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  • De Blasio warning of furloughs outrages protesters, unions (22,000 layoffs)

    06/25/2020 2:01:08 AM PDT · by Libloather · 17 replies
    PIX 11 ^ | 6/24/20 | Joe Mauceri
    MANHATTAN - As the coronavirus continues to spread around the country, New York is preparing for the financial crisis left in its wake. Wednesday, Mayor Bill de Balsio issued a stark warning if the city doesn't get financial help. "If we ever got to the point of having to activate that layoff plan for the fall, we're talking 22,000 employees, that's a vast, vast number of people," de Blasio said during a press conference. For weeks protesters have called on the mayor and city council to defund the NYPD. With the 2021 city budget due next week, hundreds of people...