(Reuters) – Over 9,000 New York City employees will be furloughed for five days between October and March to save about $21 million as the city battles a severe budget shortfall from the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday.
“It’s a difficult one because it will affect real people and their lives, it will affect their families,” de Blasio told reporters.
(Reporting by Maria Caspani, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
