New Yorkers say they have concerns about how national policy and executive actions are going to impact their bottom line.
“I’m very worried about this city,” Sheepshead Bay resident Bobbie Sackman said.
“On my day to day, it’s harder to make ends meet,” Harlem resident Rhonda Harrison said.
On Thursday, dozens gathered to hear from mayoral candidates about what they plan to do to make the city more affordable.
This as the federal government took away more than $80 million in FEMA money that helps fund the city’s migrant crisis.
“While all of those issues are important, a lot of times they are fodder to get people to turn away from what is actually important. And that’s the bread-and-butter issues that quite frankly people are really suffering with, on a daily basis,” Theodore Moore, executive director of Align: The Alliance for a Greater New York, said.
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