Joe Buscaino: “Together, Congress and America's city communities must keep up the pace this year to respond, recover, and rebuild from…”

If we don't move on a relief package for cities, towns, and villages across the country, we are going to start furloughing or laying off our essential city employees from firefighters, police officers, to sanitation workers.

On behalf of cities, towns, and villages across the country, we encourage our colleagues in Congress to pass the COVID Relief Act.

So, given this context, can you please explain to us why the tax dollars of the constituents I represent should be used to subsidize ineffective, economically destructive restrictions on their personal liberties and create a moral hazard…

This year, local budgets nationally are facing a shortfall of at least $90 billion.