New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has proposed deep cuts to the state’s budget, including money for health care, education, and social-service programs. Now a nonprofit network is trying to get the public to fight back.
Human Services Council, a group of 200 nonprofits primarily in New York City, has started a campaign called “Who Cares? I Do’’ to protest the governor’s plan, introduced this month. The council hopes to create a ruckus among taxpayers who stand to lose programs run by agencies that depend on state aid to help seniors, the unemployed, the abused, and the indigent.
“Temporary aid to needy families—employment and training, after-school, alternatives to detention programs, homeless services, and domestic violence–all have been eliminated,’’ said Allison Sesso, deputy executive director of the Human Services Council.
The group has created a Web site…
