As COVID-Era Funding Dries Up, Activists Fight Austerity in City Budget Battles

During the pandemic, hundreds of billions of dollars in federal aid from both the Trump and Biden administration flowed to state and municipal governments, allowing for assistance to struggling businesses, expansion of unemployment benefits, emergency assistance for schools, and public health needs. This also became an unexpected time of power for workers, as tight labor markets gave them greater…

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