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City Council takes Adams for a ride on risky budget 'plane'
Mayor 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
The 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
"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
In 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
If 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
The 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
Mayor 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
Mayor 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
The 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
New 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
Security 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
Mayor 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
NY 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
By 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
Mayor 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'
HIzzoner was grilled about his spending plan on Thursday morning.
Eric Adams unveils $111.6B NYC budget that restores $515M for schools, two NYPD classes
Mayor 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
“Parents are really struggling to find affordable, high-quality child care,” Ms. Rachel said in a new TikTok.
NYC managers score 16% salary hike as Mayor Adams pushes program cuts over migrant crisis
Mayor Eric Adams is crying poverty over the Big Apple's migrant crisis, but still pushed through a $2.1 billion retroactive-raise package for more than 10,000 non-union employees.
As NY lawmakers bust the budget, cash-cow Wall Street is moving to greener pastures
Nobody is asking: Where does the money come from?