New Yorkers Demand A People’s Budget. Mayor Adams Feeling Pressure Amidst Rising Unpopularity

By The People’s Plan Photos: Video\YouTube Screenshots The People’s Plan and steering committee organizations release the following statements regarding Mayor Adams’ FY25 executive budget (based on available information.)  Mayor Adams’ executive budget proposal for FY25 is still full of cuts and lacks major investments in essential services, but the Mayor’s latest partial budget cut reversals indicate that Mayor Adams is feeling the pressure from the outcry and mobilizing of New Yorkers for “care, not cuts.” Mayor Adams’ plummeting poll numbers and rising unpopularity show New Yorkers see that the Mayor’s cuts were always heavy-handed, unnecessary, and unpopular. But we still have a ways to before to go before the City’s budget reflects a people’s budget that funds $2 billion for “Homes Now, Homes for Generations,” $1 billion for education and schools, $94 million for CUNY, $400 million for childcare, and $58.3 million for libraries, while divesting from police and corrections bloat. By the time the City Council votes on the next fiscal year budget, we call on Mayor Adams and the City Council to deliver a people’s budget. If not, we need Council to use every tool and power at their disposal, including setting terms and conditions and amending the...