Major budget cuts are coming to New York City agencies. Mayor Eric Adams unveiled details Thursday, including cuts to the NYPD that will drop the number of cops patrolling the streets to the lowest number since the 1990s, fewer litter bins on street corners and fewer resources for cleaning up vacant lots and greenways, cuts to education programs including pre-K and 3-K, and many more.
CBS New York's Lisa Rozner and Ali Bauman spoke to New Yorkers about how these cuts could impact their quality of life. Lisette Orsini knows everyone at the Astoria Houses. She's lived there for three decades, but since last year, her neighborhood has seen a rise in almost every major crime, and quality of life, she says, is suffering. 'Like in the buildings, we sometimes can't even go inside the buildings 'cause there's people there just sleeping there. So it's kinda hard in every way,' she sai