"Even as City Hall describes parts of its spending plan as "actions of last resort," Mayor Zohran Mamdani is steering millions into an expanding "racial equity" bureaucracy and six-figure diversity positions. To finance the $127 billion agenda, the plan carries steep trade-offs - higher taxes on wealthy residents and corporations, a potential 9.5% property tax increase if state lawmakers decline to act and a 5,000-officer reduction in the New York City Police Department's ranks."
"Under Mamdani's plan, the city's Office of Racial Equity would receive $5.6 million annually, while the Commission on Racial Equity would be allocated $4.6 million - a combined total of $10.2 million. The new figure represents roughly a $3 million increase - or about a 42% jump - from the approximately $7.2 million allocated last year. Together, the allocations support a growing racial equity apparatus within City Hall."
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s $127 billion budget expands the city's racial equity infrastructure, increases funding for diversity roles, and advances progressive programs such as free buses and city-owned grocery stores. The Office of Racial Equity is set to receive $5.6 million and the Commission on Racial Equity $4.6 million, a combined $10.2 million allocation about $3 million higher than last year. The Office employs 38 staff and the Commission includes 16 paid roles. The budget proposes higher taxes on wealthy residents and corporations, a possible 9.5% property tax increase if the state does not act, and a reduction of 5,000 NYPD officers.
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