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Budget Cuts

High school students stage walkout over proposed budget cuts

  • Mar 18

School district may lose sports, extracurriculars due to budget hole

  • Mar 6

Met Opera announces layoffs, salary cuts amid financial woes: report

  • Jan 21

Up Close 9/28/25: Budget showdown in Washington

  • Sep 29, 2025

Employees rally outside Brooklyn Museum amid layoffs

  • Feb 25, 2025

Brooklyn Museum announces cuts to its workforce and exhibitions

  • Feb 7, 2025

Los Angeles cut $17.5M from fire department budget

  • Jan 10, 2025

School district holds town hall after outrage over job cuts

  • Oct 18, 2024

Latest Videos

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Brooklyn Museum announces drastic cuts to its workforce and exhibitions

  • Feb 7, 2025
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East Orange School District holds town hall after outrage, teacher protests over staffing cuts

  • Oct 18, 2024
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East Orange Schools students get unexpected half day after board votes on cuts

  • Oct 17, 2024
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NYC Council pushes to reverse early childhood education budget cuts

  • May 22, 2024
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Program teaching how to compost cut from NYC budget

  • Apr 22, 2024
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First on ABC7: NYC slashing funding to migrants, canceling budget cuts

  • Feb 21, 2024
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Demonstrators voice budget cut concerns ahead of hearing

  • Dec 11, 2023
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FDNY voices concerns over city budget cuts

  • Dec 4, 2023

Latest Stories

East Orange School District votes to lay off over 90 school staff positions

The decision represented a huge blow to students, parents and school staff members within the East Orange School District.

  • Oct 16, 2024

Newly renovated Broadway Library in Astoria reopens after $4.6M transformation

Following budget cuts and delays, the Broadway Library in Astoria reopened with major upgrades.

  • Aug 12, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams announces $75M in funding to NYC public schools with declining enrollment

The mayor also announced $20 million in funding to help extend the popular Summer Rising program.

  • Jun 4, 2024

New York City Council demands more money for childhood education in city budget

Organizers say a recent study showed that 80% of New York City families with children cannot afford child care or after school programs.

  • May 22, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams proposes $112 billion executive budget; critics say it's too 'frugal'

Over $100 billion is the new fiscal year budget proposed by New York City Mayor Eric Adams, but it's the additional $1 billion he's hanging on to, just in case, that his critics are not pleased with.

  • Apr 24, 2024