#De Blasio, NYC council give pay hike to homeless guards

#De Blasio, NYC council give pay hike to homeless guards

“#De Blasio, NYC council give pay hike to homeless guards” Four thousand security guards in the city’s privately managed homeless shelters are getting raises, courtesy of Mayor de Bill Blasio and the City Council. The just-approved $98.7 billion city budget steers an additional $40.5 million to contracted shelter providers to give security workers a pay…

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#Budget deal adds 5M in spending by former ThriveNYC

#Budget deal adds $115M in spending by former ThriveNYC

“#Budget deal adds $115M in spending by former ThriveNYC” The city budget deal struck Wednesday includes $115 million in added spending by the new city agency that grew out of first lady Chirlane McCray’s controversial, $1.25 billion mental-health initiative. The boost gives the Office of Community Mental Health — which Mayor Bill de Blasio created…

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#NYC business, civic leaders want ‘strategic’ use of funds

#NYC business, civic leaders want ‘strategic’ use of funds

“#NYC business, civic leaders want ‘strategic’ use of funds” Nearly two dozen business and civic leaders urged Mayor Bill de Blasio and other leaders to prioritize the sectors and communities most affected by COVID-19 when doling out billions in federal aid — blasting the current approach as “scattershot.”  In a Wednesday letter, representatives from the…

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#How Bill de Blasio is sabotaging NYC’s next mayor

#How Bill de Blasio is sabotaging NYC’s next mayor

“#How Bill de Blasio is sabotaging NYC’s next mayor” Mayor Bill de Blasio calls it his “Recovery Budget,” but it’s actually a sad bid to put some shine on his legacy while sabotaging his successor. De Blasio’s own announcement of his record $98.6 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2022 crowed that “almost $6 billion…

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#De Blasio’s ‘crime’ is stiffing the NYPD: Goodwin

#De Blasio’s ‘crime’ is stiffing the NYPD: Goodwin

“#De Blasio’s ‘crime’ is stiffing the NYPD: Goodwin” The dictionary defines “moral hazard” as the “lack of incentive to guard against risk where one is protected from its consequences.” For an example, see Mayor de Blasio’s budget.  Thanks to the excessive federal bailout, the mayor is laughing all the way to the bank. He’s canceling…

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#De Blasio to repay 9,500 furloughed city workers

#De Blasio to repay 9,500 furloughed city workers

“#De Blasio to repay 9,500 furloughed city workers” City workers who lost out on a week’s pay last year in the depths of New York’s coronavirus budget crunch will get their money back — courtesy of the rest of the nation’s taxpayers. “We had to make difficult decisions as we faced a massive budget shortfall…

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#Hey, de Blasio, where’s that stinkin’ cleanup you promised?

#Hey, de Blasio, where’s that stinkin’ cleanup you promised?

“#Hey, de Blasio, where’s that stinkin’ cleanup you promised?” Somewhere in the piles of garbage lining the streets of Bushwick, residents might find Mayor de Blasio’s word. It’s been six months since the mayor promised to pump more money into the city’s street-cleaning efforts. And the trash problem has only gotten worse. De Blasio in September…

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