February 14, 2006 —Mayor Bloomberg held what amounted to a rally yesterday as he stood with the City Council Speaker and the president of the teachers union to demand that Albany fork over more education money. Their frustration stems from a lawsuit filed 12 years ago by a group called the Campaign for Fiscal Equity.

The state's highest court agreed that the city DOES deserve more school aid. And it was exactly a year ago today that a judge set the amount at roughly 23 billion dollars over 4 years. But Governor Pataki has appealed that order and the aid is still in limbo.

Michael Rebell, the former director and current attorney for CFE, joins WNYC’s Amy Eddings to discuss the case and the budget battle in Albany.