"Menino proposes cutting 565 jobs; Police, schools would see biggest reductions" by Donovan Slack and John C. Drake, Globe Staff | April 8, 2009
Mayor Thomas M. Menino today will propose laying off 565 city workers, including public school teachers, police officers, and librarians, cutbacks that Boston officials said are needed to help balance the $2.4 billion city budget.
The job cuts are a response to the national recession and decreases in state aid. The budget, which Menino will present to the City Council today, requires pink slips for 212 teachers and classroom aides, 67 police officers, 44 police cadets, and 39 community center employees. Twenty-six library workers will lose their jobs, including four librarians.
Also among the casualties are mounted units of the Police Department and park rangers. The city hopes to find adoptive homes for its 24 horses, officials said....
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