Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor on Thursday revealing the city is facing up to a $40 million budget shortfall this year. (Kristina Serafini | TribLive)
Pittsburgh could be facing a severe budget shortfall of up to $40 million this year, according to projections revealed Thursday by Mayor Corey O’Connor, leaving his young administration scrambling to figure out how to cover costs.
O’Connor blamed inaccurate predictions and “a lot of false assumptions” by the previous administration for the financial predicament he said the city is in…