Budget forces city job cuts
Union criticizes destefano’s plan to sacrifice 28 mid-level jobs to fill $6m deficit
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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