"More than 100 demonstrators rallied outside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's Midtown office Monday, urging him to resist Republican-led budget cuts they say threaten health care, housing, education, and other essential programs. Chanting Hold the line or resign and Chuck be bold, do not fold, protesters delivered hundreds of letters demanding Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, whose office is also located at 780 3rd Avenue, block GOP spending proposals ahead of a Sept. 30 government funding deadline."
"Eric Weltman, senior New York organizer with Food & Water Watch, and Adam Ring of Indivisible Brooklyn carried the petitions into Schumer's office for an impromptu 30-minute meeting with Schumer's staff. Weltman said the groups' top priority was banning rescissions, a budget tactic that allows previously approved funds to be clawed back. If Republicans are allowed to ram through rescissions, any funding agreement isn't worth the paper it's written on, Weltman told the crowd after emerging from the meeting. We can't afford another Schumer surrender."
Over 100 demonstrators rallied outside Chuck Schumer's Midtown office, urging resistance to Republican budget cuts that threaten health care, housing, education, and other essential programs. Protesters chanted Hold the line or resign, delivered hundreds of letters, and sought to block GOP spending proposals before the Sept. 30 funding deadline. Organizers Eric Weltman and Adam Ring carried petitions into an impromptu meeting with Schumer's staff and said their top priority was banning rescissions, a tactic that claws back previously approved funds. Weltman said activists will keep pressure after not receiving all demands; Ring said staff indicated Schumer had shifted strategy since March.
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