Library, Senior and Education Cuts; Firehouses Saved Until Budget Modifications?
The council showed what a hot button issue the closing of firehouses has become when they agreed to not close 20 fire companies - for which they will cut almost every other service. The question will be how real of a budget the city can make when the state could cut additional billions from the city after they agree to a fine budget. Already the city faces a 600 million shortfall of Medicaid costs because it is unclear if the feds will fund this money the city expects. Look for additional budget cuts all year long. The budget that passes is meaningless if the money the city expects does not roll in. Mayor Bloomberg confessed he’s “worried” the state still does not have a budget, although the legislative leaders reportedly negotiated late into the night.
Cuts We Know About-Six-day library service will be slashed to five The restoration is dependent on 60 fire trucks going from six to five firefighters and the removal of fire alarm boxes, which requires approval from the council and firefighter unions.
-Between five and 10 senior centers will close (NYP) between 30 and 40 senior centers will be closed and the number of teachers in the city will be reduced via attrition by more than 2,000 (WSJ)
-Elimination of some senior day care programs
-City agencies still have to cope with $1 billion in other service reductions
-Hundreds of city workers will still face layoffs
-Thousands of city positions could be eliminated through attrition
Spending would increase by $3.6 billion, or about 6 percent, compared with the budget approved a year ago, because of rising pension and health care costs. The budget restores Priority 7 daycare vouchers – a big issue for the Orthodox Jewish community.
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restores 7-day priority daycare. Awesome, a small group gets millions of dollars at the expense of the city. Thank Quinn for that.
That is 12 milions dollar for the orthodox jews who have so many children but can't take care of all of them. no worry, they will just cut meals for seniors in your center to make up for his dealing.
Quinn is buying her mayoral election with our taxes.
I've posted this before but it is relevant. This is what a Flushing audience was told in 2004...just before the little dictator's first re-erection. Oops. Re-election:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJgmME5l_Os
No problemo. Just raise the tax on a pack of cigrettes $10. The smokers will fund everything.
Crapper, you're an anti-Semite!!!
Let all the Orthodox Jews pay for their child care. They can well afford it. I feel sorry for the senior citizens, who have paid taxes all their lives and then get kicked in the ass. Hope they all remember this come election time. Quinn has to go.
Let all the Orthodox Jews pay for their child care. They can well afford it. I feel sorry for the senior citizens, who have paid taxes all their lives and then get kicked in the ass. Hope they all remember this come election time. Quinn has to go.
Jewish to explain yourself Abe? You're nothing but a putz! What's the matter...the truth hurts? Oy vey!
and Schedule C will be jam packed with pork for all the favored piggies.
Interesting how certain "Jewish" elements come out of the woodwork when they perceive that they are being attacked. The point that was made in the post is very valid and NOT anti-semitic. In this terrible economy, any pandering to s specific group or ethnicity is totally unacceptable. PERIOD.
Thank you Alan for re-posting that video. It is important to note the audience reaction to Bloomberg's negative assessment of 2 new stadiums for the Mets and Yankees. That assessment was quickly changed after he was re-elected a few months later. One would have thought that all of the lies would have done him in during the controversial second re-election attempt. Now all New Yorkers must suffer the consequences.
@Abe Perhaps if you would have understood the essence of the post, you would have kept your big mouth shut! I agree with a previous poster...you are a putz!
Yeah. Notice how Crapper highlighted the word "restore". Any other words in his post that were highlighted? As if he didn't want to get a rise from drawing attention to the Jews.
The Crapper copied and pasted this this from the link posted at the top. And the word highlighted throughout the post is "budget" not restore. Take it up with them if you don't like it.
P.S. The guy who writes that blog is Jewish!!!!
Uh oh!
"because of rising pension and health care costs"
i am so sick of reading that over & over
when will we stop footing the bill for these ridiculous benefits for public employees
It's easy to see what is protected and what gets cut: anything that increases the headcount for the public employee unions, anything that increases cash or near-cash benefits to welfare state clients get protected. These people ride the wagon.
Anything that is used by the middle class taxpayers on as needed basis like parks, libraries, etc. can be cut. These people pull the wagon.
Anything that is used by the middle class taxpayers on as needed basis like parks, libraries, etc. can be cut. These people pull the wagon.
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That is because anyone that shows up to 'help' always uses the people's plight as an opportunity to cut a deal for their own agenda leaving the people that really need it high n dry.
Abe,
If you think the Crapper is anti-semitic, go fly a kike!
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