The city and the state have cut support for the authority, and the city is threatening more cuts.

"It's a bad sign when major corporations cut support to important projects like this," she said.

The state is cutting support for the voluntary sector just when donations, legacies and investments earnings are down.

For the government to threaten to cut vital support, to those who are struggling with immense hardships already, is a disgrace.

A. A few years ago, we were about the business of cutting support away from those who could least afford it - from General Assistance.

The EC was unwilling to cut support by more than 30 per cent.

To cope, he has cut support to all United Way charities by 11 percent, exempting only those providing food, shelter and clothing.

Mayor Giuliani has also proposed cutting support of major cultural institutions, of which the society is one, by 19 percent next year.

The plan would have also cut support for the Tuition Assistance Program by $100 million.

In the same breath it cuts support for those remedies: youth work, careers advice, teen pregnancy and Sure Start.