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The programs aim to resolve conflict while avoiding student suspensions and arrests.

Schools Chancellor David Banks has promised to convene a task force to overhaul the city’s Fair Student Funding formula, which some education advocates have decried as inequitable.

Officials say additional reductions have to be made to individual school budgets because their enrollment is projected to decline further in the coming academic year.

One councilmember accused the MTA leadership of "carrying the governor's water."

The MTA has yet to confirm how much the plan will cost.

"What is the actual plan, and where will the Governor find the money to pay for it?" one advocate wondered.

"We're telling low-income students they have to remain in one of the most expensive states in the nation."

For families making $125,000 or less.

"An additional $200 million is going to be very, very hard to find in the city's budget," de Blasio says.

"When you get to that point you make sure that the safety-critical work gets done, whether or not anything else gets done."