Channel 2 reporting Mayor Bloomberg will announce $1 billion in budget cuts on Friday.
* 23,000 jobs (7% of city workforce) eliminated through layoffs and attrition, including cops and firefighters
* Sales tax up to 8.75%
* New plastic bag tax
* Higher fees for city services
* City employees will begin paying part of their health insurance costs
http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/ny ... 21808.html
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All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
This third-term thing is becoming less and less appealing to me.
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