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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 Eagle

  Advocates 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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  June 22, 2023 ABC 7 NY

  89-year-old helped pave the way for LGBTQ+ activism

  David Rothenberg is a man who has been a powerful, consistent force in the fight for equality in the LGBTQ community.

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  June 22, 2023 News 12 The Bronx

  Plan to cut reentry programs from Rikers Island budget raises concerns among advocates

  A plan that helps Rikers Island inmates transition back into society could soon be at risk, according to advocates.

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  June 22, 2023 City and State New York

  Elected officials sound the alarm on proposed city budget cuts to Rikers

  Amid proposed cuts to jail-based programming, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams says the Eric Adams administration is at a crossroads

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