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If \u201caffordability\u201d is New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s favorite buzzword, \u201causterity\u201d is almost an expletive. \u201cThere is nothing fiscally responsible about balancing the budget on the backs of working people,\u201d he said Tuesday as he announced the budget deal with City Council Speaker Julie Menin. \u201cWe will return to this budget when we are told, as we so often are, that we must budget with austerity rather than ambition.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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He may reject austerity, but that doesn\u2019t mean Mamdani\u2019s $125.8 billion budget has room for everything. From cops to parks, here are some of the major items that didn\u2019t make it into the fiscal year 2027 budget.\u00a0<\/p>\n

More cops<\/strong><\/p>\n

The mayor irked his progressive base after his May budget proposal included a $70 million plan to add 580 officers to the NYPD headcount \u2013 despite his campaign promise to keep the headcount flat. The New York City Democratic Socialists of America, which has been hesitant to publicly oppose the mayor, even put out a statement criticizing the proposal. The increase didn\u2019t make it into the final budget, with Mamdani saying that he and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch worked together to keep the headcount at 35,000. Initially, though, Tisch and Menin both supported the proposal, and Menin said on NY1 that she \u201cstrongly disagrees\u201d with the mayor’s decision to scrap the proposal.<\/p>\n

1% Parks funding<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mamdani (like other mayoral candidates before him) promised on the campaign trail to raise the Department of Parks and Recreation\u2019s funding to 1% of the total city budget. This year, that would have been about $1.2 billion. And Mamdani (like other mayors before him) fell short of that by a few hundred million, with a final budget allocating roughly $709 million to the Parks Department for fiscal year 2027. But those advocating for parks funding, including Council Member Ty Hankerson (Parks Committee chair) and Council Member Shekar Krishnan (former committee chair) still celebrated the fact that the budget baselines some staff and program funding that could otherwise be on the chopping block next year. In her remarks in council chambers when voting for the budget, Council Member Alexa Avil\u00e9s also celebrated new baselined funding, but urged the necessity of \u201cgetting to 1%.\u201d<\/p>\n

Full CityFHEPS expansion\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the last couple of days, much ink has been spilled on the City Council\u2019s fight to secure more funding for a rental voucher program known as CityFHEPS. It became a major sticking point in the final arc of negotiations, delaying the passage of the budget well into the 11th hour. The resulting agreement came in the form of a $175 million allocation in new funding for rental vouchers, with $125 million baselined for future years \u2013 far less than the City Council had been pushing for, though technically still an expansion. Instead of allocating that funding towards CityFHEPS, the City Council passed legislation to create a new program expanding rental voucher access. Additionally, both the legislative body and the Mamdani administration agreed to end the protracted legal fight started by the City Council several years ago after former Mayor Eric Adams refused to comply with a set of laws passed by members in 2023 to expand eligibility for the program.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many City Council members weren\u2019t thrilled with $175 million. It was far less than the $300 to $500 million they\u2019d been pushing for. (As a candidate, Mamdani had promised to fully fund the CityFHEPS expansion.) And while ultimately nobody ended up voting against the budget because of rental vouchers, members of the Progressive Caucus expressed disappointment over where things landed before casting their vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more Congressional Democrats blast Trump, Blakeman over newly enacted Essential Plan cuts<\/a><\/p>\n

Libraries<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the campaign trail, the mayor promised libraries would get .5% of the city budget. The reality is less, to the disappointment of city librarians. The budget includes $538 million for libraries, about .4%. While this does not meet the campaign promise, the mayor touted a decision to baseline $31.7 million in funding the library budget.<\/p>\n

Fair fares<\/strong><\/p>\n

The initial Fair Fares proposal by the City Council asked for $130 to $135 million additional dollars to their current $100 million budget to expand the program and give participants completely free bus and subway fare. This did not happen as of Tuesday, instead the budget increased to $174.6 million dollars to go toward increasing eligibility to 200% of the federal poverty level. The mayor\u2019s executive budget proposal had no mention of an expansion of the program.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fifth firefighter\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The City Council requested an additional $91.7 million to bring back a fifth firefighter position at nearly 100 of the city\u2019s busiest Fire Department engine companies \u2013 something supporters argued would bolster firefighter and public safety. This was not included in the budget to the disappointment of Republican City Council Member Joann Ariola, chair of the Council\u2019s Committee on Fire and Emergency Management.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of good things in this budget and it\u2019s a shame that this was tainted by the mayor\u2019s betrayal and ideological demands \u2013 demands that put all New Yorkers in harm’s way and will only lead the city down a path of ruin,\u201d she said before voting against the budget.<\/p>\n

Read more Opinion: Why I voted no on the $126 billion budget<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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