Mayor Adams has been doing victory laps over landing a final budget deal with the City Council on time, but he did that by surrendering, and sticking the city with another bloated spending plan at …
Mayor Adams has been doing victory laps over landing a final budget deal with the City Council on time, but he did that by surrendering.Mayor Adams has been doing victory laps over landing a final budget deal with the City Council on time, but he did that by surrendering, and sticking the city with another bloated spending plan at aCity-funded spending grew 7.5% over last year, as the mayor agreed to replace $5 billion in expiring federal COVID aid with local-taxpayer dollars.
Meanwhile, no more cash went into the Rainy Day fund, which remains at $2 billion, nowhere near enough when the economy turns south .With the Supremes’ ruling on presidential immunity, it’s time to end lawfare once and for allOr, as Citizens Budget Commission chief Andrew Rein puts it, “Choosing not to save when the revenues are strong will mean unnecessarily severe cuts during the next recession.
The force was 40,000 not that long ago; cops’ productivity is being compromised as the City Council’s new paperwork mandates kick in — and the pace of early retirements isn’t slowing.
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