Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey delivering his final budget address in November. He will allow the 2026 spending plan, which now includes a 20% property tax hike inserted by City Council, become law without his signature. (Shane Dunlap | TribLive)
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey plans to let next year’s $693 million, City Council-backed budget — and the 20% property tax hike set to come with it — become law without his signature.
Gainey, in a letter Tuesday to council President R. Daniel Lavelle, called the 2026 budget he initially pitched in November “balanced” and slammed the city’s governing body for increasing spending from his original proposal of $680 million…