Bloomberg’s $20M could pay for a lot

NEW YORK. Mayor Bloomberg has spent nearly $20 million — ten times more than his closest challenger — on a campaign for re-election that’s supposed to be a cakewalk. Here’s what $20 million would restore to the mayor’s proposed $59 billion austerity budget for fiscal year 2010.     

 
> Cuts to universal prekindergarten ...........$12M

> Reduced after-school programs ......................$3.8M

> Home delivered meals for seniors ......................$561,000

> Classes to improve adult literacy ..........................$1.5M

> Anti-predatory lending services .....................$360,000

> Assistance for the Housing Court .........................$500,000

> High-school dropout prevention ....................$1.3M