President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget would hit New York by cutting tens of billions of dollars from healthcare, college scholarships, aid to the poor and environmental protection, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.
Healthcare funding in New York would be cut $4.3 billion next year, accumulating to about $65 billion through 2026, according to the governor’s budget division. A 20 percent reduction to Medicaid and other health services would jeopardize public hospitals and deprive hundreds of thousands of medical care, the governor said. Another $220 billion cut nationally over the next 10 years would make it more difficult for 2.7 million New Yorkers to obtain food stamps.