Budget

Policy

Eric Adams eliminates vacant job openings, by the numbers

More than 4,300 city positions were cut in the mayor’s latest financial plan.

Budget

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Eric Adams’ preliminary budget, by the numbers.

The $102.7 billion proposal includes mandated 5% cuts for all city agencies.

Budget

Policy

This year’s budget dance begins, amid tensions between mayor and City Council

The initial spending proposal for fiscal year 2024 will take thousands of vacant city jobs off the books.

New York City

Policy

With a new austerity measure, Mayor Eric Adams asks agencies to cut budgets by 3%

Looking ahead to budget gaps and a weaker economy, City Hall asks, again, for belt-tightening – but no layoffs.

New York City

Policy

New York City’s FY 2023 budget by the numbers

Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Mayor Eric Adams announced the early deal on Friday.

Budget

Policy

What to know about New York City budget negotiations

A little more than a month before the budget deadline, the City Council is still pushing for more funding for affordable housing, neighborhood health centers and safe streets.

New York City

Policy

Eric Adams’ new budget proposal, by the numbers

The mayor’s updated plan comes with a slightly larger price tag and some concessions to the City Council.

Budget

Policy

A new subsidy in the state budget aims to help farm owners afford overtime

Workers and advocates are celebrating, but farm owners are saying the tax credit won’t be enough to offset new costs, especially if a 40-hour workweek is instituted.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Many vulnerable New Yorkers lose in Hochul’s first state budget

There’s still time to cancel a prescription drug benefit carve out from New York’s Medicaid managed care program designed by the governor’s predecessor.

Budget

Policy

Big Ugly release signals state budget season is (finally) ending

Albany Democrats are still voting on budget bills one week past the April 1 deadline.

Budget

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How did Hochul’s first budget come together? By design, we don’t have a clue.

The governor conducted the process in the typical opaque Albany fashion, despite promises to shed light on the inner workings of government.

Budget

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What did Eric Adams get in the state budget?

Some bail changes and an enhanced Earned Income Tax Credit are in the budget. Mayoral control and an increased borrowing authority are not.

Budget

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What’s in or out of the 2022 state budget?

Albany Democrats are getting ready to vote on their final budget bills.

Budget

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Winners & Losers of the 2022 state budget

The new spending plan brought defeats and victories. Here’s where everyone landed.

Budget

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The (late) 2022 state budget by the numbers

Here is what sticks out in the $220 billion spending plan announced by Albany Democrats.

Budget

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Gov. Kathy Hochul announces new state budget deal a week late

The $220 billion deal includes several wins for Gov. Kathy Hochul in her first budget season as governor.

Budget

Policy

In closed door deal on child care, undocumented New York children are left out

The $5 billion child care expansion proposed in the state budget is historic, but the possible exclusion is a setback for the political left.

Budget

Policy

Bills stadium opponents are blitzing legislative overtime

Advocacy groups and elected officials are pushing legislators to keep $600 million in state support out of a final state budget despite efforts by Gov. Kathy Hochul to move the deal forward.

Budget

Policy

The consequences of a late New York state budget

New York lawmakers are unlikely to pass the Fiscal Year 2023 spending plan before their Thursday midnight deadline.