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Cities Cut While Hoping for Government Aid

On Cities' Chopping Blocks: Libraries, Police, Firefighters, After-School Programs

Trenton, N.J.

Layoffs, demotions and the elimination of most personnel vacancies, including 16 police officer and 13 firefighter vacancies and the demotion of 13 fire captains.

An overall elimination of 10 percent of the city's workforce.

New York

So far, the city has cut $1.1 billion from last year's budget, $1.3 billion from this year's and $1.2 billion from next year's.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently ordered city agencies to come up with another $1.5 billion in cuts.

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The city Department of Education will be cut by more than $580 million, in addition to $180 million in cuts to public schools last February.

The police department budget will also be reduced by $286 million.

Chicago

Mayor Richard M. Daley has proposed laying off 929 city workers and eliminating 1,346 vacant jobs.

Oakland, Calif.

Mayor Ron Dellums is proposing shutting down City Hall one day a week, eliminating 84 city jobs, imposing hiring freezes and cutting other services.

Atlanta

Cuts to 130 positions in the city's fire department.

4,600 city employees will have their hours -- and pay -- cut by 10 percent each week.

The pay and hour cuts, which begin Dec. 1, affect 4,600 city employees.

The city earlier this year laid off 372 employees, eliminated about 900 jobs and cut some services.

An immediate hiring freeze for most city agencies, including the police department.

Seattle

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and the city council have suggested reducing the mayor's proposed youth violence prevention initiative by $1.3 million.

Reducing proposed new funds for building housing units for homeless people by $500,000.

Shrinking the public safety program to install cameras in parks by $300,000. Cameras would be installed in fewer parks than planned.

Eliminating several transportation projects, including the Renton Avenue South roundabout and participation in the county's South Park Bridge environmental study.

Eliminating a hiring incentive program that pays for uniforms for new recruits in the Seattle Police Department.

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