What’s at stake? Key cuts in #NYCbudget

What’s all the fighting about? Here’s a few of the most controversial cuts in this year’s Bloomberg budget:
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NYC may have new $1B hole in budget as thousands protest Bloomberg cuts

Dozens of groups, thousands of New Yorkers and billions in government spending at stake — that’s what was up at City Hall today, as the New York City Council took testimony from City Budget Director Mark Page, Comptroller John Liu, IBO Director Ronnie Lowenstein and lots of regular New Yorkers, including librarians, daycare workers, and firefighters whose jobs are on the chopping block in this year’s city budget.
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Twenty-one members of the New York City Council delivered a letter to Speaker Christine Quinn on Thursday, urging her to move forward with $653 million in alternative sources of revenue to roll back most of the worst cuts proposed by billionaire Mayor Mike Bloomberg.
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#AnotherNYC: The Week in Review (Video & Pics)

The May 10-15 week of actions was a truly inspiring and cooperative event, uniting Occupy with activist groups around the city and state. Relive the week in videos and pictures here. We’ll see you on the streets again soon!
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Wisconsin Workers Need Your Help: Recall Walker!

A message from NYS AFL-CIO:

“The first step is, we’re going to deal with collective bargaining for public employee unions ‘cause you use divide and conquer.” – WI Gov. Scott Walker May 10, 2012

Now is our best opportunity to strike back and show that we are united. Everything is on the line, if we succeed, we can beat back Walker on June 5th and reclaim the Governorship for middle-class working families. more »

National People’s Action, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Community Voices Heard, and VOCAL-NY stormed Geithner’s home to remind him who’s really hurt by the economic crisis. The Huffington Post reports: more »