Fire union members also blasted the proposed
fire company closures, describing the cuts as «treason.»
CITY HALL — After weeks of protests and late - night negotiations, city officials announced a $ 68.5 billion budget deal Monday night that staves off the worst of threatened cuts, including the elimination of child care slots and
fire company closures.
Not exact matches
Hit with alleged
fire safety violations, the six - month
closure led the
company to lose $ 470 million.
Parking fees at city meters will also rise, as will fees on permits for public tennis courts and baseball diamonds, and staff at twenty of the city's
fire companies will be redeployed at night —
companies that the City Council saved from
closure during negotiations back in June.
«The Council has serious concerns about 4,200 teacher layoffs, losing nearly 17,000 unfunded childcare slots and the
closure of 20
fire companies,» she said in a joint statement with Council Finance Chairman Domenic Recchia (D - Brooklyn).
In addition to preventing teacher layoffs, the June budget deal also saved 20
fire companies and numerous seniors» centers that have repeatedly been pegged for
closure.
Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano said he remained optimistic that negotiations with the council would keep the
companies open, but said
closure notices will have to go out next week.
While the administration has not indicated which specific
fire companies could be cut under the preliminary budget proposal, Engine 4 made a list of 16
companies slated for
closure last year that were ultimately saved through funding from the City Council.
The abrupt
closure, which saw the
company's employees in New York and Los Angeles suddenly
fired last Friday, has left scores of artists and agents struggling to secure unpaid fees and salaries.
European power
companies could save billions of dollars by stepping up
closure of coal -
fired power plants as nearly all of them will be loss - making in Europe by 2030, think - tank Carbon Tracker Initiative says.
When organizations tweet about road
closures,
fires or bad weather, the
company claims its patent rights are being violated.