Mayor’s proposed budget cuts could cause ‘hurting’ agencies to ‘bleed out’: Speaker Adams
Sign up for our, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said Thursday that many city agencies are “hurting” and proposed cuts in the mayor’s plan would continue to cause them to “bleed out.”during an unrelated press conference at City Hall on Thursday afternoon. The trims were made under the latest version of the mayor’s so-called “Program to Eliminate the Gap” , enacted earlier this month.
“As far as agencies are concerned, you could go anywhere from DHS to HPD and beyond,” the speaker said. “And we could speak with any number of workers, as we have in our oversight hearings, to get their take on it as well. And many agencies agree that the work that they do is not sustainable in its current fashion.”, called for reversing $1.3 billion of the mayor’s cuts made under his two previous PEGs.
The mayor enacted the three PEGs in the name of fiscal prudence as the city is facing a projected $4.3 billion tab for managing the migrant crisis through June 30, 2024, and is required to shell out another $16 billion in coming years following deals it’s reached with the city’s municipal unions. Additionally, he’s said, he’s preparing the city for the possibility of a slowing economy and a recession.
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