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Speaker Johnson and other elected officials urge federal aid, expanded testing and contact tracing as budget gap grows
Summary
City Council leadership and other elected officials told Community Board 2 the city faces a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall and urged federal revenue replacement, expanded testing and large-scale contact tracing to allow safe reopening.
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and other elected leaders briefed Community Board 2 on the city’s COVID-19 response, saying the crisis had created an immediate and deep budget shortfall and outlining the steps the city needs to reopen safely.
Speaker Corey Johnson told the board the city faces an unprecedented fiscal gap and that federal help is essential. “We are going to need, those federal dollars and revenue replacement money, from Washington,” Johnson said, adding that the city’s projected budget deficit had grown from roughly $8 billion to “north of $10 billion.” He said that absent federal aid the city will be forced to consider broad cuts and urged Congress to act.
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