Mamdani Puts Off the Pain--for Now
Source: RealClearPolitics - Homepage · Bias: Center Right
Summary
We won't know for sure until the state budget is officially closed in the next few days, but it seems clear Mayor Zohran Mamdani did an extraordinary job of persuading Governor Kathy Hochul to pony up an extra $4 billion in assistance to the city. But that doesn't mean Mamdani is out of the fiscal woods.
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