Dear New Yorkers,
My office released a new analysis of Mayor Adams’s preliminary budget and its impact on City services. What we learned was troubling.
My team found shortsighted cuts to vital City services and programs like CUNY, libraries, and alternatives-to-incarceration, and more.
While it was recently announced that a third round of Program to Eliminate the Gap (PEG) cuts this fiscal year were canceled, our new report looks at some of the agencies that weren’t spared from budget cuts—many of which have seen measurable declines in the quality or quantity of service they are able to deliver to New Yorkers.
For example, our libraries.
While Mayor Adams paused further budget cuts to libraries, previous cuts from last autumn have not been restored. The remaining 5% cut in the operating subsidy given to our library systems saves the City a meager $24 million—yet will have impacts for years to come, as shown below.
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