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New York City (3/23/2010)- City officials are preparing to lay off thousands of city workers because Albany might give New York City less money. To lay off means to fire someone from a job because the business can't afford to pay them anymore.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is now ordering city agency heads to prepare for cuts of up to $1.3 billion dollars. He said that this would be horrible for the city, and that almost 19,000 employees would have to go, including more than 8,500 teachers.
The cuts would mean a 3.6% reduction in funding for the New York City Police, Fire, Corrections and Sanitation Departments, a 2.7% cut for the Department of Education and a 7.2% cut for other agencies.
"We're down 6,000 police officers from where we were. We are scheduled to go down another 2,000 police officers," said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is now ordering city agency heads to prepare for cuts of up to $1.3 billion dollars. He said that this would be horrible for the city, and that almost 19,000 employees would have to go, including more than 8,500 teachers.
The cuts would mean a 3.6% reduction in funding for the New York City Police, Fire, Corrections and Sanitation Departments, a 2.7% cut for the Department of Education and a 7.2% cut for other agencies.
"We're down 6,000 police officers from where we were. We are scheduled to go down another 2,000 police officers," said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
Questions:
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3) How many teachers might be let go?
4) How many police officers might be let go?
5) How many city employees in total might be let go?
6) How much money is the city going to be short?
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