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The importance of investing in stable, well-paying jobs for parks workers
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Council Member Krishnan emphasizes the need for stable, well-paying jobs in the Parks Department. He criticizes the reliance on temporary allocations and one-year funding, arguing for more sustainable investment in parks workers.
- Investing in parks workers ensures they can provide for their families and contribute to the local economy
- Krishnan argues against the use of temporary allocations and 'one shots' to fund essential positions
- He stresses the importance of showing gratitude and investment in parks workers who maintain green spaces year-round
Shekar Krishnan
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Supporting our parks workers not only ensures our parks are taken care of, but investing in these workers and their jobs ensures that they can provide for their family, pay their rent or mortgage, and pay for child care.
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And that can only happen if and when this mayor joins the city council in investing in workers and their jobs.
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If it were up to this city council alone, their jobs and many more would no longer be at the discretion of yearly budget negotiations.
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That is not the way to run a budget, an agency's budget in New York City.
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We need good paying, stable jobs for New Yorkers.
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Working in our parks department can provide that path so long as we invest in those jobs.
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And these temporary one year allocations of funding or one shots are no way to sustain good paying stable jobs.
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It is no way to show our investment and gratitude for the parks workers who care for our green spaces every single day of the year, rain, shine, or in the snow.
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What I hope to show throughout this budget hearing is that our parks are severely underfunded.
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And year after year, we are here highlighting how essential our parks are to the well-being of our city, to the livability of our city, and yet we are battling cuts from this city hall in budget after budget that we are fighting to replace.
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We are heading in a direction that scares me and my constituents and should scare all New Yorkers.
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If we care about our city and its well-being, if we want to make sure every community in New York City thrives, then we need to prioritize our parks department and its budget.