Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito have vowed to defy incoming administration's agenda, but have failed to answer how they will compensate for the potential loss of federal funds for police, hospitals and public housing — which city Comptroller Scott Stringer warned last week makes up $ 7 billion of the city's yearly finances. (observer.com)
Paterson said that without the revenue bill, the budget gap has been widened by about $ 1 billion — and that's leaving out the potential loss of the federal funds. (timesunion.com)
She's hard on Moore over this, as well as the recent loss of federal funding to the BC Touring Council, which has received Heritage funding for 20 years. (theglobeandmail.com)