NY1: City Budget Deal Avoids Fire, Child Care, After-School Cuts

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced a deal Monday for a proposed $68.5 billion budget that restores proposed cuts to fire companies, child care services and after-school services. NY1’s Courtney Gross filed the following report.

With a handshake and a kiss, thousands of slots in child care were saved, fire companies were off the chopping block.