Posted on 04/17/2020 2:39:25 PM PDT by lowbridge
Mayor Bill de Blasio rolled out a proposed budget Thursday that shaved $6 billion from his initial request and begged the feds for a $7.4 billion injection of aid, linking New York’s recovery from the coronavirus to any national rebound.
“Everyone wants a restart, everyone wants our economy to recover,” de Blasio said. “But, there has to be a really clear understanding, if we can’t provide the basics for our people then you can kiss the recovery goodbye.”
He added: “If we are not strong, if our people are not safe, then this nation cannot recover.”
De Blasio, who is operating under a current budget of $92.8 billion, introduced an $89.3 billion revised budget proposal that shuts down the city’s public pools and axes other beloved summer programs.
The city budget has skyrocketed by more than 26 percent in six years under de Blasio, up from $72 billion in 2014.
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Too bad, Mr Mayor, that you spent NYC money unwisely. You wasted the taxpayers money and NOW you will pay for that. You are in over your head.
What happened to the Billions NY already received ?
>>When I toured Manhattan in 2019, the same thing occurred to me. A huge percentage of the jobs there these days are people sitting at computers. Those jobs could easily be done in a lot of other places a lot cheaper.<<
Currently, at my company, everyone is working from home. We handle everything by video conference, Microsoft Teams chats, etc.
People might just get sufficiently used to it, that we might stay this way, and question the need for our big building.
>>When I toured Manhattan in 2019, the same thing occurred to me. A huge percentage of the jobs there these days are people sitting at computers. Those jobs could easily be done in a lot of other places a lot cheaper.<<
Currently, at my company, everyone is working from home. We handle everything by video conference, Microsoft Teams chats, etc.
People might just get sufficiently used to it, that we might stay this way, and question the need for our big building.
Another reason not to go to NYC.
Piss in that stump hole
What happened to the Billions NY already received ?
Those were restricted funds. They had to be used for COVID. Cuomo wants billions in unrestricted funds. He wants that mainly so he can erase the 5 billion budget shortfall he had before the pandemic.
Just had a mental picture of Snake Plissken roaming the streets of NYC...
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