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Criticism of Trump administration policies and their impact on New York City
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Speaker Adams strongly criticizes the Trump administration's policies and their negative impact on New York City and its residents. She highlights various issues including budget cuts, tariffs, and attacks on social programs.
- Condemns cuts to the World Trade Center health program and other social services
- Criticizes Trump's tariffs as harmful to small businesses and working families
- Emphasizes the council's efforts to preserve $1.9 billion for new needs and budgetary risks caused by Trump administration actions
- Calls on New York congressional delegation to prioritize New Yorkers' interests
Adrienne E. Adams
0:09:46
There is far more at stake this year with a destructive force in the White House that is attacking working families in our city and throughout the country.
0:09:54
The council's preliminary budget response lays out a balanced, responsible, and forward thinking path for our city and New Yorkers to achieve stability.
0:10:02
Our investments are focused in several areas that respond to some of our city's most significant challenges.
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NYCHA and affordable housing, three k and other early childhood programs, our public schools, CUNY, mental health solutions, programs that reduce recidivism, our parks, cultural institutions, libraries, and other vital services for New Yorkers.
0:10:26
When we meaningfully invest in our communities and prepare the city for the chaos coming from Washington, we can create a future where we all thrive and no one is left behind.
0:10:38
Our goal as a government is to serve the public and improve the quality of life for the people we serve and represent.
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Donald Trump's never ending stream of chaos, which includes the recent gutting of the Department of Health and Human Services, and its head start and childcare offices runs totally counter to that purpose.
0:10:59
The Trump administration also managed to do the unthinkable, slashing funding to the World Trade Center health program that provides care to tens of thousands of first responders and survivors of the health impacts from nine eleven.
0:11:16
Trump's cuts dishonor the thousands of New Yorkers we lost on nine eleven, our brave heroes and survivors.
0:11:24
They continue to suffer from from debilitating health impacts, and they deserve our government's support.
0:11:31
Though there are reports that some firings and cuts were reversed, others have not been.
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None of this was necessary.
0:11:40
In just three short months, Trump has managed to make life more difficult, dangerous, and expensive for working families.
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His allegiances are clear.
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They are not to working people, but all to himself.
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Just yesterday, we held a press conference outside the Trump building on Wall Street to raise alarms about the disastrous impacts of Trump's tariffs.
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While the mayor failed to stand up for our city and New Yorkers, this council made our voices heard.
0:12:09
These tariffs would constitute the largest tax hike in over fifty years, hiking the prices of common goods and harming small businesses, working families, and everyday New Yorkers and Americans.
0:12:23
Our economy was on a steady course to recovery, but this tariff plan has threatened our trajectory and unnecessarily hurt our economy.
0:12:33
While the president paused many tariffs for ninety days, the administration must stop sabotaging our city and national economy.
0:12:43
As the council laid out in our preliminary budget response last week, there is already some risk from naturally occurring economic uncertainty, but the most significant risk to our economy is now the unnecessary volatility caused by the Trump administration's actions.
0:12:59
The council's budget response identified $1,900,000,000 to preserve for new needs and budgetary risks, including the direct attacks by Trump on our city's budget.
0:13:09
But let me be clear, our city and other local and state governments across the country can only do so much to blunt the most devastating consequences of Trump inflicted damage to our economy.
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And this is on top of Trump and his allies coming after Americans' healthcare, food assistance, jobs, housing, and retirement funds while raising prices on essential goods.
0:13:34
Trump's allies in the New York congressional delegation have an obligation to put the people of New York first.
0:13:41
New Yorkers certainly deserve better.