President Donald Trump's budget would cut funds for low-income households, infrastructure

On Long Island, social service agencies are already bracing for cuts or the outright elimination of some programs, said Lawrence Levy, executive dean of Hofstra University’s National Center for Suburban Studies.

"There’s nothing wrong with looking for ways to spend more efficiently and effectively," Levy said in a phone interview. "But wholesale cuts, not only in money, but in the way it’s allocated, without any programmatic preparation, without some serious planning for alternatives, could be a disaster for local governments and the human service agencies that provide much of the services for them."

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