Class-size compliance flexibility (4-year extension)

Hochul "set to grant" the class-size delay per Chalkbeat (May 12). Sen. Liu (sponsor): open to extending compliance from 2 to 4 years; 70% compliance this Sept (vs 80%). $543M class-size mandate cost partly deferred — gave Mamdani fiscal room for library/parks restorations + childcare expansion in FY27 exec. State $268B framework expected to formally include delay once Albany seals. Stays in-progress; flips to kept when state legislation lands.