More than 100 demonstrators rallied outside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s Midtown office Monday, urging him to resist Republican-led budget cuts they say threaten health care, housing, education, and other essential programs.

Chanting “Hold the line or resign” and “Chuck be bold, do not fold,” protesters delivered hundreds of letters demanding Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, whose office is also located at 780 3rd Avenue, block GOP spending proposals ahead of a Sept. 30 government funding deadline.

Eric Weltman, senior New York organizer with Food & Water Watch, and Adam Ring of Indivisible Brooklyn carried the petitions into Schumer’s office for an impromptu 30-minute meeting with Schumer's staff.

Weltman said the groups’ top priority was banning “rescissions,” a budget t

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