Torre del Greco faces a new dispute over care allowances for people with disabilities after a Campania administrative court annulled the municipality’s 2025 ranking and opposition councillor Ciro Borriello accused the administration of applying a uniform 40% cut to family payments.

The report, published by Metropolis Web, ties two separate developments together: a recent ruling by TAR Campania and a political allegation about reduced payments. The municipality’s response is not included in the reporting acquired so far, and key details about funds, beneficiaries and timing remain unverified.

Court annuls the 2025 ranking

According to Metropolis Web, TAR Campania annulled Torre del Greco’s 2025 care-allowance ranking following an appeal by the parents of a child with severe disability.

The article says the court found the procedure inconsistent with regional criteria requiring the ranking to be based on social-health assessments and ISEE, Italy’s indicator of household economic condition. The ruling reportedly requires the municipality to restart the ranking procedure and includes an order to pay legal costs.

The full text and case number of the ruling were not independently acquired, so the precise legal reasoning and operative provisions still require verification.

The 40% allegation comes from Borriello

The claim of a uniform 40% reduction in payments is attributed in the article to Ciro Borriello, opposition councillor and former mayor of Torre del Greco.

Borriello described the reported cut as “another slap for disabled people,” framing it as a further hardship for families already dependent on the allowances. The acquired reporting does not provide an official municipal payment schedule or budget document establishing the reduction.

It is also unclear whether the reported reduction applies to all beneficiaries, a specific ranking, or a particular funding period. Readers should therefore treat the 40% figure as a political allegation reported by the local press, not as an officially confirmed cut.

What care allowances are

Care allowances, or assegni di cura, support people with severe and very severe disabilities within a Campania regional and national regulatory framework, as listed by ASL Napoli 3 Sud.

In Torre del Greco, the municipality manages the local ranking and payments under those regional rules. According to the Metropolis Web report, the contested 2025 procedure did not follow the required assessment-based ranking method, which is why the court intervened.

A dispute with a history of delays

The current controversy follows earlier payment problems. In March 2025, Torre del Greco reported payments of €241,372.80 to 81 beneficiaries for two delayed two-month periods, after delays and protests by families.

By July 2025, payment delays had again generated public concern among beneficiary families, according to TVCITY. Local representatives then asked the municipality to allocate additional funds to address possible regional cuts.

That history is relevant now: families have already experienced interruptions, and calls for extra municipal funding predate the latest court ruling and the new allegation of a 40% cut.

What happens next — and what is still unclear

If confirmed as reported, the municipality will have to rebuild the 2025 ranking according to the regional criteria cited by the court, based on social-health assessments and ISEE.

Several points remain open:

  • The timetable for rebuilding the ranking has not been established.
  • The current number of beneficiaries and available funds are not established by the acquired sources.
  • Whether any payment adjustment is temporary, general or linked to a specific funding shortfall is not clear.
  • No municipal reply to Borriello’s allegation is included in the available reporting.

For families in Torre del Greco, in the Naples metropolitan area of Campania, the practical questions are when the new ranking will be issued, whether payments will continue during the correction, and whether the municipality will publish documents clarifying the amounts actually paid.