After vowing on the campaign trail to give libraries up to 0.5% of the city’s budget, Mayor Zohran Mamdani in his preliminary spending plan included a $30 million cut. The proposal takes a ...

The Big Apple’s social services budget has exploded 50% since the pandemic, even as the rest of New York repeatedly cut those ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday said she would send another $1.5 billion from state coffers to New York City, helping to bail ...

New Yorkers not only protested but also stormed the ballot boxes in 2022 and overwhelmingly approved charter amendments that ...

Lawmakers debate the budget, federal risks, and Mayor Mamdani’s priorities. New York lawmakers return to Albany amid budget hearings and federal uncertainty. This episode examines the governor’s ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani should end his calls for more taxes in the already heavily taxed Big Apple — and instead get the city’s longtime overspending under control, a fiscal watchdog warned. The centrist ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled his preliminary financial plan Tuesday on the heels of the announcement that the state will give the city $1.5 billion to help fix a massive budget ...

New York City will be getting $1.5 billion from the state to help address a budget gap that officials say is the largest shortfall since the Great Recession. The money will be allocated over the next ...