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Bushwick City Council Candidate Accuses Corey Johnson of Political Retribution

In a statement given to Bushwick Daily , Sandy Nurse accused Corey Johnson of slashing funding to a number of districts out of “political retribution” for voting against his 2021 budget.

By Natalie Colarossi

Aug. 14, 2020 · 5 min read

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Bushwick City Council Candidate Accuses Corey Johnson of Political Retribution

In a statement given to Bushwick Daily , Sandy Nurse accused Corey Johnson of slashing funding to a number of districts out of “political retribution” for voting against his 2021 budget.

Natalie Colarossi August 14, 2020Aug 14, 2020 · 5 min read

Bushwick city council candidate Sandy Nurse has accused Council Speaker Corey Johnson of “political retribution” by slashing funds for districts who voted against his 2021 budget.

Nurse, an organizer for efforts to defund the NYPD, said that Johnson’s budget proposal failed to meet the demands of…

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