'There are some things in politics that are fair game... But who defunds after-school programming for underprivileged kids in public housing to score a political point?' AOC tiffany_caban
Just before the 44-6 vote passing the $101 billion budget weeks ahead of the city's deadline and as disagreements over funding were still ongoing, budget documents showed that seven councilmembers—including the six who objected to the spending plan—were being locked out of the Speaker's Initiative to Address Citywide Needs.
The $41.6 million program contains discretionary funds which Adams can give out to members to spend on projects in their neighborhoods.
"There are some things in politics that are fair game," said the congresswoman on Instagram."You may really want to be named to a committee, you may really want a certain one of your bills to come to the floor, and if you really make leadership angry, they will say no. And that's a personal cost." "But who defunds after-school programming for underprivileged kids in public housing to score a political point?" she continued.that the decision to allocate funds from the speaker's initiative was"about any single council member," but Barron, who represents parts of Brooklyn including East New York, called the speaker an"insecure" leader who is"working against the people."."She's not punishing us, she's punishing the people.
"Yesterday, I had principals calling me telling me that they had teachers crying because of a $1 million dollar cut their school was getting,"Avilés noted that the city brought in high tax revenue this year and still has unspent federal stimulus funds.