Mayor de Blasio OKs recommended raise of almost $26000 for City Council

The mayor said the cuts in state funding to the city – an estimated $800 million this year that is expected to rise to $1.5 billion by 2020 – can not be absorbed without deep reductions to other city services.

“What you’ll see is it won’t cost New York City a penny”, Mr. Cuomo said in an interview on NY1 Thursday afternoon.

De Blasio told reporters after the speech that “the state has not played a direct funding role in our 200,000 units” but said the governor’s plan “can only be for the good of New York City if the state is making an additional commitment to New York City on affordable housing”, according to Capital New York. Revenue remained strong as the city’s economy produced record jobs and a robust real estate market.

De Blasio, who also is a Democrat, said the governor’s proposal to inspect homeless shelters is consistent with the city’s own work to ensure the facilities are safe.

The mayor said Thursday he had no forewarning about the proposed cuts from Mr. Cuomo, with whom he has publicly feuded over the past two years. On Wednesday, he traveled to Albany, where he explained to legislators how the city is handling a shelter population of 58,000 people with another 3,000 to 4,000 living on the street.

The mayor said the governor’s proposal could spell future financial trouble for the city and that he would enlist the help of state lawmakers to strip the proposed cuts from the budget.

But Mr.de Blasio rejected the notion that the city was flush with cash.

De Blasio followed the appearance with a statement that also softened his put-up-your-dukes tone from hours earlier, saying he looked forward to a “coordinated effort” with the governor’s office to identify management reforms.

In a media briefing following Cuomo’s address, de Blasio said he did not believe the announcement gave Stringer any new powers.

In 2012, Cuomo froze the share of Medicaid costs that local governments like New York City have to pay.

“Through new programs and initiatives like our Sustainable Neighborhood Bonds, HDC is partnering with our sister agency HPD to create new housing opportunities for some of the neediest New Yorkers as well as those working families struggling to make ends meet”. The federal government funds roughly half the Medicaid costs, the state pays about 35 percent, while the counties and New York City cover 15 percent. Seventy-four percent of undergraduates at CUNY four-year schools are black, Asian or Latino.

“CUNY offers the most reliable route out of poverty in our very cruel economy and performs such an important function in a moment of great income inequality”, Bowen said.