Mayor de Blasio announced a five-day furlough for 9,000 city workers.
He said Wednesday managerial employees not represented by unions would be affected. The furloughs will take place from October through March.
“It’s a difficult [decision] because it will affect real people and their lives,” Hizzoner said at a press conference. “It’s something very sad when the people who have worked so hard have to sacrifice further.”
The move comes after de Blasio announced five-day furloughs for himself and his staff last week and comes in the face of staggering tax revenue shortfalls.
For months, the mayor has said he will have to fire up to 22,000 city employees if the federal government doesn’t provide aid or Albany does not authorize the city to borrow funds.
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So in other words, in this election it is either vote for the jobs CREATOR candidate or the jobs DESTROYER candidate. This decision gets easier every minute they remain in office turning once well run cites into Fort Fumbles.. Not even their feather bedded political minions are safe from the chopping block of inept management and corrupt government results. They promised to line our beds with feathers, which just turned out to be their soiled birdcage New York newspapers. Soon we’ll all sleep with the fishes.
I note, ONLY NON union jobs are being affected.. Gotta take care of dem unions who takes care of the dems..
Furlough yourself, as you ain’t doin shitake mushrooms. Fire your wife and her squad. Keep those working that need it.
And all over “cooties” and insane decisions by NY and NYC government that killed thousands. OK everyone let’s stay in our walk-ups where we share almost everything from Air to Stairs. Let’s put the sick in with those most vulnerable. Call it adult abortion to make the governor and mayor feel better. They would have been much better off doing nothing and these workers would still be working.
Too bad we can’t furlough democrats in Congress .
I’d love to furlough, PERMANENTLY, every democrat, in EVERY ELECTED position through out the entire nation.