Charlie,
Lovely dissertation, especially when you don’t let the facts get in the way.
The NYC DOE budget for 2015-16 is just about $27 Billion. For just over a million students. Average costs appears to me, not a professor, to be substantially higher than Lakewood.
Further, more than half the operating budget is borne by State and Federal funding. Which is a higher percentage than either of the “suburban” districts referenced to.
But hey, facts are just facts, no reason to let them get in the way of a discussion.