By Reema Amin, includes “In all, New York City schools are expected to get $11.86 billion from the state plus $6.9 billion from the federal government. The state’s budget plan, which covers April 1 through March 30, 2022, would have been hard to fathom last summer, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned that a pandemic-fueled budget crisis could mean up to 20% cuts for education funding. Those dire predictions didn’t come true. Now, the state is flush with billions in federal COVID-19 relief.”