Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Response
On April 1st, Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn presented the City Council’s response to Mayor Bloomberg’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 preliminary budget. In her response, Speaker Quinn identified over $1.35 billion in additional budgetary resources, including substantial revenues, agency cuts, and agency re-estimations. Speaker Quinn also expressed the critical need for the Administration and the Council to uphold support for shared priorities such as improving middle schools, protecting six-day library service, and helping those at risk of foreclosure.
The Council's Fiscal Year 2009 Preliminary Budget Response is available below, as are slides from the Speaker's budget response presentation the accompanying press release.
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