Mayor Taps Public Health Exec
San Francisco Mayor London Breed said Wednesday that she’s appointed a new top budget official following the resignation of longtime City Controller Ben Rosenfield last year. Breed selected Greg Wagner, currently a top executive at the Department of Public Health, to lead the influential Controller’s Office. In addition to helping prepare the city’s budget and […]
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Mayor Adams reversing some NYPD, FDNY cuts
New York City won’t freeze hiring of police officers or lay off disabled firefighters this fiscal year after all, Mayor Adams announced Wednesday, saying he’s able to call off the planned NYPD and FDNY cuts thanks to “better than anticipated” tax revenues and a reduction in projected migrant crisis spending. Speaking at an afternoon press […]
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$10 million in service cuts could soon come to city
A fierce San Jose City Hall debate this summer between business and labor interests that resulted in wage increases for thousands of municipal workers and avoided a major strike is now raising concerns over what the long-term financial impact of the pay bumps could portend. The salary hikes forced city councilmembers on Tuesday to make […]
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Republicans Set On Hurting Their Own Constituents With Draconian Budget Cuts | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
red states than in blue states. Getty Images House Republicans have now passed legislation that would drastically cut people off from a wide range of programs vital to their financial security in exchange for a promise to let the federal government honor its past commitments and pay its bills. These cuts if indeed enacted would […]
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Orleans DA asks City Council to boost staff with $4.4 million budget increase | #citycouncil
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams on Tuesday (Nov. 1) asked the City Council to increase his office’s budget by at least $4.4 million in 2023. During the first day of City Council hearings on Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s budget proposals, Williams claimed his office lacks the resources and prosecutors to properly […]
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Fake outrage over City Council’s ‘tiny’ school budget cut may spark bad precedents | #citycouncil
With school enrollment plummeting and the city needing to conserve cash for future deficits, Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council nodded at fiscal responsibility last month, slightly paring back education spending. Now this tiny cut is causing chaos. You’ve got to wonder: If the city can’t achieve this modest trim, what will happen when […]
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