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NYC Executive Budget:

An investment in working people

Almost 60 percent of this budget, $62.5 billion in total, goes to education, healthcare,
and social services. It provides money for schools that lost enrollment, as well as funding childcare,

summer youth employment, and affordable housing.

half-a-billion dollars to redevelop
the CUNY Brookdale Campus and
create a world-class science park and
research center.
This will generate billions of
dollars in economic impact, lead to
thousands of good jobs, and confirm
New York City’s role as a global lead-
er in public health and life sciences.
We’re investing in the Medgar
Evers College Brooklyn Recovery
Corps, which connects 200 students
a year with nonprofits and small
businesses in Brooklyn to work on
projects that spur economic recovery
ERIC ADAMS and growth. And we are supporting
the Mayor’s Office for People with
ast week, the Adams Adminis- Disabilities’ plan to promote work-
tration released our Fiscal Year force development for people living
L2024 Executive Budget. As with disabilities.
President Joe Biden has often said: From expanding education to increasing our sustainability to investing in our infrastructure, This budget also strengthens
“Show me your budget and I will show this budget delivers on the essentials (File photo) our mental health resources by con-
you your values.” That is why this tinuing the expansion of the Behav-
budget invests in our Working Peo- the two fiscal years – without layoffs ing discriminated against by landlords. ioral Health Emergency Assistance
ple’s Agenda, prioritizing education, Response Division (B-HEARD)
We’re expanding broadband in
jobs, housing, health care, and public or service cuts. This $ 106.7 billion NYCHA developments so that New program, supporting mental health
executive budget preserves essential
safety. services for high school students
services and continues to improve Yorkers at every income level can ac-
the lives of everyday New Yorkers. cess the high-speed internet that is and children in family shelters, and
As Mayor, I’m committed to pro- Almost 60 percent of this budget, indispensable to so many aspects of increasing the capacity of the club-
houses that provide peer-led mental
tecting the safety and wellbeing $62.5 billion in total, goes to educa- daily life, from work to education to health support.
telemedicine. And we are adding on-
tion, healthcare, and social services. It
Paying our work-force a fair
of our people. But the challeng- provides money for schools that lost line portals for childcare, workforce, wage is one of our priorities. It puts
es we face are real. It is no se- enrollment, as well as funding child- and business services to our MyCity more money in the pockets of work-
platform, making it easier for all New
care, summer youth employment, and
cret that our city is still recover- affordable housing. Yorkers to access city service they need. ing families and helps us recruit and
retain top talent. Earlier this year, we
New Yorkers are rightfully con-
From expanding education to
ing from the economic impact of increasing our sustainability to invest- cerned about ensuring that education settled long-expired labor contracts
the COVID-19 pandemic, as well ing in our infrastructure, this budget is strong and fully funded, and our with DC 37 and the Police Benevo-
lent Association. These contracts set
as spending over millions on the delivers on the essentials. And we did Administration supports this vision. the pattern for wage increases across
not cut a single penny from our librar- We’re investing in job training and
ongoing asylum seeker crisis. ies or cultural institutions. apprentices and continuing education, the city.
We are proud that our Ad-
This budget continues our efforts
These are unavoidable realities to put money back into the hands of including Supporting the City Univer- ministration is supporting working
sity of New York’s (CUNY) Inclusive
that have made a massive dent working people. We will continue to Economy Initiative programs, which families, creating providing access
to good jobs, and improving pub-
in our city’s resources. support programs that help people provide internships, mentoring, and lic safety. This budget supports all
claim all available benefits, including job opportunities for students. We those goals and more – ensuring
the Earning Income Tax Credit, cash are also funding and expanding the
The good news is that we were that we can continue to Get Stuff
able to balance this year’s budget with assistance, SNAP, and more. We are CUNY Reconnect program, which Done for New Yorkers now and in
bringing more attorneys on board to
helps students who left CUNY be-
better than expected revenues and the years to come.
efficient budgeting. We were able to make sure that our neighbors who cause of extenuating circumstances Eric Adams is
return and earn their degrees.
rely on government-funded housing
create $1.6 billion in savings across
vouchers can utilize them without be- We are also investing more than the Mayor of New York City, NY
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