Washington Fails American Cities, Threatens Economic Recovery
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Today, U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) President and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer released the following statement in response to the congressional agreement on a coronavirus relief package: Despite the clear evidence that shrinking revenue in cities across the country is leading to job loss and the reduction of critical services like public safety, Congress chose to turn its back on first responders, police, firefighters and other essential workers by failing to include direct fiscal assistance for all cities in its relief package. Congress has callously abandoned the very people who are the backbone of American cities and have served their communities on the frontlines with an indefatigable spirit for the last nine
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State and local officials have pleaded for more federal assistance for months as the Covid-19 pandemic drags on, but Congress appears to be tuning them out.
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Mayors to Washington: You Have Abandoned American Cities As Virus Rages
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Today, U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) President and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer released the following statement regarding the ongoing negotiations over a new coronavirus relief package:
“As Congress stands on the precipice of failing to include direct fiscal assistance for cities, mayors across the country are alarmed, perplexed and livid that scores of first responders, police, firefighters, and other essential workers will lose their jobs and residents will lose the services they provide as cities struggle to balance their pandemic-ravaged budgets. Unable to find a compromise on COVID-related liability and local and state government aid, their failure to provide emergency aid for state and local government prioritizes