New York City To Slash Services For Children and Families

While New York City residents are making sacrifices through higher property taxes, fees and fines, and are learning to live with fewer city services, the well-being of New York City children remains far behind that of their statewide and national peers.

Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York called for additional aid from Albany as serious concerns about the impact of budget cuts were raised this morning in meetings with Legislators and at a press conference at the Capitol.

Through the late 1990s, conditions were improving for many of our children, then 9/11 dealt a devastating blow to the city, said Gail B. Nayowith, Executive Director of Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York.

Keeping Track shows that there are escalating numbers of children being born into poverty and dangerously high rates of unemployment affecting family life. Now, the pressure to bridge the city’s $3 billion budget gap is forcing policymakers to put child care, school, health and youth services on the chopping block.

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New York City To Slash Services For Children and Families