REMARKS
Highlights of budget restorations and baselines
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Council Member Brannan outlines key budget restorations and baseline funding secured by the City Council. He emphasizes the focus on essential services, affordable housing, education, and social support programs.
- $58.3 million restored for library systems, with $43 million baselined
- $53 million restored for cultural institutions, with $13 million baselined
- $2 billion additional capital funding for affordable housing construction
- $112 million for 3K and pre-K programs to cover expiring federal stimulus
- Emphasis on baselining funds to ensure stability in future budgets
Justin L. Brannan
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This budget represents the council focused on shared priorities and our certainty that the revenue was there to undo cuts essential services for our city's safety and growth.
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We fought with passion and precision for a budget that delivers for the hardworking New Yorkers who make the city the capital of the world, not only by risk storing attempted cuts, but by baselining funding to give services stability and reliability in the future.
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It's just an example of what this body was able to accomplish.
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We successfully restored the full $58, 300, 000 for our library systems, 43, 000, 000 of which is baselined into the future.
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We secured a full 53, 000, 000 restoration and $13, 000, 000 baseline to our cultural institutions, the heartbeat of our city.
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$11, 000, 000 for the Fair Fair's program to raise the eligibility level and expand this program to stop New Yorkers from having to choose between a metro card and a meal.
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The housing crisis is real in driving too many of our neighbors away.
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To fight this, the council secured $2, 000, 000, 000 in this budget in addition capital funding over the next 2 years for construction of housing that New Yorkers can actually afford.
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On top of that, we secured nearly 16 ...615, 000, 000 in funding for city thefts, and 540, 000, 000 of that will be baselined.
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The council focused on early childhood vacation in this budget, particularly the danger of expiring stimulus dollars to valued and relied upon programs.
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The budget includes a $112, 000, 000 to cover expiring federal stimulus money for 3 k and pre k, along with 40, 000, 000 for newly for about 5 1000 extended day extended year pre k seats.
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We also achieved 74, 000, 000 to restore school based social workers psychologists and family workers endangered by the stimulus cliff, a full $70, 000, 000 restoration for funding of community schools and more.
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Our emphasis on baselining reflects the council's attention to the future, preventing future councils and administrations from negotiating over what should be bedrock funding while New Yorkers hang in the balance.
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As speaker Adam said, we need to move away from a budget process centered on restorations and start spending our time on how we strengthen what New Yorkers need to thrive.