Mayors Says Cities Need $12 Billion in New Aid
The nation’s mayors warned Sunday that more cities could follow Bridgeport, Conn., into bankruptcy without an infusion of $12 billion in new federal aid to address urban problems.
The aid request from big-city Democratic mayors cleared a key procedural hurdle at the U. S. Conference of Mayors’ annual meeting despite warnings from Republicans and some other mayors that Congress and the Bush Administration were in no mood for an urban bailout.
“Many of us will be in the same boat as Bridgeport,” said Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, referring to the Connecticut city that has filed for bankruptcy.
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