city budget
Mayor Adams just got taken for a ride by the spendthrift City Council
July 2, 2024 | 6:48pmMayor 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...
NYC Council passes $112.4B budget with 3 dissenting votes from democratic socialists over 'NYPD pet projects'
June 30, 2024 | 6:38pmThe New York City Council adopted a massive $112.4 billion spending plan Sunday in a 46 to 3 vote -- with 3 democratic socialist representatives Tiffany Cabana, Shahana Hanif and Alexa...
City Council takes Adams for a ride on risky budget 'plane'
June 30, 2024 | 3:24pmMayor Adams brandished a toy airplane to boast of his $112.4 billion budget agreement with the City Council — but the deal showed he'd had no flight plan.
Record-breaking $112.4B NYC budget deal reverses majority of Adams' cuts
June 28, 2024 | 11:54amThe full scope of reversals had yet to be unveiled, but the mayor and speaker touted a $58 million funding restoration to libraries Thursday night.
$58 million in NYC library funding restored, branches expected to reopen Sundays
June 27, 2024 | 9:32pm"In the final hours of negotiations, City Hall relented on many of the Council's calls for funding restoration,” a source told The Post. “It came down to the wire."
Mayor Adams quietly makes city's 'migrant crisis' permanent with budget spending
June 23, 2024 | 12:32pmIn his budget proposal, the mayor has finally admitted to reality — the migrant “crisis” is here to stay, to the tune of $4.7 billion next year.
NYC needs these charter reforms
June 16, 2024 | 7:13pmIf the Charter Reform Commission proposes some more fiscal discipline and the removal of the advocate, a worthless appendix of city government, it will have served the public well.
How City Hall frittered away $41M on no-bid migrant shelter deal with dodgy DocGo
June 16, 2024 | 10:41amThe secret no-bid contract with the dodgy company is paying $1,100 a day for a single social worker and $65 an hour to security guards.
City Health Commissioner Vasan's unforced mental-health miscue
June 10, 2024 | 6:08pmMayor Adams and Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan are getting major pushback for messing with small mental-health community centers — and rightly so.
Mayor Eric Adams backs off millions in cuts for popular summer education program as budget standoff continues
June 4, 2024 | 6:40pmMayor Eric Adams has backed off cutting millions from a popular summer program that serves more than 100,000 Big Apple students amid ongoing budget negotiations.
NYC Council’s bid to block budget cuts boosted by report showing city actually has $2B surplus over Adams' projection
May 18, 2024 | 5:29pmThe Big Apple is sitting on an extra $2.2 billion in available funds than what Mayor Eric Adams projects through next fiscal year, a new study says.
NYPD grilled by City Council over 'unprofessional' social media posts, soaring OT costs as anti-Israel protests rage
May 9, 2024 | 5:34pmNew York City Council leaders grilled NYPD officials Thursday, calling some social media posts by department brass "dangerous, unethical and unprofessional" during a heated exchange.
Security guards may be cut from NYC senior housing -- but some pols worry having more cop patrols is a bad idea
May 8, 2024 | 2:07pmSecurity guards patrolling the Big Apple’s public housing for seniors could get axed due to budget cuts -- and some politicians worry that replacing them with cops could send the...
Adams defends axing firefighter who later died of heart attack leaving his family in financial mess
May 1, 2024 | 12:12pmMayor Eric Adams denied that the layoff of Derek Floyd was tied to cuts to cover the cost of the city's migrant crisis.
NYC firefighter's heartbreaking firing death: Letters to the Editor — May 1, 2024
April 30, 2024 | 5:53pmNY Post readers discuss the heart-attack death of FDNY fireman Derek Floyd after his firing due to migrant-related budget cuts.
Mayor Adams' new budget sets NYC (and him) up for big trouble in Summer 2025
April 28, 2024 | 5:35pmBy using city tax receipts to fund education and migrant spending, Mayor Adams' new budget is increasing the hole he'll have to close in his next budget, even as he...
Mayor Adams' 2025 spending scheme could've been worse — but also better
April 25, 2024 | 7:33pmMayor Eric Adams' $111.6 billion budget for the coming year, after adjustments, is actually lower than this year's, but it severely underestimates costs and leaves monster gaps for future years.
Open book: Mayor Adams calls library funding cuts part of 'negotiation'
April 25, 2024 | 8:47amHIzzoner was grilled about his spending plan on Thursday morning.
Eric Adams unveils $111.6B NYC budget that restores $515M for schools, two NYPD classes
April 24, 2024 | 4:34pmMayor Eric Adams unveiled a $111.6 billion Big Apple spending plan that is $2.2 billion higher than the preliminary spending plan and restores $515 million for city schools and funds...
YouTube star Ms. Rachel slams Mayor Adams' cuts to early childhood education
April 17, 2024 | 9:33am“Parents are really struggling to find affordable, high-quality child care,” Ms. Rachel said in a new TikTok.