NYC Mayor Orders More Budget Cuts Amid Migrant Crisis Costs and Council Pushes for Restoring Funds.
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Mayor Eric Adams has ordered most city agencies to cut their budgets by an additional 4% due to labor costs, proposed state budget cuts, and the city's migrant crisis, which has already cost $817 million. The total cost of accommodating migrants could reach $4.3 billion by July 2024, and agencies must keep a lid on spending to hedge against that ballooning price tag. The austerity move drew an almost immediate backlash from progressive advocates and members of the City Council.
- Mayor Adams' administration orders another 4% cut to most NYC agency budgets, blames migrant crisis costs: (Exclusive) New York Daily News
- Adams administration, facing new costs, mandates more budget cuts POLITICO
- NYC Council calls for restoring budget cuts, with additional funds for housing, libraries and more City & State
- 'A moral manifest': NYC Council calls for more discounted subway fares in budget counterproposal Gothamist
- City Council seeks to restore mayor’s budget cuts with $2.7B in extra projected revenue AMNY
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