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Getting Stuff Done for Working-Class New Yorkers - Adams
NYC Fiscal Year 2025 Executive Budget New York City Mayor Eric Adams hosted a rally in support of his “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” text amendment that will loosen decades-old zoning restrictions and help build a little more housing in every neighborhood on the steps of City Hall. -Photo by Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office By Mayor Eric Adams Manhattan Voice OpEd May 7, 2024 NEW YORK - For over two years, cities across the country have struggled to respond to the aftereffects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In New York City, slowing tax revenue growth combined with low office occupancy rates, and the expiration of temporary federal stimulus dollars have put a strain on our city’s budget. At the same time, as we all know only too well, the pandemic exposed cracks in education, health care, and housing that urgently need to be addressed, and we faced costs related to settling long-expired labor contracts with our dedicated municipal workforce. And i...
