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Council Member Ayala urges partnership and aggressive action to address budget threats
2:02:14
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Council Member Diana Ayala emphasizes the importance of partnering with DSS and taking aggressive action to address the threats to funding from federal and state budget cuts. She stresses the need for a united front to protect services that many New Yorkers rely on.
- Ayala offers support for various forms of advocacy, including letter-writing campaigns and protests.
- She urges DSS to ask for what they realistically need during the executive budget cycle.
- Ayala highlights the potential cascading effect of federal budget cuts on state and city budgets.
Diana Ayala
2:02:14
I just wanna you know add that you know I'm really serious in terms of you know partnering with DSS to try you know we need to this is a very difficult year and with all of the threats that are coming from the federal government that will trickle down to our state budget that will then trickle down to the city budget.
2:02:30
Like we need to be as aggressive as we you know as we can and so please you know utilize us, write letter writing campaigns, calls, you wanna wanna go and sleep in you know in front of you know the White House, whatever you wanna do we're there, but I think that if there's a time to really show a united front that this is the time.
2:02:57
We cannot afford to lose a single cent here in New York City.
2:03:00
Too many people rely you know on those services and they rely on us to make sure that they have them readily available.
2:03:06
So thank you so much for being here today, and I look forward to hearing more during the executive budget cycle.
2:03:13
And you know, definitely please ask for whatever it is that you need realistically.
2:03:18
Thank you.
Scott French
2:03:19
Thank you very much.
Diana Ayala
2:03:20
Appreciate it.
2:03:20
Thank you.