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As Mamdani Pulls Budget Rabbit From Hat, Watchdogs Fret Over ‘One-Shots’
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first executive budget proposal pulls off what seems to be a fiscal miracle by closing what in December was projected to be a huge $12 billion budget gap without raising property taxes, dipping into reserves or cutting services. But the budget is hardly a symbol of fiscal rectitude. It relies on billions […]
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Mamdani Plugs $12 Billion Budget Hole With Hochul Assist
Mayor Zohran Mamdani dropped his threat to hike property taxes as a way to close the budget gap after Gov. Kathy Hochul promised additional aid for his $124.5 billion spending plan. The city budget includes an additional $4 billion in support to close the gap, totaling nearly $8 billion over two years. That money is […]
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Dreams of a World Cup Bonanza Turn Dark on Empty Hotel Rooms, High Transit Costs
A month before the first World Cup soccer match takes place at Met Life Stadium across the Hudson River, only 25% of the available rooms in New York City hotels have been booked for the six weeks when matches will be held. FIFA says demand is unprecedented and that every one of the 104 matches […]
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City To Renew Rikers Phone Deal Amid AI Surveillance Concerns
The city’s Correction Department is set to renew a multimillion-dollar contract with a prison telecom giant that’s bragged of using recordings of detainees’ private phone calls to train its artificial intelligence model. The Mamdani administration plans to pay Securus Technologies up to $23 million over five years for phone service used by roughly 7,000 people […]
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Paladino Settles With Council Over Anti-Muslim Tweets
Councilmember Vickie Paladino and the City Council settled their ethics feud over her anti-Muslim social media posts, with the Queens Republican agreeing to delete her tweets and remove any mention of her job on her personal accounts. The charges filed March 2 by the Council’s ethics committee were permanently withdrawn, according to a court filing. […]
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