Posters of George Floyd are displayed Thursday, June 25, 2020, in New York, at an encampment of protestors outside City Hall, calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to defund the NYPD.

Maybe the 'Toughest' NYC Budget Ever

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 1, 2020

Sally Goldenberg, City Hall bureau chief at POLITICO New York, ticks through the final details of the city budget, and takes your calls.

The city and state budget desperate to do anything but make our many million and billionaires pay their fair share.
— Kris N (@KrsJams) July 1, 2020

Listening to what is cut in the city's budget I'm heartbroken about the composting of course, but all the cuts and shift of NYPD to DOE is just so wrong. To not think of putting more money into our children's education and the community at this time is absolutely baffling.
— Pau Perera-Riveroll (@paulinacalavera) July 1, 2020

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