The White House earlier announced it would seek a $54 billion increase in defense spending offset by cuts to domestic programs. Here is the first real look at how the president proposes to distribute those offsetting reductions.
The mayor has rejected criticism and coverage of his preliminary budget as “disingenuous” and “inaccurate.” When Mike Bloomberg was mayor, Councilman Bill de Blasio often found fault in the budget outline.
A crucial budget hearing and a key report frame the new fiscal challenge facing a critical and already endangered housing lifeline.
During his weekly radio appearance on WNYC, the mayor said our reports about a proposed cut to a food program were inaccurate and suggested people should bypass the media to learn about the budget.
Remember Dave, that kid who got really tall fast, who towered over everyone in Mrs. Ambrozewski’s third-grade class? His height advantage persisted through fifth grade, but the gap started to narrow as other kids hit puberty in middle school. Dave remained the tallest kid, anchored the basketball team, was still the go-to guy when Sister Irene needed someone to reach something on a high shelf. But instead of being head-shoulders-and-chest above everyone else, he now had only two inches on the next-tallest kids. That was still a considerable advantage in gym class, but it didn’t lend itself to domination.
If Congressional Republicans slash food support, it will hurt—but there are steps the city can take to boost access to nutrition.
‘New York State spending on criminalization and incarceration of our communities has mushroomed over the past 30 years, while other critical social services and education and infrastructure investments have gone underfunded.’
Funding for the bodies has increased steadily, if slowly, since 1996. But resources are still scarce for the entities that represent the city’s most local level of government.
Although the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs has strongly advocated for equity in the arts, the agency’s granting programs could do more to bolster the small and local organizations that are under threat.
A 2016 graduate writes that the potential strike by the Professional Staff Congress doesn’t reflect a beef between university leadership and staff, but rather the impact of years of state underfunding.
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