{"id":438176,"date":"2022-04-27T02:28:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T23:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/adams-budget-beats-de-blasio-standard-but-he-still-needs-to-up-his-game\/"},"modified":"2022-04-27T02:28:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T23:28:34","slug":"adams-budget-beats-de-blasio-standard-but-he-still-needs-to-up-his-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/adams-budget-beats-de-blasio-standard-but-he-still-needs-to-up-his-game\/","title":{"rendered":"#Adams budget beats de Blasio standard \u2014 but he still needs to up his game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22fa7d8ee76\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22fa7d8ee76\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/adams-budget-beats-de-blasio-standard-but-he-still-needs-to-up-his-game\/#%E2%80%9CAdams_budget_beats_de_Blasio_standard_%E2%80%94_but_he_still_needs_to_up_his_game%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Adams budget beats de Blasio standard \u2014 but he still needs to up his game&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAdams_budget_beats_de_Blasio_standard_%E2%80%94_but_he_still_needs_to_up_his_game%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Adams budget beats de Blasio standard \u2014 but he still needs to up his game&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/adams-selling-city-vehicles-759-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Give Mayor Eric Adams credit for keeping spending growth in the $99.7 billion budget he unveiled Tuesday well below inflation.\u00a0Yet there\u2019s far more he could\u2019ve done.<\/p>\n<p>Total outlays for the fiscal year that starts July 1 would plunge to $104.2 billion (after accounting for prepayments), down from $109.8 billion this year \u2014 a $5.6 billion (5.1%) drop, per the Citizens Budget Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Sounds frugal, right? Except those numbers include federally funded spending (much of it COVID-relief money) that <em>falls<\/em> from $19 billion to just $9 billion, a $10 billion dip, while budget items paid for with city tax dollars rise from $73 billion to $77 billion \u2014 a $4 billion (5.5%) <em>jump.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That increase is still well below the 8.5% national inflation rate, so Adams \u2014 unlike the last guy  \u2014 is no off-the-charts spendthrift. Yet the city sorely  needs still-tighter controls.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor himself acknowledges an <em>$11 billion gap<\/em> for the three years ending in 2027. And though his budget makes modest contributions to the city\u2019s reserves, it spends most of its newfound revenue on pet projects, including adding 3,000 new city positions.<\/p>\n<p>Adams\u2019 plan \u201ctakes some positive steps but focuses on spending more, nearly to the exclusion of the savings, restructuring and efficiency needed to shore up the city\u2019s fiscal house,\u201d warns Citizens Budget Commission head Andrew Rein. \u201cWithout increasing productivity or shrinking lower-priority programs, the city may be on a path to massive service cuts or harmful tax increases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And the progressive City Council is champing at the bit to bloat this budget further still.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor put on quite the show in his Tuesday presentation, yet he also made points New Yorkers needed to hear: He committed himself to backing the police, for example, and acknowledged the public has a right to be angry over crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSafety and justice are the prerequisites of prosperity,\u201d he said. \u201cWe cannot have a city where people are afraid to walk the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adams has left no doubt that he\u2019s a big improvement over Mayor Bill de Blasio. But that\u2019s a pathetically low bar: He\u2019ll still need to step up his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> to assure the city\u2019s future.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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