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June 30, 2023 The IndypendentDismay Grows After City Budget Deal Axes Rikers Rehabilitation Programs
The Fortune Society and five other outside organizations have conducted programs at Rikers since the early 1990s that help prepare incarcerated people to have a successful re-entry once they are released.
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June 29, 2023 Gotham Gazette
Mayor Adams, City Council Announce Agreement on $107 Billion City Budget
Mayor Eric Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams announced on Thursday a deal on a massive $107 billion budget for the 2024 fiscal year, just days before the July 1 deadline, marking the conclusion of months of contentious negotiations between the two sides of City Hall. The full Council is scheduled to vote the budget through on Friday morning.
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June 29, 2023 The New York Times
Libraries Spared but Rikers Suffers in $107 Billion N.Y.C. Budget Deal
Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council agreed to a “bittersweet” budget that restores funding for key services while cutting others.
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June 30, 2023 The City NYC
Council Agrees to $107 Billion Budget Handshake Just Before Deadline
Library budgets have been restored, but officials dubbed the deal ‘bittersweet’ as New York copes with financial challenges.
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June 27, 2023 Gotham Gazette
15 Things to Watch as a New City Budget is Negotiated
As the July 1 deadline looms for New York City’s budget for the 2024 fiscal year, Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Council must resolve major differences over what will be a roughly $110 billion spending plan.
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June 23, 2023 Queens Daily EagleAdvocates blast ‘irresponsible’ cuts to Rikers programming
With a little more than a week before the Department of Correction plans to sever its contracts with nearly half a dozen nonprofits that provide services to detainees on Rikers Island, elected officials, formerly incarcerated New Yorkers and top officials with the affected organizations called on the city to reverse its decision and find new ways to save $17 million on its budget.
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