlinrosen.com';
Subject: RE: Pre-K
Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
Hey!
You tell us!
We want to make happen soon. Looping a couple folks who are working on this guys
this is Patrick helpfully running traps on a potential pitch for us to get Bank Streets
support and/or collaboration on upk
From: Emma Wolfe [mailto:

Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 3:24 PM
To: Wolfe, Emma
Subject: Fwd: Pre-K
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Patrick B. Jenkins <patrick@pbjenkins.com>

Date: Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 3:24 PM
Subject: Pre-K
To: Emma Wolfe
Hi, all good. When can we set up the pitch?
Best,
pbj
From:
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Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Wolfe, Emma
Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
Re: Briefing tomorrow
Saturday, January 25, 2014 9:58:39 PM
Great. It's 11am tmw. Wiley josh are on if u can be on and help push for validation, perfect. Gabriel
will send u the info
From: Jonathan Rosen [mailto:Jonathan@berlinrosen.com]

Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 09:57 PM
To: Wolfe, Emma
Cc: Josh Wallack
>; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
Subject: Re: Briefing tomorrow
Sure. Let me know.

Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 25, 2014, at 7:08 PM, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

Great. Dean do you want to be on this?
From: Josh Wallack [mailto

To: Wolfe, Emma
Cc: Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); jonathan@berlinrosen.com; Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
Whenever you need I'll work it out.

Conference Call with Louann, Jim, Matt or some combo of them seems
possible
For mid to late morning
What times can you guys do? (or some combo of you)
This is to brief them on UPK white paper and try to get a quote
I have to send them an exec summary once we have it as well per Judy
Thanks
From: Louann Ciccone [mailto:cicconel@assembly.state.ny.us]

To: Wolfe, Emma
Great

To: 'Louann Ciccone' <cicconel@assembly.state.ny.us>
Subject: RE: Briefing tomorrow
I can provide a call-in number for a conference call in the morning if that
works

To: Wolfe, Emma
Do u have the ability to get us all on a call?

To: 'Jim Yates' <yatesj@assembly.state.ny.us>; 'Matt Howard'
<howardm@assembly.state.ny.us>; 'Louann Ciccone'
<cicconel@assembly.state.ny.us>
Subject: Briefing tomorrow
Hi Jim, Louann, Matt

Spoke briefly with Judy this evening and weve made significant progress
on some outstanding questions regarding universal pre-k program
implementation in NYC, and wed like to brief you before its made public
to get your thoughts.
Possible for some combination of you to discuss by phone (conference
call) tomorrow with our team, mid to late morning?
Thanks as always,
Emma
From:
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Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Wolfe, Emma
; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
Re: Briefing tomorrow
Saturday, January 25, 2014 10:11:15 PM
They wanna do 11

To: Wolfe, Emma
Cc: Josh Wallack
; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
12 or 1230 ideal. But can make earlier work too.

Sent from my iPhone

From: Josh Wallack [mailto:

To: Wolfe, Emma
Cc: Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); jonathan@berlinrosen.com; Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel

Conference Call with Louann, Jim, Matt or some combo of them seems
possible
This is to brief them on UPK white paper and try to get a quote
I have to send them an exec summary once we have it as well per Judy
Thanks

To: Wolfe, Emma
Great


I can provide a call-in number for a conference call in the morning if that
works

To: Wolfe, Emma


Spoke briefly with Judy this evening and weve made significant progress
on some outstanding questions regarding universal pre-k program
implementation in NYC, and wed like to brief you before its made public
to get your thoughts.
Possible for some combination of you to discuss by phone (conference
call) tomorrow with our team, mid to late morning?
Thanks as always,
Emma
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Wolfe, Emma
; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); jonathan@berlinrosen.com; Norvell, Wiley
RE: Briefing tomorrow
Sunday, January 26, 2014 10:59:51 AM
+ Wiley
Gameplan:
Wiley does broad strokes of what our paper is
Josh goes into more detail point by point
Jonathan to do intro and help with ask at end for validation
No dean for this call
From: Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel

Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 10:51 AM
To: Wolfe, Emma; 'jonathan@berlinrosen.com'
Cc:
; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB)
Reminder. Call in 10 minutes.
From: Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel

To: Wolfe, Emma; 'jonathan@berlinrosen.com' <jonathan@berlinrosen.com>
Cc:
; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB)
Call in #:
Access code:
From: Wolfe, Emma

To: 'jonathan@berlinrosen.com' <jonathan@berlinrosen.com>
Cc:
; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Schnake-Mahl,
Gabriel
Cool

To: Wolfe, Emma
Cc:
Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Schnake-Mahl,
Gabriel
Cool. Sorry emails crossed re times.
Sent from my iPhone

Great. It's 11am tmw. Wiley josh are on if u can be on and help push for validation,
perfect. Gabriel will send u the info

To: Wolfe, Emma
Cc: Josh Wallack
; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Schnake-Mahl,
Gabriel
Sure. Let me know.
Sent from my iPhone

From: Josh Wallack

To: Wolfe, Emma
Cc: Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); jonathan@berlinrosen.com; Schnake-Mahl,
Gabriel
On Jan 25, 2014, at 7:01 PM, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
Conference Call with Louann, Jim, Matt or some combo of
them seems possible
This is to brief them on UPK white paper and try to get a
quote
I have to send them an exec summary once we have it as
well per Judy
Thanks

To: Wolfe, Emma

Great

I can provide a call-in number for a conference call in the

morning if that works

To: Wolfe, Emma


Spoke briefly with Judy this evening and weve made
significant progress on some outstanding questions
regarding universal pre-k program implementation in NYC,
and wed like to brief you before its made public to get your
thoughts.
Possible for some combination of you to discuss by phone
(conference call) tomorrow with our team, mid to late
morning?
Thanks as always,
Emma
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Wolfe, Emma
Norvell, Wiley; Josh Wallack
Jonathan Rosen; Walzak, Phil; Soliman, Sherif; Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
RE: tomorrow
Sunday, January 26, 2014 1:27:22 PM
Do folks think this is sufficient to share with silver and klein so they have something to review, or do
we need a little more meat on the bones
From: Norvell, Wiley

Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 12:23 PM
To: Josh Wallack
Cc: Wolfe, Emma; Jonathan Rosen; Walzak, Phil; Soliman, Sherif; Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
Subject: Re: tomorrow
FYIwhite paper is very close.

In meantime, attached is a 1-pager we should use in discussions, provided you dont think its
insufficiently lean.
On Jan 26, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Josh Wallack
wrote:
ok
From: EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov
To:
; jonathan@berlinrosen.com
CC: WNorvell@cityhall.nyc.gov; PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov; SSoliman@cityhall.nyc.gov;
GSchnakeMahl@cityhall.nyc.gov
Subject: FW: tomorrow
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 17:07:30 +0000
This is for kleins person to get idc to validate as well. Josh if theres any way for you to hop on the
line thatd be great I believe this will be smoother sailing than the silver team call.
From:Wolfe, Emma
Sent:Sunday, January 26, 2014 12:06 PM
To:'John Emrick'
Cc:Norvell, Wiley; Soliman, Sherif; Francesc Marti; Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel; Walzak, Phil
Subject:RE: tomorrow
Can everybody do 12:45?

Thanks
Emma
GSM plz circulate call-in
From:John Emrick[mailto:
Sent:Sunday, January 26, 2014 11:48 AM
To:Wolfe, Emma
Cc:Norvell, Wiley; Soliman, Sherif; Francesc Marti

Would like to have our budget director on the line francesc marti copied here. What time
and number? Thanks.
On Jan 26, 2014 11:27 AM, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Might get into policy weeds a bit is there a wonk on your end that you would want to join have
to keep confidential until tomorrow
(or are you said wonk)
From:Wolfe, Emma
Sent:Saturday, January 25, 2014 7:24 PM
To:'John Emrick'
Cc:Soliman, Sherif; Norvell, Wiley
Great we will
From:John Emrick[
To:Wolfe, Emma
Cc:Soliman, Sherif
Subject:Re: tomorrow
Mid day is good on my cell

thanks
Are you around late morning/mid day to talk about some good upk implementation stuff
weve got going?
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Walzak, Phil
Wolfe, Emma; Norvell, Wiley;
Jonathan Rosen; Soliman, Sherif; Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
RE: tomorrow
NOTE
Shipping white paper to saul now, he will review, we will then do a call w him
From: Walzak, Phil

To: Wolfe, Emma; Norvell, Wiley;
Cc: Jonathan Rosen; Soliman, Sherif; Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
Subject: RE: tomorrow
Lets move this around stat
From: Wolfe, Emma

To: Norvell, Wiley;
Cc: Jonathan Rosen; Walzak, Phil; Soliman, Sherif; Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
Subject: RE: tomorrow
Terrific. Everybody comfortable with me sharing with silver folks and Klein folks?
From: Norvell, Wiley

To:
Cc: Wolfe, Emma; Jonathan Rosen; Walzak, Phil; Soliman, Sherif; Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
Attaching updated
> wrote:
And yes, Sophia Dean and I tag-teaming paper and i think we're basically there.
From: WNorvell@cityhall.nyc.gov
To:
CC: EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov; jonathan@berlinrosen.com; PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov;
SSoliman@cityhall.nyc.gov; GSchnakeMahl@cityhall.nyc.gov
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 17:22:51 +0000
In meantime, attached is a 1-pager we should use in discussions, provided you dont think
its insufficiently lean.
> wrote:
ok
From:EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov
To:
;jonathan@berlinrosen.com
CC:WNorvell@cityhall.nyc.gov;PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov;SSoliman@cityhall.nyc.gov;
GSchnakeMahl@cityhall.nyc.gov
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 17:07:30 +0000
This is for kleins person to get idc to validate as well. Josh if theres any way for you to
hop on the line thatd be great I believe this will be smoother sailing than the silver
team call.
From:Wolfe, Emma
To:'John Emrick'
Cc:Norvell, Wiley; Soliman, Sherif; Francesc Marti; Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel; Walzak, Phil

Thanks
Emma
From:John Emrick[mailto
Sent:Sunday, January 26, 2014 11:48 AM

To:Wolfe, Emma
Cc:Norvell, Wiley; Soliman, Sherif; Francesc Marti
Would like to have our budget director on the line francesc marti copied here.
What time and number? Thanks.
On Jan 26, 2014 11:27 AM, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Might get into policy weeds a bit is there a wonk on your end that you would want to
join have to keep confidential until tomorrow
From:Wolfe, Emma
To:'John Emrick'

Great we will
From:John Emrick[mailto
To:Wolfe, Emma
Cc:Soliman, Sherif
Mid day is good on my cell

thanks
Are you around late morning/mid day to talk about some good upk
implementation stuff weve got going?
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Wolfe, Emma
Norvell, Wiley
Walzak, Phil;
Re: tomorrow
); Jonathan Rosen; Soliman, Sherif;
hope others were okay; that's what i sent.

Sent from my iPad
On Jan 26, 2014, at 2:01 PM, "Norvell, Wiley" <WNorvell@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
One further small adjustment to 1-pagerhere per OMB. Lets use this
version going forward.
On Jan 26, 2014, at 1:49 PM, Wiley Norvell <wnorvell@cityhall.nyc.gov>
wrote:
To clarify, what I just sent is one-pager for internal use by
trusted allies to help them validate the plan.
On Jan 26, 2014, at 1:48 PM, Wiley Norvell
<wnorvell@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Made one edit. Use this
On Jan 26, 2014, at 1:32 PM, Walzak, Phil
<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Lets move this around stat
From:Wolfe, Emma
To:Norvell, Wiley;
Cc:Jonathan Rosen; Walzak, Phil; Soliman,
Sherif; Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
Terrific. Everybody comfortable with me

sharing with silver folks and Klein folks?
From:Norvell, Wiley
To:
Cc:Wolfe, Emma; Jonathan Rosen; Walzak, Phil;
Soliman, Sherif; Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel
Attaching updated
On Jan 26, 2014, at 12:35 PM, Josh
Wallack
wrote:
And yes, Sophia Dean and I tag-teaming

paper and i think we're basically there.
From:WNorvell@cityhall.nyc.gov
To:
CC:EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov;jonathan@berl
inrosen.com;PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov;SSoli
man@cityhall.nyc.gov;GSchnakeMahl@city
hall.nyc.gov
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 17:22:51 +0000
In meantime, attached is a 1-pager we
should use in discussions, provided you
dont think its insufficiently lean.
> wrote:
ok
From:EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov
To:
;j
onathan@berlinrosen.com
CC:WNorvell@cityhall.nyc.gov;
PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov;SSoli
man@cityhall.nyc.gov;GSchnak
eMahl@cityhall.nyc.gov
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014
17:07:30 +0000
This is for kleins person to get idc
to validate as well. Josh if theres
any way for you to hop on the line
thatd be great I believe this will
be smoother sailing than the
silver team call.
From:Wolfe, Emma
Sent:Sunday, January 26, 2014
12:06 PM
To:'John Emrick'
Cc:Norvell, Wiley; Soliman, Sherif;
Francesc Marti; Schnake-Mahl,
Gabriel; Walzak, Phil

Thanks
Emma
From:John
Emrick[
Sent:Sunday, January 26, 2014

11:48 AM
To:Wolfe, Emma
Cc:Norvell, Wiley; Soliman, Sherif;
Francesc Marti
Would like to have our budget

director on the line francesc
marti copied here. What time
and number? Thanks.
On Jan 26, 2014 11:27 AM,
"Wolfe, Emma"
<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>
wrote:
Might get into policy weeds a bit
is there a wonk on your end that
you would want to join have to
keep confidential until tomorrow
From:Wolfe, Emma
Sent:Saturday, January 25, 2014
7:24 PM
To:'John Emrick'
Great we will
From:John
Emrick[mailto:
Sent:Saturday, January 25, 2014

7:18 PM
To:Wolfe, Emma
Cc:Soliman, Sherif
Mid day is good on my

cell
thanks
On Jan 25, 2014 7:14 PM,
"Wolfe, Emma"
<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>
wrote:
Are you around late
morning/mid day to talk about
some good upk
implementation stuff weve got
going?
<UPK One Pager (2).pdf>
<UPK One Pager (3).pdf>
From:
To:
Cc:
Walzak, Phil
"Jonathan Rosen"
Fuleihan, Dean (OMB);
Wiley
RE: looking at some #s on state pre-K plan
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:05:27 PM
Subject:
Date:
"; Adams, Marti; Ragone, Peter; "Ishanee Parikh"; Norvell,
SORRY
Use this version
Thanks Ishanee
Sorry, one quick fix -- redid numbers based on King's total spending of $1.6 billion.
Not sure if we have any more notes from King's testimony - Mahen couldn't find a transcript or vid yet
Mainly unsure of King's number for total 4 year olds in NYS or expected per pupil spending.
It looks like Cuomo's budget increases by $100 million each year, so aside from, how the
question of the sustainability of an extra $500 mill in the budget every year after year 5, here
are numbers reworked --
Cuomos High-Quality, Full-Day Pre-K

King said universal pre-k in NYS would cost $1.6 billion.
New York State Department of Ed says there are about 230,000 4-year-olds in NYS [Source:State
Education Dept Pre-K Memo, p4]
The max funding Cuomo gives is $400m extra in years 3, 4, and 5, totaling to $785 million/year or
$810 million/year IF the additional $25 million competitive grants from this year continue.
$ 1.6 billion total spending/ 230,000 4 year olds = $6,956/pupil
2 Options for presenting numbers:
Cuomo can only cover about 58% of 4-year-olds for full-day, high-quality pre-k with the funding he's
suggesting// Cuomo leaves behind 42% of New York State's 4-year-olds.
$885 million at $6,596 per pupilCovers ~135,172 pupils for full-day, high-quality pre-k (58% of 4 year olds in
NYS)
NYS)
Cuomo is suggesting about the same amount of funding per pupil for full-day pre-k that NYS currently
spends on mix of half-day and full-day pre-k.
$885 million for 230,000 pupils$3847/pupil (about 55% of $6,596/pupil according to King)
$910 million for 230,000 pupils$3956/pupil (about 60% of$6,596/pupil according to King)
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:02 PM, Ishanee Parikh

wrote:
Redid numbers based on King's total spending of $1.6 billion.
Not sure if we have any more notes from King's testimony - Mahen couldn't find a transcript
or vid yet


NYS)
NYS)
We would be spending less per pupil thanNew Jersey ($11,659), Connecticut ($8,388), Pennsylvania
($5,474), North Carolina ($5,160), Michigan ($4,422), California($4,136), Massachusetts ($4,058),
Ohio ($3,980).
From: Walzak, Phil

Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:05 PM
To: 'Jonathan Rosen'
Cc: Fuleihan, Dean (OMB);
Adams, Marti; Ragone, Peter; Ishanee Parikh;
Norvell, Wiley
Subject: RE: looking at some #s on state pre-K plan
Update from IP on this.
Redid numbers based on King's total spending of $1.6 billion.
Not sure if we have any more notes from King's testimony - Mahen couldn't find a transcript
or vid yet

NYS)
NYS)
We would be spending less per pupil thanNew Jersey ($11,659), Connecticut ($8,388), Pennsylvania
($5,474), North Carolina ($5,160), Michigan ($4,422), California($4,136), Massachusetts ($4,058),
Ohio ($3,980).

Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 6:30 PM
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: Fuleihan, Dean (OMB);
; Adams, Marti; Ragone, Peter; Ishanee Parikh;
Norvell, Wiley
Subject: Re: looking at some #s on state pre-K plan
This all looks good to me but defer to josh and dean on the numbers.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 28, 2014, at 4:53 PM, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

Want to start pulling info together for ed writers/columnists/opinion makers and
shakers on the problems w state budget plan re: UPK.
Pls take a look at this analysis below
Here is our
BASIC BACKGROUND:

Mayor de Blasio has proposed a marginal increase in the personal income
tax from 3.88% to 4.41% for those New York City residents making
$500,000 or more over the next five years to pay for universal prekindergarten and expanded after-school programs.
In total, the mayors universal full-day pre-k plan calls for $340 million
annually over the next five years, for a total of $1.7 billion for New York
City alone. Earlier this week the mayor released an inter-agency white
paper outlining precisely how the expansion of high-quality prekindergarten would be implemented.
Conversely, the state budget proposal released earlier this year calls for
just $1.5 billion over five years -- for the entire state of New York and
with only $100 million designated in the first year of the effort. This pales
in comparison to the budget estimate shared today by State Education
Commissioner John King, who pegged the cost of statewide full-day prekindergarten at $1.6 billion every year. The state budget proposal also
includes no additional afterschool funding this year.
It looks like Cuomo's budget increases by $100 million each year, so aside from,
how the question of the sustainability of an extra $500 mill in the budget every
year after year 5, here are numbers reworked --

NIEER says NYS should be spending $10,131 per pupil for high-quality, full-day preK [Source:NIEER Yearbook, p20]
New York State Department of Ed says there are about 230,000 4-year-olds in NYS
[Source:State Education Dept Pre-K Memo, p4]
The max funding Cuomo gives is $400m extra in years 3, 4, and 5, totaling to $785
million/year or $810 million/year IF the additional $25 million competitive grants from
this year continue.
Cuomo can only cover about 38% of 4-year-olds for full-day, high-quality pre-k with the
funding he's suggesting// Cuomo leaves behind 62% of New York State's 4-year-olds.
$885 million at $10,131 per pupilCovers ~87,355 pupils for full-day, high-quality pre-k (far
below the 230,000 4 yr olds in NYS)
$910 million at $10,131 per pupilCovers ~89,823pupils for full-day, high-quality pre-k (far
below the 230,000 4 yr olds in NYS)
Cuomo is suggesting about the same amount of funding per pupil for full-day pre-k that NYS
currently spends on mix of half-day and full-day pre-k.
$885 million for 230,000 pupils$3847/pupil (way below $10,131 per pupil)
$910 million for 230,000 pupils$3956/pupil (way below$10,131 per pupil )
We would be spending less per pupil thanNew Jersey ($11,659), Connecticut ($8,388),
Pennsylvania ($5,474), North Carolina ($5,160), Michigan ($4,422), California($4,136),
Massachusetts ($4,058), Ohio ($3,980).
Phillip Walzak
Press Secretary
Office of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
O: 212-788-2958
C: 917-455-8420
pwalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov
twitter: @ptwalzak
I'll gladly consider but as you can imagine, I am

also getting resumes from Mayor's office.
If it does not work out here there might other
opportunities at bigger agencies.
----- Original Message ----From: Josh Isay [mailto:JIsay@skdknick.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:31 PM
To: Chong, Bill (DYCD)
Subject:
Bill,
I am forwarding the resume of
and is applying to be Director of
Community Partnerships at DYCD.
is terrific
and I couldn't recommend her any more strongly.
Thank you for your consideration.
Best,
Josh Isay
<131215
resumes from Mayor's office.

If it does not work out here there might other opportunities at
bigger agencies.
----- Original Message ----From: Josh Isay [mailto:JIsay@skdknick.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:31 PM
To: Chong, Bill (DYCD)
Subject:
Bill,
I am forwarding the resume of
and is applying to be Director of Community Partnerships at
DYCD.
is terrific and I couldn't recommend her any
more strongly.
Thank you for your consideration.
Best,
Josh Isay
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Jonathan Rosen
Wolfe, Emma; Josh Wallack (
FW: op-ed we discussed from Bank Street
Thursday, February 06, 2014 2:26:02 PM
); Josh Gold (
From: Patrick Jenkins [mailto:patrick@pbjenkins.com]

Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 2:11 PM
To: Jonathan Rosen
Subject: Re: op-ed we discussed from Bank Street
Heads are rolling. Unsanctioned piece. Will call

On Feb 6, 2014 10:40 AM, "Jonathan Rosen" <Jonathan@berlinrosen.com> wrote:
http://www.wnyc.org/story/opinion-universal-pre-k-doomed-fail-nyc/
Jonathan Rosen
BerlinRosen Public Affairs, Ltd.
15 Maiden Lane, Suite 1600
New York, NY 10038
t. 646.452.5637
jonathan@berlinrosen.com
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Wolfe, Emma
"Jonathan Rosen"; Josh Gold
RE: Bank Street
Thursday, February 06, 2014 3:39:20 PM
; Josh Wallack
Per PJ her boss is writing the counter.

Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 10:59 AM
To: Wolfe, Emma; Josh Gold
; Josh Wallack
Subject: Bank Street
Spoke to Patrick Jenkins. He said he is on top of scheduling working group meeting with Bank Street
but it is slow going. I pressed him on urgency.
I also told him we were really unhappy with the WNYC Schoolbook op-ed from the Bank Street head
start person today questioning the plan. He said he was unaware of it, asked me to send (which I
did) and said he would circle back.
Just keeping folks updated.
Jonathan Rosen
BerlinRosen Public Affairs, Ltd.
15 Maiden Lane, Suite 1600
New York, NY 10038
t. 646.452.5637
jonathan@berlinrosen.com

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instructive to look at how far you've come.

That seemed like rhetoric at the time. It doesn't now.

If Cuomo needs anything from downstate in order to achieve a stunning re-election

From: Josh Wallack [mailto:

I can't do this time but certainly go without me.

From: Wolfe, Emma [mailto:EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov]

From: Patrick Jenkins [mailto:patrick@pbjenkins.com]

Will have a date this afternoon.

Hey Patrick checking back in on this were hot to trot

From: Wolfe, Emma

From: Emma Wolfe [mailto:

---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Patrick B. Jenkins <patrick@pbjenkins.com>

From: Jonathan Rosen [mailto:Jonathan@berlinrosen.com]

Sure. Let me know.

On Jan 25, 2014, at 7:08 PM, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

From: Josh Wallack [mailto

Whenever you need I'll work it out.

On Jan 25, 2014, at 7:01 PM, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

From: Louann Ciccone [mailto:cicconel@assembly.state.ny.us]

From: Wolfe, Emma [mailto:EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov]

From: Louann Ciccone [mailto:cicconel@assembly.state.ny.us]

Do u have the ability to get us all on a call?

From: Wolfe, Emma [mailto:EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov]

Hi Jim, Louann, Matt

From: Jonathan Rosen [mailto:Jonathan@berlinrosen.com]

12 or 1230 ideal. But can make earlier work too.

On Jan 25, 2014, at 7:08 PM, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

From: Josh Wallack [mailto:

Whenever you need I'll work it out.

On Jan 25, 2014, at 7:01 PM, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

From: Louann Ciccone [mailto:cicconel@assembly.state.ny.us]

From: Wolfe, Emma [mailto:EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov]

To: 'Louann Ciccone' <cicconel@assembly.state.ny.us>

From: Louann Ciccone [mailto:cicconel@assembly.state.ny.us]

Do u have the ability to get us all on a call?

From: Wolfe, Emma [mailto:EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov]

Hi Jim, Louann, Matt

From: Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel

Reminder. Call in 10 minutes.

From: Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel

From: Wolfe, Emma

From: Jonathan Rosen [mailto:Jonathan@berlinrosen.com]

Cool. Sorry emails crossed re times.

Sent from my iPhone

From: Jonathan Rosen [mailto:Jonathan@berlinrosen.com]

Sure. Let me know.

Sent from my iPhone

From: Josh Wallack

Whenever you need I'll work it out.

On Jan 25, 2014, at 7:01 PM, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>

From: Louann Ciccone [mailto:cicconel@assembly.state.ny.us]

To: Wolfe, Emma

From: Wolfe, Emma [mailto:EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov]

I can provide a call-in number for a conference call in the

From: Louann Ciccone [mailto:cicconel@assembly.state.ny.us]

Do u have the ability to get us all on a call?

Hi Jim, Louann, Matt

From: Norvell, Wiley

FYIwhite paper is very close.

Can everybody do 12:45?

Cc:Norvell, Wiley; Soliman, Sherif; Francesc Marti

Mid day is good on my cell