Mayor Bloomberg did not mince words last week when he said everyone will have to make budget sacrifices this year. City Limits looks at what he says low-income New Yorkers will have to do without.
More could mean less if President Bush’s proposed new budget for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. While it expands the agency’s coffers, the budget could cut New York City’s community development funds and deprive public housing of needed money for repairs.
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