A day after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul repeated her message that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Council Speaker Julie Menin should cut spending to balance the city’s budget, Mamdani reiterated his call for state assistance, saying that cutting spending won’t be enough to close the gap.
“There is no amount of savings that would absolve Albany of the need to partner with the city, given the scale of this crisis,” Mamdani said, speaking Wednesday in the Bronx to announce an effort to get more New Yorkers to testify at the Rental Guideline Board hearing.
