Making Sense of the City Budget

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 6, 2023

Mayor Adams has called for city agencies to cut their budgets, but the Independent Budget Office found the city is owed more than $2 billion dollars in unpaid fines. NYC Council Member Gale Brewer (District 6, Central Park, Lincoln Square, Upper West Side, Clinton), who commissioned the IBO's report, shares her priorities for the city's budget.

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