Reference: Visit websiteThe City Council and the mayor's office are set to shake hands Friday on a more than $111 billion budget, which restores funding to city libraries and reverses some previous cuts to the Parks Department, according to people familiar with the negotiations.
The fiscal year 2025 budget restores more than $58 million to the city's three library systems — which could allow for Sunday service to return — and another $53 million for other cultural institutions, like museums, according to Speaker Adrienne Adams and Mayor Eric Adams.
The new budget also adds $15 million in more permanent funding dedicated to parks maintenance and cleaning jobs at 100 "hot spots" at 61 parks across the city that are known to need more attention, those people said.
The deal will formally be announced Friday, and it's unclear how much more the budget total will be beyond a projected $111 billion from the mayor's proposed executive budget released in April.
Throughout the year, the council and Adams had multiple public disputes, including the council overriding his vetoes on public safety bills and a measure to expand rental vouchers.
The mayor, though, repeatedly said that he and the council speaker would "land the plane" and agree on a budget, just as they've done twice since 2022.
On Thursday, he again said to "let the process go through," but predicted "success" on a budget deal.
Speaker Adams, who leads the Council and worked years ago as a flight attendant, alluded to turbulence last week.
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