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All New Yorkers should have access to housing, livelihood, and
resources to thrive. There are no “deserving” and “undeserving” New
Yorkers. New Yorkers in every city council district use our city’s vital
public resources, from libraries to parks to schools to arts programs
to elder care and workforce development. But these resources are under
attack from a mayor determined to cut corners and slash essential
services. We have a different vision: one where every part of our city,
every district, and every block, is a nurturing, stable home for all of
its residents.
Since June 2022, Mayor Eric Adams has time and time
again cut core public services, starting with cutting schools by $469
million, and announcing further cuts to care-based agencies and
workforces through the FY23 November Plan, including CUNY, 3-K early
education programs, and libraries. These harmful cuts most deeply impact
low-income New Yorkers of color who rely on the City’s public social
safety net, schools, and institutions. The Mayor’s budget cuts are
unacceptable for a city that is home to the most billionaires in the
world–a group whose wealth has grown astronomically during the pandemic.
Care-based
services provide New Yorkers the means to meet their basic needs: food,
water, housing, clothing, medicine, health and mental health care,
finances, sanitation, safe environments, and education. In the long run,
divesting from these necessities will make NYC a less safe, stable,
healthy, and desirable place to live. We need investments in programs
and services that directly aid New Yorkers in need, not cuts.
The mayor and the council need to hear from New Yorkers like you! Click the link below!!
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