Mayor Bloomberg unveils $65.7B budget; sticks to threat cut 6,000 city teachers

Mayor Bloomberg unveils $65.7B budget; sticks to threat cut 6,000 city teachers

BY ADAM LISBERG
DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU CHIEF

Friday, May 6th 2011, 11:04 AM

NY1

Bloomberg blamed the state and federal governments for slashing their payments to the city, saying Albany pushed its bad budget decisions onto the people of the city.

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Mayor Bloomberg is sticking to his threat to get rid of 6,000 city teachers by next fall.

He unveiled a $65.7 billion budget Friday morning that cuts another $233 million from city spending, on top of the firehouse closings, social service cuts and teacher layoffs he has demanded for months.

"It is a budget that is less than last year's budget," the mayor said. "It is not just less after inflation or less than the projected growth, but less money, total, period."

Bloomberg blamed the state and federal governments for slashing their payments to the city, saying Albany pushed its bad budget decisions onto the people of the city.

"This thought that 'Oh, the city has plenty of money, they can make up for anything' is

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