Mayor Adams chose his alma mater, Bayside High School, to present his executive budget plan for the 2026 fiscal year last Friday.
Calling it the “best budget ever” on a stage filled with students, Adams said it is a balanced and fiscally responsible proposal that permanently funds many line items in the baseline budget, and leaves the city in a position to respond to as-yet-unknown cuts in federal and state funding and potential economic downturns.
The $115.1 billion figure is a counterproposal to the $116.8 billion plan submitted by the City Council in April, and larger than the $114.5 billion Adams set out in his preliminary budget plan in January…