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Mayor Adams to lay out NYC priorities in 11th-hour Albany

trip ahead of state budget deadline
By Denis Slattery , Chris Sommerfeldt and Michael Gartland
New York Daily News • Mar 27, 2023 at 1:30 pm

Mayor Adams is once again returning to his old upstate stomping grounds on Monday
to meet with Gov. Hochul and legislative leaders as he seeks to ensure they keep New
York City in mind as they negotiate a state budget.

Adams, a former state senator, trekked to Albany last month to testify before
lawmakers, boosting the governor’s proposed bail changes while expressing concerns
about the fiscal implications of Hochul’s $227 billion budget blueprint.

The mayor previously shared his worry that portions of Hochul’s fiscal plan could pose
big problems for the Big Apple, arguing that proposals to expand charter schools and
force the city to contribute more to the cash-strapped MTA could devastate city
finances.

His return to the Capitol comes days before the state’s Friday fiscal deadline.

Gov. Hochul and Mayor Adams make an announcement on subway safety during a press conference at Fulton Transit Center
on Jan. 27. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Adams has expressed support for many of Hochul’s policy priorities, including the bulk LATEST
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year, state lawmakers dealt Adams a political blow as they refused to include an 49m
extension of mayoral control of city schools and the renewal of a program granting
developers tax breaks in exchange for setting aside affordable housing in the budget.

The mayor last month also argued that the state is shortchanging the city when it comes
to aid and resources needed to help handle the influx of more than 45,000 asylum-
who have been bused in from states’ along the southern U.S. border.

Adams’ main points of contention with Hochul’s budget proposal centered around her
plan to require the city contribute $500 million annually towards the Metropolitan
Transit Authority and the removal of the cap on the number of charter schools, which
he estimated would cost the city more than $1 billion.

The mayor’s fiscal concerns haven’t led to any major rifts with the governor and the two
are on the same page, at least publicly, when it comes to criminal justice and other
policy priorities.

Adams also aligns with Hochul in her opposition to increasing taxes on the state’s
wealthiest residents. The pair of moderate Dems have said they fear raising income
taxes on top earners could drive the rich to relocate to other states, something that
proponents of the plan argue would not be the case.

The mayor has also called for increasing penalties on shoplifters and said he would like
to see the state expand the earned income and child tax credits.

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