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2 days ago
- Business
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NYC Council passes $116B budget amid potential hits from Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill'
NEW YORK — The City Council approved the upcoming fiscal year's budget Monday in an unanimous vote, as the city faces funding threats and the likelihood of intensified immigration enforcement from President Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill.' The election-year budget, at $115.9 billion, is the city's largest ever and was touted by councilmembers Monday as a way to 'Trump-proof' the city. 'This budget finally includes some things that we've been fighting for four years now, to make sure that New Yorkers are OK,' Speaker Adrienne Adams said at a press conference ahead of the vote. The NYC budget passage came as lawmakers in Washington, D.C., Monday debated Trump's proposed budget, which would increase spending on the president's immigration agenda, give tax breaks to wealthy households and corporations and make heavy cuts to health care and nutrition programs. 'We also made sure that, once again, we have been fiscally responsible to our communities, to our city, and making sure that we are Trump-proofing this city to the best of our ability,' Adams said. The city budget includes increased funding for immigration legal services, coming as Trump acts on his hard-line deportation agenda. 'On a day when Senate Republicans are passing a horrific budget bill that adds 10,000 ICE officers to the federal government, further criminalizing immigrants across America, we in New York City are protecting our immigrant communities," Councilmember Shekar Krishnan said at the meeting Monday afternoon. While budget negotiations hit a sticking point over programs for immigrant legal services, the budget allocates $74.7 million for immigration programs. Mayor Eric Adams and the Council have frequently been at odds during budget negotiations in years past. This year, coming in an election year as the mayor seeks a second term, went by more smoothly. Although the two sides of City Hall clashed on some topics, with legal services for recent immigrants a sticking point, the budget has added funding for many areas the mayor has cut in prior years, including libraries and child care. 'This is, in my opinion, the easiest budget we had to pass, because we knew what we expected from each other and what we needed to deliver, and we were able to accomplish that,' Adams said at the announcement of a handshake deal on the budget on Friday evening. Budget watchdogs have warned the city is overspending instead of setting aside money for the city's reserves to protect from potential headwinds out of Washington, D.C. 'Instead of putting aside $3 billion to soften the first blows of federal cuts and protect against a future recession, the budget increases spending more than twice the rate of inflation and leaves future budget gaps of more than $9 billion, after accounting for underbudgeted expenses,' Citizens Budget Commission President Andrew Rein said in a statement Friday. But Council Finance Chair Justin Brannan pointed out that the city's reserves are at a record-high $8.45 billion, and said that, because of the Trump administration's threats to further destabilize vulnerable populations, it made sense to allocate more money to them now. 'We made a conscious decision that right now it is more important to pour money into the communities that need most,' Brannan said. 'We can't run the city on reserves.' ______
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Seattle mayoral candidate vows to 'Trump-proof' the city if elected
Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson outlined her plan on Tuesday to "Trump-proof" the city ahead of the upcoming primary. Local news affiliate King 5 News spoke with the Democratic candidate, who has used the term "Trump-proof" as a political slogan and asked what that would entail. "There are a number of aspects to this, and part of it is trying to protect our immigrant communities and making sure that we are protecting the right to due process and also the right to protest," Wilson said. Gop Fights Back Against 'Trump-proof' Sanctuary Jurisdictions She added that her primary focus would be on the impact of President Donald Trump's potential federal spending cuts, which she claims could "leave people hungry, without housing, without medical care" in Seattle. "As mayor, I will raise new progressive revenue to make sure that we can continue to deliver the services that Seattle residents depend on," Wilson said. "In addition to making sure that we are using the revenue we have as effectively and as efficiently as possible, and we're going to need to make some really hard choices and make sure that we are using our budget to the fullest in the years ahead, because it's going to be hard." Read On The Fox News App Wilson has used the term "Trump-proof" before in a 2017 campaign to advocate for a city income tax on households earning more than $250,000 a year. At the time, she worked as Transit Riders Union general secretary. She referenced this early campaign on her current campaign website. Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture "Here we are eight years later, again having to think about how to protect ourselves and our neighbors from the actions of an even more virulent federal administration," the site read. Wilson is running in the Democratic primary against current Mayor Bruce Harrell, who's held the position since 2022. If elected, Harrell would be the first Seattle mayor to win a second term in 20 years. There are five other candidates in the primary. The Democratic primary for Seattle mayor will be held Aug. 5 with the general election taking place on Nov. article source: Seattle mayoral candidate vows to 'Trump-proof' the city if elected
Fox News
6 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Seattle mayoral candidate vows to 'Trump-proof' the city if elected
Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson outlined her plan on Tuesday to "Trump-proof" the city ahead of the upcoming primary. Local news affiliate King 5 News spoke with the Democratic candidate, who has used the term "Trump-proof" as a political slogan and asked what that would entail. "There are a number of aspects to this, and part of it is trying to protect our immigrant communities and making sure that we are protecting the right to due process and also the right to protest," Wilson said. She added that her primary focus would be on the impact of President Donald Trump's potential federal spending cuts, which she claims could "leave people hungry, without housing, without medical care" in Seattle. "As mayor, I will raise new progressive revenue to make sure that we can continue to deliver the services that Seattle residents depend on," Wilson said. "In addition to making sure that we are using the revenue we have as effectively and as efficiently as possible, and we're going to need to make some really hard choices and make sure that we are using our budget to the fullest in the years ahead, because it's going to be hard." Wilson has used the term "Trump-proof" before in a 2017 campaign to advocate for a city income tax on households earning more than $250,000 a year. At the time, she worked as Transit Riders Union general secretary. She referenced this early campaign on her current campaign website. "Here we are eight years later, again having to think about how to protect ourselves and our neighbors from the actions of an even more virulent federal administration," the site read. Wilson is running in the Democratic primary against current Mayor Bruce Harrell, who's held the position since 2022. If elected, Harrell would be the first Seattle mayor to win a second term in 20 years. There are five other candidates in the primary. The Democratic primary for Seattle mayor will be held Aug. 5 with the general election taking place on Nov. 4.
