{"id":182980,"date":"2026-04-02T01:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T01:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/182980\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T01:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T01:34:23","slug":"new-york-city-council-releases-preliminary-budget-response-identifying-6-billion-in-resources-as-alternative-path-to-closing-funding-shortfall-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/182980\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City Council Releases Preliminary Budget Response, Identifying $6 Billion in Resources as Alternative Path to Closing Funding Shortfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Council\u2019s proposals for Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027 would avoid increasing property taxes, drawing down reserves, or reducing critical services for New Yorkers<\/p>\n<p>Council also prioritizes expanding Fair Fares to provide free transit and seed up to $3,000 in college savings account to put every New York family on a clearer path to financial stability<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK, NY \u2013 Today, the New York City Council published its response to Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s Preliminary Budget proposal, offering an alternative budgeting path for Fiscal Years (FY) 2026 and 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2026\/04\/01\/3097\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK, NY\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Today,\u00a0New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin,\u00a0Council\u00a0Members, and civic engagement\u00a0leaders\u00a0held a press conference on National Census Day\u00a0to push back against the Trump administration\u2019s\u00a0efforts to include a citizenship question in the 2030 Census and\u00a0to\u00a0call for proactive investment and planning ahead of the next count.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rally at the rotunda at City Hall highlighted the importance of an accurate Census count to ensure New York receives an appropriate share of federal funding and Congressional representation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2026\/04\/01\/3096\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Council\u2019s proposals for Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027 would avoid increasing property taxes, drawing down reserves, or reducing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-182980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182980","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=182980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}