Budget Archives - Page 9 of 24

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The final fiscal 2021 spending plan staved off cuts to smaller housing programs, but retained a shift of roughly a billion dollars in capital spending on the mayor’s affordability plan.

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Jun 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Mayor de Blasio, Protect Funding for Victims of Domestic Violence

‘You needed us when COVID hit and we have been there. Stand with us and demand adequate funding for our essential workers.’

ByMargarita Guzmán

ByKavita Mehra

ByNiketa Sheth 1Comment

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Jun 2020

Government In Depth Investigations Justice

Cutting the Police Budget Means Revising the Role Cops Play in Today’s NYC

Not everyone agrees on what defunding would mean, or what it would look like.

ByHolly DeMuth 1Comment

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Jun 2020

Government Podcasts

Budget Axe and Pandemic Padlocks Have Put City’s Parks Under Pressure

The mayor’s decision to open parks but ban swimming has prompted an outcry. Meanwhile, proposed budget cuts to the already underfunded Parks Department threaten to strain the system during a…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jun 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Treat Homecare Aides as the Essential Workers They Are

‘We are not asking to be prioritized over doctors and nurses. We simply need to be given the same resources.’

ByScott Short 1Comment

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Jun 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Now More Than Ever, NYC Needs Nature, and NYC’s Nature Needs Funding

‘As we start to recover from this pandemic, it’s clear that New York City’s investments in natural areas need to be sustained for both their short-term benefits — like recreational…

BySarah Charlop-Powers

ByEmily Nobel Maxwell 5Comments

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May 2020

Housing and Homelessness

City’s Basement Apartment Program Buried by COVID-19 Budget Cuts

The program aimed to test ways to legalize basement apartments as a way to create new, sanctioned affordable housing units for tenants and help the moderate-income homeowners who might rent…

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Apr 2020

Economy Government Podcasts

It’s Worse Than You Think Out There. Maybe Bad Enough for NYC to Borrow to Pay the Bills.

The COVID-19 fiscal crisis has changed much about life in the city. Might it also weaken the prohibition against IOUs?

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Apr 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Demands for Deeper NYC Homeless Aid Despite Budget Tightening

As formal budget negotiations get under way homeless advocates have outlined a series of long-term priorities and acute coronavirus-related needs they say the city must fund.