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MIKE ‘CALLS’ FOR SCHOOL BUCKS

Mayor Bloomberg is taking his fight to get more money for city schools from Albany lawmakers to the people.

During his weekly radio address yesterday, Bloomberg asked New Yorkers to call Gov. Pataki and their state senators and assembly members to “tell them enough is enough.”

“Enough excuses. Enough politics. Enough hoping we’ll go away. We’re not going away,” he said. “New Yorkers are all in this together, and our unity on this issue can be our biggest strength.”

So far, Albany is refusing to pay the $6.5 billion ordered by the courts in 2003 to settle a decade-old lawsuit on education aid

(p. 5 in metro)