Next 100 Days: Proposed Cuts Pit President Trump Against Youth of Cypress Hills
“To fiscal conservatives, President Trump’s budget blueprint for 2018 is a long-overdue cut to ‘wasteful spending’ on ‘outdated, duplicative or unproductive programs.’ For residents of Cypress Hills, it reads like a hit list of programming that they say has helped to better their community. The omnibus spending bill approved last month eschewed harsh cuts for this fiscal year, but Trump has said he’s going to fight for deep cuts for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. The residents plan to fight, too. On May 10, community residents and local officials gathered at I.S. 171 Abraham Lincoln for a town hall meeting. More than 250 people filled the auditorium to hear about what cuts would mean for their community and to listen to Rep. Nydia Velázquez.”