It is all sizzling and without fillet. First Lady Chirlane McCray’s ThriveNYC unveiled a striking new website Monday that purports to show that the $ 1.25 billion plan has “dramatically improved the landscape of mental health services in New York City in the past five years. “ But a closer …
Read More »New York’s elected leaders have not begun to face its economic and fiscal horrors.
The city is going through really tough times, last week’s reports make it clear, and the pain may be worse thanks to continued denial by Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council. In a sobering 67-page document, the Association for the City of New York warns that restarting the …
Read More »City Council approves budget with $ 1 billion cut from NYPD
The New York City Council approved the $ 88.1 billion city budget just after midnight Wednesday in hopes of solving the Big Apple’s $ 9 billion budget deficit, in part by reducing spending on New York police at $ 1 billion. The deal became official once Councilwoman Deborah Rose became …
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