🚨JUST IN: Mayor Zohran Mamdani's executive budget restores PERMANENT funding for New York City libraries, parks, cultural institutions, and CUNY, ending what advocates have called the annual budget dance.
The numbers, released Tuesday at City Hall.
$31.7 million additional for the three city library systems. $15 million for the Parks Department. $10 million for cultural organizations. $15 million for the City University of New York. $25 million for the Fair Fares program for low-income transit riders. $40 million for the Office of Community Safety. $26 million for hate crime prevention.
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