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Passages

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Tue May 12, 2026, 05:10 PM May 12

Mayor@ZohranKMamdani has announced a balanced budget with no cuts to essential services,

BREAKING: Mayor @ZohranKMamdani has announced a balanced budget with no cuts to essential services, no property tax increases, $4 billion more from the state government, and a new tax hike on the ultra-wealthy.

https://prospect.org/2026/05/12/mamdani-announces-balanced-budget-without-cuts/




Odd how Republicans always say this is not possible.
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Mayor@ZohranKMamdani has announced a balanced budget with no cuts to essential services, (Original Post) Passages May 12 OP
Folks, this is NO SMALL FEAT! no_hypocrisy May 12 #1
Many of us are glad he is gone. Passages May 12 #2

no_hypocrisy

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1. Folks, this is NO SMALL FEAT!
Tue May 12, 2026, 05:24 PM
May 12

Mayor Emeritus Eric Adams, knowing he wasn't going to be re-elected, went on a spending spree to the tune of millions before he left, knowing that it would create huge budget problems for Mamdani.

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