{"id":210,"date":"2024-06-30T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/jennifer-gutierrez\/?p=210"},"modified":"2024-07-23T16:29:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T16:29:41","slug":"council-member-gutierrez-statement-on-the-fy25-budget-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/jennifer-gutierrez\/2024\/06\/30\/council-member-gutierrez-statement-on-the-fy25-budget-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Member Guti\u00e9rrez Statement on the FY25 Budget Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the City Council voted on the Fiscal Year 2025 budget after a tense and difficult negotiation with Mayor Adams. I voted yes on the budget and here\u2019s why:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, New York City&#8217;s biggest issue is affordability. Unfortunately, we have a mayor blind to the struggles of all of us. And negotiating this budget further exposed the mayor&#8217;s tendencies to scapegoat, create crises, and politicize New Yorkers&#8217; lives.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the mayor\u2019s posturing and politicization of this process, I am proud of what we fought for and won, thanks to the efforts of the Progressive Caucus, Speaker Adrienne Adams, and Finance Chair Justin Brannan, New York won\u2019t be taking a big step backward. Thanks to thousands of parents, nonprofit and faith leaders, and major unions, making their voices heard we landed on a budget I can support. Childcare and education were preserved. Schools won&#8217;t lose essential programs, and childcare access will improve. We are planting the seeds of a better, stronger, and safer city in this budget.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the City Council pushed back on the Mayor\u2019s austerity budget and secured:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Full restoration of $58.3 million for library services, with $42.6 million baselined to prevent future budget cuts. We deserve seven day service in perpetuity.<\/li>\n<li>Over $300 million was invested in early childhood education, addressing expiring federal stimulus and operational reforms.<\/li>\n<li>Increased investments to Promise NYC to $25M to provide childcare services to over 1000 undocumented children.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>More than $600 million to support schools, preserving social workers, restorative justice, arts programs, and other vital services that the Mayor was going to cut.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>$4.75M for Home-Delivered Meals and $12.2M for Older Adult Centers to meet the needs of older adults.<\/li>\n<li>$15M for second shift positions in city parks and $8.7M for Urban Park Rangers, Tree Stump Removal, and Green Thumb Restoration.<\/li>\n<li>$6.2M is allocated to restore funding for Community Composting, alongside $25M to restore and enhance Litter Basket Service for cleaner communities, particularly along commercial corridors and neighborhoods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I personally also allocated millions of dollars to District 34 schools, secured meaningful investment for affordable housing development in Bushwick, and with Speaker Adrienne Adams, funded a mobile unit for substance abuse, and funding to get Leonard Library open again for the community finally. In the coming weeks, I will highlight more investments I\u2019ve made that will go directly into our communities.<\/p>\n<p>This is just the beginning. As our struggle intensifies, our resolve strengthens. We are organized, determined, and committed to investing in what truly matters for all New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the City Council voted on the Fiscal Year 2025 budget after a tense and difficult negotiation with Mayor Adams. I voted yes on the budget and here\u2019s why:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, New York City&#8217;s biggest issue is affordability. Unfortunately, we have a mayor blind to the struggles of all of us. And negotiating this budget further exposed the mayor&#8217;s tendencies to scapegoat, create crises, and politicize New Yorkers&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/jennifer-gutierrez\/2024\/06\/30\/council-member-gutierrez-statement-on-the-fy25-budget-vote\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/jennifer-gutierrez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/jennifer-gutierrez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/jennifer-gutierrez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/jennifer-gutierrez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/jennifer-gutierrez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/jennifer-gutierrez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/jennifer-gutierrez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/jennifer-gutierrez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/jennifer-gutierrez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}