“The Mayor’s Executive Budget, for the first time, includes funding for many of the priorities in the Council’s Preliminary Budget Response, which is a credit to our years of consistent budget advocacy with New Yorkers and stakeholders in pushing back on his budget cuts. This is how the budget process should work, but it’s disappointing that it took three years for this administration to become tired of being entirely on the wrong side of doing right by New Yorkers. There remains work to fill gaps in funding for programs left out of this budget, but this is a better start from the Executive Budget than past years. While we must remain vigilant and prepared for the chaos and threats from the Trump administration, we cannot do it at the expense of the essential investments in our city and services for New Yorkers. The Council will closely review the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget in the coming weeks through public hearings and other efforts, with a focus on how it impacts city agencies and New Yorkers.”

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