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New York City faces toughest fiscal crisis since the 1970s

Jimmy Vielkind, Katie Honan  |  August 24, 2020

By Jimmy Vielkind and Katie Honan, includes “New York City faces a $9 billion deficit over the next two years, high levels of unemployment and the prospect of laying off 22,000 government workers if new revenue or savings aren’t found in the coming weeks. The growing economic crisis, brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, has alarmed New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo so much that he recently asserted greater control over a panel overseeing the finances of the nation’s largest city.” 

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