Jersey City council members questioned health department directors regarding provisional layoffs and cuts to senior trip programming during a budget hearing. Business Administrator Ruby Choi stated these were difficult decisions made after extensive discussions about operational impacts. Council members expressed concern over specific layoffs, including a bus driver, and the rationale behind hiring an in-house specialist. The department head also detailed reduced clinic hours and the impact of losing a health educator in a vulnerable ward. Discussions also covered grant funding, departmental reorganization, and discrepancies in reported budget cuts.
Jersey City, NJ
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