On June 3, 2025, recognizing the immediate urgency in advance of membership review, the Executive Committee of Downtown Independent Democrats approved a letter of resolve opposing the federal administration proposed rescission package cutting critical funding for global health programs. These cuts put millions of lives at risk across the globe and directly puts New York City residents at risk from infectious diseases as we welcome 60 million visitors annually. New York City’s economy and public health are also profoundly impacted as thousands of healthcare professionals in vital research, care, and public health infrastructure lose $2 billion in USAID funded programs.

 

As such, the DID Executive Committee:

 

1.        OPPOSES the Trump Administration's proposed rescission package that cuts critical funding for global health programs;

 

2.        URGES all New York congressional and senatorial representatives to vote against this rescission package;

 

3.        CALLS UPON our representatives to reaffirm New York's commitment to global public health, the well-being of all our communities, and the fiduciary role of the U.S. Congress; and

 

4.        AFFIRMS that a healthy world is a healthy New York, and the protection of global health funding serves the direct interests of New Yorkers and all Americans.

 

Click here to read the full resolution for a more complete elaboration of the Executive Committee position.

 

Downtown Independent Democrats Executive Committee