Budget
The mayor and the City Council did some fuzzy math to arrive at $1B in cuts.
Some dissent on both the right and the left.
De Blasio promises ‘very substantial’ NYPD cuts. The City Council wants $1 billion.
Legalizing recreational marijuana is unlikely this year, and wouldn’t provide immediate fiscal relief.
Education is the big one, but the economic fallout from the coronavirus will impact the budget in many other ways.
Waiting on federal aid could limit state lawmakers’ sway on budget.
The details are slim, but the state has options as it waits on the feds.
New York would slash health care and education – unless the federal government comes through.
Coronavirus forces first year-to-year spending reduction under de Blasio.
Although the legislative session is in limbo, here’s what state lawmakers want to address.
