New York CIty Council Member Ben Kallos

DNAinfo.com 10 UES Schools to Get $1M From Councilman's Budget by Shaye Weaver

10 UES Schools to Get $1M From Councilman's Budget

UPPER EAST SIDE — Local schools are set to get $1 million for more laptops and new green roofs, thanks to votes from their neighbors.

The funds have been earmarked for 10 local schools, after about 2,000 residents voted on how they believe $1 million from City Councilman Ben Kallos'participatory budgeting program should be spent.

The Manhattan New School/P.S. 290, at 311 E. 82nd St., will get $500,000 to finish its green roof, which school officials call a "desperately needed playspace." The school won $500,000 for the $1 million project last spring.

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