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Budget Gap Grows Between Mayor Adams and City Council

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Mayor Eric Adams, with Budget Director Jacques Jiha, released his executive budget at a City Hall press conference, April 26, 2023. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Greg David, The City This article was originally published on May 31 7:35pm EDT by THE CIT Y NEW YORK - With one month to go before the city must enact a budget, the distance between proposals by Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council is its widest in years, caused by differing ideas about what to do with a recent surge in revenues.  The Council wants to spend the money on new city programs, while the mayor says his executive budget factors in unexpected expenses, including the cost of aiding tens of thousands of asylum-seekers. The mayor’s budget director, Jacques Jiha, accentuated the tensions at a Citizens Budget Commission event Wednesday while speaking about the challenges of reaching a deal.  “When we put together the executive budget we knew we had an economy that was going to generate more revenue, and t
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The People’s Money—Your Money to Improve Your Community

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By Mayor Eric Adams Community Op-Ed May 26, 2023   NEW YORK - Have you ever looked around your neighborhood and thought—it would be great if we could have a community garden here, or maybe more after school programs for students, or special services for seniors? Now, you can bring those ideas to life.  “The People’s Money” is the first ever citywide participatory budgeting process run by our Civic Engagement Commission (CEC), and from today until June 25 th , all New York City residents ages 11 and older - regardless of immigration status - can vote on how to spend $5 million dollars of our city’s budget.  To do so, go to our website: on.nyc.gov/pb and vote on projects that your fellow New Yorkers have proposed.   You can vote on projects for your borough, and the residents of 33 equity neighborhoods can vote on one additional project that will be funded in their neighborhood.   The projects have been carefully selected from hundreds of proposals that were brain
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More Random Subway Attacks in NYC

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2 Women Beaten in Queens in Separate Attacks Police are searching for this man in connection with an attack on a woman on a Queens subway train. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice May 25, 2023 QUEENS - Two women are recovering after being beaten in separate unprovoked subway attacks in Queens. Police released surveillance video in both attacks.   At around 10:45 am on May 24, a 52-year-old woman was riding a southbound E train. As the train approached the Queens Plaza station a man yelled at her. Police said the attacker told the woman to “look somewhere else.” The man then walked over to her and repeatedly punched the woman in the head.  When the train stopped at Queens Plaza the attacker fled.  The woman was rushed to Jamaica Hospital where she is listed in stable condition.  The suspect is described as a man in his 30s who is six feet tall. He is 150 pounds with a dark complexion and a thin build. He was last seen wearing a white and blue ho
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Location: Queens Plaza, Queens, NY 11101, USA
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‘Drenched in Fecal Matter’: Feds Probe Working Conditions at LaGuardia Cargo Company

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Workers protested at LaGuardia Airport Wednesday. | Haidee Chu/THE CITY By Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Haidee Chu, The City This article was originally published on May 24 5:22pm EDT by THE CITY QUEENS - Spewing lavatory waste and vehicles with bad brakes make their jobs at airline service company Swissport dangerous, said employees at a rally at LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday. The allegations are also the subject of a recent complaint to federal regulators. Now  the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating Swissport, a company tasked with cleaning and loading passenger planes for Spirit Airlines and Air Canada at LaGuardia. One of the largest airline subcontractors in the industry, Swissport employs about 140 people at LaGuardia and thousands around the world.  Former Swissport worker Chad Infiesta said in an interview with THE CITY that faulty cleanup equipment sometimes led to disaster: He was once “drenched” with human waste after a hose u
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Location: LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Queens, NY 11371, USA
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