Yale Daily News

Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:03 a.m.

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Budget forces city job cuts

Union criticizes destefano’s plan to sacrifice 28 mid-level jobs to fill $6m deficit

Staff Reporter
Published Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Tuesday was not a day for looking back.

Before a blue backdrop bearing the slogan “Improving New Haven. Again,” Mayor John DeStefano delivered a sobering overview of the state of the city’s economy and the fiscal measures — including nearly three dozen layoffs that have been the source of speculation for weeks — that New Haven will take to maintain a balanced budget for fiscal year 2008-’09. At the City Hall press conference, he said the time ahead for the city, for the state and for the nation would not be an easy one.

“We must prioritize … between what is essential and...

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