"‘Today, after three more months of painstaking work, I am proud to announce that we have closed the gap entirely down to zero. It has not been easy, but we have balanced the budget, and we have done so without placing the burden on the backs of working New Yorkers,’ Mamdani said.

That remaining $5.4 billion has been filled with $4 billion in aid from Albany and $1.77 billion in savings, mostly through efficiencies and not filling vacant positions. Mamdani said he wouldn’t tap into the city’s “rainy day fund” to balance the budget."

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      Nick Shirley is a right wing agitator. His claim to fame was a viral video of him “exposing” child care centers in Minnesota committing millions of dollars worth of fraud. He was horribly wrong.