By Paul Murphy
Eyewitness News
NEW ORLEANS — Juvenile Court in New Orleans is bracing for massive cuts.
The city council agreed to slash court funding at the urging of the Mayor Mitch Landrieu administration. According to Chief Judge Ernestine Gray, the city cut more than $872,000 out of her $2.7 million budget.
As a result, beginning next month, 31 juvenile court employees will be moved off the city payroll.
“It is a layoff and it’s a layoff for this reason,” said Gray. “Those employees will no longer be eligible to participate in the city retirement plan. They will not be covered under those benefits with the city.”
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