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(Wall Street Journal) — New York City’s response to the blizzard has been hampered by Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s decision to reduce the Sanitation Department’s workforce as part of citywide budget cuts, the head of the sanitation workers’ union charged Monday. “We are undermanned—we need another 400” workers, Harry Nespoli, president of the Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association, […]
(Chicago Tribune) — Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinklelauded several county officials Wednesday for buying in to her plan to slash spending, even as a trio of her colleagues weren’t totally sold on the idea. The new head of county government is asking for 16 percent budget cuts, but it remains unclear whether the state’s attorney, sheriff […]
(New York Times) — Iyauta Moore may be many things — a single mother raised by a single mother in the South Bronx, a 34-year-old woman with a master’s degree in public administration from American University, a top-level government employee who makes a little over $100,000 a year — but she bristles at the notion […]
(New York Times) — Lawmakers who gathered here for a special session appeared almost certain on Monday night to set aside a package of spending cuts proposed by Gov. David A. Paterson, leaving this year’s state budget hundreds of millions of dollars out of balance as the governor-elect, Andrew M. Cuomo, prepares to take office on Jan. […]
(Wall Street Journal) — President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a two-year salary freeze for all federal civilian employees, signaling an apparent willingness to reach toward Republicans ahead of negotiations on deficit-cutting that are likely to dominate Washington next year. The freeze, which would require congressional approval, would affect about two million workers in 2011 […]
(Chicago Tribune) — Cook County Board President-elect Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday warned top county officials that they will need to make major spending cuts next year to help the county close a vast budget gap. The estimated revenue shortfall tops $480 million because of the partial rollback of the controversial county sales-tax increase, the anticipated costs […]
(New York One) — Congress reportedly is set pull over a billion dollars in health care funding the state and city had been counting on to balance their budgets. The Wall Street Journal says the additional Medicaid money will not be included in a measure to extend unemployment benefits that the Senate is expected to pass […]
(New York Times) — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced a plan Monday to consolidate and modernize portions of New York City’s government that he said would save taxpayers $500 million over the next four years and $500 million more each year after, all without cutting services. The plan would shrink five areas in the city’s back-office […]