{"id":514650,"date":"2022-11-23T04:13:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T01:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/adams-is-doing-right-in-finding-savings-now-despite-some-ugly-details\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T04:13:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T01:13:31","slug":"adams-is-doing-right-in-finding-savings-now-despite-some-ugly-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/adams-is-doing-right-in-finding-savings-now-despite-some-ugly-details\/","title":{"rendered":"#Adams is doing right in finding savings now \u2014 despite some ugly details"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-6a368bd85af48\" 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-6a368bd85af48\" 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-is-doing-right-in-finding-savings-now-despite-some-ugly-details\/#%E2%80%9CAdams_is_doing_right_in_finding_savings_now_%E2%80%94_despite_some_ugly_details%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Adams is doing right in finding savings now \u2014 despite some ugly details&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAdams_is_doing_right_in_finding_savings_now_%E2%80%94_despite_some_ugly_details%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Adams is doing right in finding savings now \u2014 despite some ugly details&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221121_zaa_p133_043-e1669164730385.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Kudos to Mayor Eric Adams for moving smartly to limit the municipal payroll as more bad budget <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> rolls in.<\/p>\n<p>In his third round of budget cuts this year, Budget Director Jacques Jiha on Monday ordered most city agencies to fill no more than half of their current full-time vacancies. (Teachers and uniformed NYPD and FDNY ranks are exempted.) That means about 4,700 openings won\u2019t be filled.<\/p>\n<p>Jiha also directed agencies to cover any new initiatives and programs out of their existing budgets. <\/p>\n<p>This follows sweeping cuts Adams made on taking office in January, plus the 3% across-the-board \u201cPEG\u201d cuts he ordered in September.<\/p>\n<p>Tough medicine, but do-able after Mayor Bill de Blasio bloated the municipal headcount to a record 337,294, with his final budget officially hitting \u00a0$98.7 billion,\u00a0up about 34%\u00a0over the last Bloomberg one, more than\u00a0<em>double\u00a0<\/em>the inflation rate. Plus, Blas spent all the federal COVID aid he could, and left huge out-year deficits that Adams has to cover.<\/p>\n<p>And now the city faces an estimated $1 billion in added costs thanks to the migrant crisis, plus a major ongoing drop in its property-tax take as remote work has businesses trimming office space. And its tech industry is in recession, slamming one of the brightest local business sectors. Worse, Wall Street\u2019s cutting back, too.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the city\u2019s labor contracts are all coming up, and every union will want substantial hikes to counter Bidenflation.<\/p>\n<p>And 2023 is likely to bring a <em>national<\/em> recession, further slamming the city budget. So Adams is entirely right to start cutting now to avoid even worse cuts down the line that could threaten core services.<\/p>\n<p>All of which makes it . . . awkward that we have to keep reporting on various Adams administration crony hires. The latest: A longtime friend of the mayor got t<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed for one of the best-paid jobs in city government. Lisa White became NYPD deputy commissioner for employee relations in May, pulling $241,000 a year, five times what she\u2019d earned as a 911 dispatcher before retiring.<\/p>\n<p>Adams is getting the big picture right, but such ugly details keep marring his record.\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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