Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday outlined a series of new initiatives to help New York City's more than 40,000 cultural, health and social service nonprofit organizations survive the economic downturn. The Mayor's plans focused on providing the struggling nonprofit sector with assistance in three major areas:

Advocates of human services are being urged to call Senators Charles Schumer and Kirstin Gillibrand to express support for the Federal Stimulus package.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has presented a $58.8 billion preliminary budget for FY2010, which includes steps to close a $4 billion budget deficit through equal measures of expenditure cuts, federal fiscal assistance, labor concessions and tax increases.