RESOLUTION
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP ROBINSON, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, PINEDA -ISAAC, DIAZ AND MERANTE:
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL URGING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THE UNITED STATES SENATE, AND THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO OPPOSE THE ELIMINATION OR THE REDUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
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Whereas, President Donald Trump has submitted a proposed 2026 budget to the Congress that would reduce, eliminate or otherwise destroy services and programs that are relied upon by the people of Yonkers in order to preserve their health, welfare, and quality of life, and
Whereas, the proposed budget proposes to eliminate the Community Development Block Grant Program which provides essential funding for numerous Yonkers non-profits that provide health, nutrition, education, and related services, and
Whereas, the proposed budget proposes to drastically reduce the Section 8 rental assistance program, which for many years has been essential in providing decent homes to thousands of Yonkers residents, and
Whereas, the proposed budget proposes to eliminate nutrition programs such that the Yonkers School District will lose the ability to provide meals to students in need, meaning that they may otherwise go hungry, and
Whereas, the Administration of Donald Trump has already undertaken measures that are harmful to the needs of Yonkers residents, such as closing the White Plains Social Security Office, which will result in increased wait times at the Yonkers Social Security Office, and may result in senior citizens and disabled persons being unable to qualify in a timely fashion for benefits to which they are entitled by law, and
Whereas, these are just the highlights of a proposed federal budget that will diminish services to all of the people of Yonkers, and will do particular damage to the middle class, the poor, children, and senior citizens, now therefore be it
Resolved, that the Yonkers City Council expresses its firm opposition to the proposed federal budget put forth by President Trump and that we urge the City’s federal representatives to oppose, in the strongest possible manner, passage of this budget in anything resembling its current destructive terms.