City Council Floats Its Own Budget Ideas to Counter Eric Adams’ Cuts

City Council Floats Its Own Budget Ideas to Counter Eric Adams’ Cuts

Councilmember Justin Brannan (D-Brooklyn) speaks at City Hall about negotiating with mayor’s office before reaching a budget deal, June 29, 2023. Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Greg David | November 28, 2023 The leadership of the City Council is crafting an alternative to the budget cuts announced by Mayor Eric Adams that potentially includes using the city’s robust financial […]

Do the Math: As the Budget Ax Falls, NYC Schools Face Major New Costs

Do the Math: As the Budget Ax Falls, NYC Schools Face Major New Costs

By George Sweeting | November 21, 2023 | Center for New York City Affairs Immediate budget cuts; impending higher costs: New York City’s public schools face a seemingly inexorable financial squeeze. Last week, Mayor Eric Adams released a first-quarter modification to the current (Fiscal Year 2024) budget, as required by the City Charter. It included […]

Mayor Adams Releases November 2023 Financial Plan Update

Mayor Adams Releases November 2023 Financial Plan Update

Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com As Asylum Seeker Crisis Continues to Grow, Federal COVID-19 Stimulus Funding Dries Up, and Tax Revenue Growth Slows, Adams Administration Takes Strategic, Essential Steps to Responsibly Manage City’s Finances  With Migrant Crisis Set to Cost Nearly $11 Billion Over Just Two Fiscal Years and FY25 Budget Gap Expected to […]

Amid Deepening Asylum Seeker Crisis, Mayor Adams Announces New Steps to Stabilize City’s Budget as Required by Law

Amid Deepening Asylum Seeker Crisis, Mayor Adams Announces New Steps to Stabilize City’s Budget as Required by Law

All Agencies to Submit PEGs in Response to Risks Posed by Rising Asylum Seeker Costs with COVID Funding Ending, Revenue Growth Slowing WATCH: Mayor Adams Speaks to New Yorkers About Budget Stabilizing Measures NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced several steps to stabilize the city’s finances given the convergence of circumstances threatening […]

Mayor Adams Declared NYC ‘Destroyed’ by Migrants, but Economics Tell a Different Story

Mayor Adams Declared NYC ‘Destroyed’ by Migrants, but Economics Tell a Different Story

From the Irish potato famine to the 1970s fiscal crisis, immigration has been key to the city’s growth in ways that are playing out again as asylum-seekers arrive. BY GREG DAVID // TheCity.nyc Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com New York has been “destroyed by the migrant crisis,” Mayor Eric Adams claimed in April at a […]

Labor weighs in on bail, ‘good cause,’ health care in New York budget

Labor weighs in on bail, ‘good cause,’ health care in New York budget

Amid the ongoing budget negotiations between legislative leaders and the governor ahead of the April 10 extended budget deadline, New York City’s largest labor union District Council 37 came out in opposition to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed bail reform changes. The labor union – which represents 250,000 public employees – sent a memo to the Legislature asserting […]