State leaders meet with seniors on Social Security job cuts

Congressman Seth Magaziner and Sen. Jack Reed addressed the Trump administration’s cuts to jobs at Social Security Tuesday in Providence.

State leaders met with seniors at St. Martin De Porres Center on Cranston Street.

It comes as the Trump administration plans to fire more than 7,000 employees from the Social Security Administration. They're also closing field offices and cutting regional offices, including the one in Boston.

NBC 10's Molly Levine is in Providence where state leaders spoke with seniors about social security job cuts. The belt-tightening is to crack down on alleged fraud, abuse and waste within the administration. [...] Read full article.