New York, NY – New York City Council members are saying child-care cutbacks proposed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg will disrupt the lives of low-income working families.
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Bloomberg’s most recent budget proposal reduced a planned $91 million cutback by $40 million — a move his administration said would save 14,500 government-subsidized child-care slots and ensure that no children would get kicked out of the program.
But 44 members of the 51-person council signed a letter to Bloomberg saying that remaining cutbacks combined with a plan to move more than 10,000 kids into an after-school program would “break working families, disempower parents and shut low-income children out of quality programs.” The letter was released Friday.
A Bloomberg spokesman says they’ve “made every effort to maintain the comprehensive programs that meet the needs of working families.”
These councilmen don’t get it. The city is broke. People should pay for their own child care and family expenses. Stop expecting the government to care for you.
true the city is wasting alot of money. planting trees, building road blocks on Ft. Hammilton but, one place where the city’s money is not being wasted in fact is vouchers. helping working family’s pay tuition isn’t something the mayor should cut.
We need to cut spending. You can’t always expect the cuts to be the other guys.