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1 week agoHow This Deputy Mayor Plans to Reduce Violence in New York City
New York City aims to enhance violence prevention funding and initiatives through the new Mayor's Office of Community Safety.
County services that rely on revenues from Medicaid are expected to bear the brunt of President Donald Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill, which slashes $1 trillion from the federally-funded health insurance program over the next decade. The legislation is estimated to rip a roughly $1 billion annual hole in the county's budget that could lead to cuts to services across the board. Measure A a five-eights-of-a-cent sales tax increase on the Nov. 4 ballot could soften some of the blow as county officials anticipate it will generate $330 million annually.