Mamdani Casts Blame on Eric Adams for NYC $12B Deficit Budget: NYC Facing 'Serious Fiscal Crisis'

Mamdani Casts Blame on Eric Adams for NYC $12B Deficit Budget: NYC Facing ‘Serious Fiscal Crisis’


New York City (NYC) Mayor Zohran Mamdani cast blame on former NYC Mayor Eric Adams for the city’s $12 billion deficit budget, stating that the city is facing a “serious fiscal crisis.”

During a press conference on Wednesday, Mamdani accused Adams of underbudgeting important services that NYC residents “rely on every single day,” while “quietly leaving behind enormous gaps for the future.” Mamdani also accused former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) of extracting NYC’s “resources” and using the city’s revenues to “address state level holes, while withholding from the city what it was owed.”

“There is a massive fiscal deficit in our city’s budget to the tune of at least $12 billon. We did not arrive at this place by accident. This crisis has

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