Tens of thousands of New Yorkers don't have enough food. Activists say it could worsen with proposed city job cuts.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Mayor Eric Adams’ proposal to cut hundreds of vacant jobs at a city agency tasked with fighting poverty has raised concerns that his administration will exacerbate the food insecurity crisis in New York City.
On Thursday, Adams unveiled a $102.7 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2024 in which he called on city agencies to further trim their budgets., the mayor has proposed eliminating 773 unfilled jobs within the Department of Social Services, which oversees the Human Resources Administration. “Our application volume has persisted at an unprecedented rate,” Berry said at the hearing before the Committee on General Welfare.
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