De Blasio’s budget: 9 ways it could affect Brooklyn
Mayor Bill de Blasio presented his yearly preliminary budget on Monday, describing it as fiscally responsible yet progressive and honest.
Thanks to higher-than-projected revenues, the $77.7 billion budget would close a $1.8 billion deficit and increase spending for social services and education without raising taxes, cutting services or laying off workers.
Below are nine ways the preliminary budget’s effects could be felt in Brooklyn.