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State and city officials breathe a sigh of relief with $696m in sight

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L-R: Education Commissioner David Steiner, State Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer, Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch, State Sen. Malcolm Smith, Gov. David Paterson, UFT President Michael Mulgrew, Assemblyman Sheldon Silver

State and city officials reacted to news of New York’s Race to the Top win with many I-thought-this-day-might-never-come jokes and one off-script moment from the governor. (more…)

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