New York City budget dictates that you are not allowed to be suicidal during a recession.

So after the closure of a major hospital, with the threat of library closures looming, The City of New York now wants to shut down suicide prevention hotline The Samaritans to further reduce budget deficits. There is well documented link between unemployment, deprivation, depression and suicide, and with the unemployment rate still over 10% in NYC, The City couldn't be looking to close this line at a worse time.