"Someone has to pay for the gaps left behind by the gross mismanagement of the previous administration – and the governor can decide who. Either the wealthiest New Yorkers can pay their fair share, or working class New Yorkers will see their costs raised and possibly services cut.
"There are no simple solutions without raising revenue from the wealthiest of the wealthy. The real cost of cutting services often leads to spending more down the line – such as the cost of incarceration relative to prevention, long term healthcare versus crisis response, or shelter versus homes – and slashing New Yorker’s essential services now is something we would all be paying for years later. And while I’ve pushed for over a decade to reform the city’s unfair property tax system, including in court, to raise those taxes without reform would be extremely harmful for working class New Yorkers.
"To achieve the vision and goal of a more affordable New York for working families, we need to address the reality of the budget left behind. Finding government savings is important, provided that services are upheld – but we cannot raid the savings of low income and middle-class New Yorkers to insulate the wealthiest people and corporations in our city.
"I appreciate this administration grappling with a difficult and honest conversation rather than avoiding it. Over the next months, as we analyze and debate the budget in New York City, we will at the same time be looking to Albany to meet the demand for economic justice and relief."
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