Book Description

Excerpt from An Investigation of the New York City School Construction Program: A Report by the New York State Commission of Investigation, January 1962 The school construction program in the City of New York is one of major importance, and has' ranked as either the first or second largest single item in the capital budget of the City of New York since 1952. At the end of World War II, New York City found itself faced with the problem shared by municipalities throughout this country. A new and large crop of youngsters were ready to start their education, but for a number of years there had been no school construction at all. In New York City the problem was even more acute, for not only did it face an increased student population, but it was in the throes of major population shifts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.