David Sims

to clarify: John King estimates cost of universal state pre-K at $1.6b a year. Cuomo proposed funding a mere fraction of that.

This confirms de Blasio's complaint re Q poll. NYS can't fund statewide pre-K w/o raising taxes. RT @JonCampbellGAN

Budget Director Dean Fuleihan will now attempt to bore reporters into a coma before Q&A

Bloomberg always relished doing the stuff Dean Fuleihan is doing now. Never seemed more comfortable than in front of a Powerpoint slideshow

de Blasio currently catching flak on twitter because Derek Jeter will be 40 this year and decided quite rightly to retire

smart way to deflect Cuomo's offer of pre-K funds. Give us those funds as CFE money instead, de Blasio is implying.

de Blasio says the state owes the city $2.7b a year in unpaid campaign for fiscal equity funds

de Blasio is not playing the "cynical dance" of cuts to services the Council would then restore, like 20 firehouses/borough prez offices

Centerpiece of budget is education: UPK, afterschool, state education aid, de Blasio says

de Blasio says Bloomberg left him "murky waters" in budget by failing to negotiate labor deals.

Apparently William Boyland wanted to run for Governor. So he's definitely guilty of delusion in the first degree on.wsj.com/1iVBYhO – at New York, NY

Skelos' coalition partner Jeff Klein of the Independent Democrats makes it clear, though--he will not approve a budget without BDB's UPK.

Finally, Dean Skelos is saying he won't even allow a vote on de Blasio's universal pre-K plan. blog.timesunion.com/capitol/…

Gov. Cuomo is unimpressed, saying, "the time has come to seriously reexamine [the Board of Regents'] capacity and performance"

The Board of Regents have proposed a series of tweaks to the Common Core but are still not looking to suspend impact on teacher evaluations

In 2012 SOTC, Bloomberg took everyone by surprise by announcing unilateral plans to close "turnaround" schools. Destroyed relationship w/UFT

"these speeches have at times been used to attack the motives of our public employees," BDB said. Something his predecessor was guilty of

Among de Blasio's pledges in his state of the city speech was a kinder tone towards the city workforce.

Geoffrey Canada, CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone charter network, is stepping down, although he will remain president

Not noted: de Blasio has mentioned a "sliding scale" on rents.