{"id":136253,"date":"2026-02-17T16:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/136253\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:40:13","slug":"state-gives-1-5b-to-nyc-to-plug-budget-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/136253\/","title":{"rendered":"State Gives $1.5B to NYC to Plug Budget Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The contribution now shrinks the city&#8217;s budget deficit to $5.5 billion, down from the initial $12 billion\u00a0projection,\u00a0that was later revised to $7 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Kathy Hochul on Monday said the state will allocate an additional $1.5 billion in operating expenses over two years to help address New York City\u2019s fiscal challenges.<\/p>\n<p>This additional funding includes $510 million in recurring funding targeted towards costs that had shifted from the state to New York City under prior administrations, including about $300 million for youth programming, a restoration of $150 million in sales tax receipts that would have otherwise been retained by the state, and $60 million for public health. The remaining $500 million will be targeted to shared priorities to be determined in subsequent discussions, she said.<\/p>\n<p>The contribution now shrinks the city&#8217;s budget deficit to $5.5 billion, down from the initial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bkreader.com\/policy-government\/nyc-mayor-sounds-the-alarm-on-budget-shortfall-11807196\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$12 billion<\/a>\u00a0projection,\u00a0that was later revised to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bkreader.com\/policy-government\/mamdani-encouraged-that-city-can-fill-7b-budget-gap-11872282\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$7 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA strong New York City means a stronger New York State. This investment protects services and puts the city on stable financial footing,\u201d Hochul said\u00a0in a statement.\u00a0\u201cNew Yorkers expect the state and the city to work together, and I\u2019m proud to partner with the Mayor to deliver for working families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Zohran Mamdani, scheduled to present the city&#8217;s fiscal budget proposal on Tuesday afternoon, has\u00a0been calling for a tax hike on corporations and wealthy New Yorkers to fill the budget gap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking New Yorkers did not create this budget crisis and they should not be the ones to pay for it,&#8221; Mamdani said. &#8220;After years of staggering fiscal mismanagement under the previous administration, our city deserves responsible and collaborative leadership. I am heartened by this budgetary progress and Governor Hochul\u2019s partnership at this critical moment. This is what it looks like to begin a new, productive, and fair relationship between City Hall and Albany \u2013 focused on delivering for working New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The contribution now shrinks the city&#8217;s budget deficit to $5.5 billion, down from the initial $12 billion\u00a0projection,\u00a0that was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-136253","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-queens","12":"tag-queens-headlines","13":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}