Mayor Bloomberg warned today that he would have to lay off nearly 19,000 city employees – including 3,150 cops — if the state Legislature cuts aid to the city.
“Let me tell you the voters of New York City aren’t going to take it,” the mayor declared in testimont before a legislative budget hearing in Albany.
Bloomberg’s possible doomsday cuts included:
* Layoffs for 8,500 teachers; 3,150 cops; 1,050 firefighters and thousands of others.
* Shutting 15 senior centers.
* Eliminating funding to 500 soup kitchens.
The mayor said the stood to lose $1.3 billion next year under a spending plan proposed by Gov. Paterson.
That was nearly double the $750 Paterson had estimated.
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