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1 day agoYou can rent part of Brooklyn Bridge under $17m plan for New York City
Renting hidden vaults beneath the Brooklyn Bridge could generate $17 million annually to help address NYC's budget deficit.
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2 weeks agoMamdani pledged $65 million to protect gender-affirming care. Will he follow through?
NYC Mayor Mamdani created an Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs with a transgender director, but his promised $65 million for gender-affirming care remains unallocated in the preliminary budget.
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2 weeks agoOffsides at City Hall? MTA boss says he wasn't approached about Mamdani's reported World Cup fare free bus pilot pitch | amNewYork
MTA Chair Janno Lieber stated no one has consulted him about Mayor Mamdani's proposed free bus pilot program during the FIFA World Cup this summer.
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1 month agoNew York shelled out $117 million to settle NYPD misconduct claims as city faces multibillion-dollar deficits | amNewYork
New York City paid $117 million in 2025 to settle NYPD misconduct claims, totaling over $796 million since 2019, while the city faces a $5.4 billion budget deficit.
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1 month agoMamdani proposes raising NYC property taxes if state doesn't approve tax hike on wealthy
Today, I'm releasing the City's preliminary budget. After years of fiscal mismanagement, we're staring at a $5.4 billion budget gap - and two paths. One: Albany can raise taxes on the ultra-wealthy and the most profitable corporations and address the fiscal imbalance between our city and state. The other, a last resort: balance the budget on the backs of working people using the only tools at the City's disposal,
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1 month agoMamdani Budget Adds Staff, Cash For More Bus And Bike Projects - Streetsblog New York City
The proposed funding would begin to dig the city Department of Transportation out of Adams's failure to meet the benchmarks established under the Streets Master Plan law. A 2025 report from the Independent Budget Office accused the former mayor of denying DOT the funds that agency officials said they needed to build the 150 new miles of bus lanes and 250 miles of new bike lanes over the five years of the plan.
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fromNew York Post
1 month agoNYC's migrant spending tops whopping $10B as Mamdani proposes another $1.2B for budget
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to spend another $1.2 billion in this year's budget proposal on migrants arriving in the Big Apple. Mamdani's budget plan notes that the number of asylum seekers under the city's care has nearly halved from 68,660 at its peak in January 2024 to 30,813 last month. Follow live updates on Mayor Zohran Mamdani's socialist agenda and the latest in NYC politics
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1 month agoMAMDANI'S FIRST 100 DAYS: Hochul sends $1.5B to NYC as mayor drafts plan to close massive budget gap | amNewYork
New York State pledges $1.5 billion to help New York City narrow a $7 billion budget gap, funding youth programs, sales-tax restoration, and public health.
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4 months agoRed flags for NYC budget: Fiscal watchdog, City Council sound alarm over Mayor Adams' final budget update ahead of Mamdani takeover | amNewYork
City's updated fiscal plan raises FY2026 revenue but leaves an inherited $5–$8 billion deficit that threatens Mamdani's campaign priorities.
fromwww.nytimes.com
5 months agoZohran Mamdani Has Ambitious Plans for New York. How Much Will They Cost?
He has highlighted four signature policy proposals: universal child care, free buses, city-owned grocery stores and a rent freeze on rent-stabilized apartments. These ideas have excited New Yorkers who are worried about the soaring cost of living. But if Mr. Mamdani wins, the plans could be difficult to implement. He would have to secure support from critical stakeholders, find funding to pay for the plans and hire the right staff members to make sure they are successful.
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