Last week, Mayor Eric Adams announced a set of severe budgets cuts across all New York City agencies. It’s expected to slash a host of critical municipal services, including trash pickups, afterschool programs, and cops, according to reports.
The news didn’t sit well with New York native Cardi B as she’s been speaking on it ever since. “What’s going to happen to my nieces, what’s going to happen to my nephews, what’s going to happen to my cousins, my aunts, my friends that’s living in the hood?” Cardi B asked in her first video post. “I’m from the Bronx, I don’t want to see my s–t affected … Everybody be like ‘New York is dirty,’ and it is dirty,” the rapper continued. “And we’re going to get even dirtier with the f—ing budget cut.”
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She went on to say, “Crimes are gonna go through the roof because there is a police safety budget cut,” she said, referencing Adams’ cancellation of several police academy classes. “And on top of that there’s a sanitation f—ing budget cut so that means we’re gonna be drowning in rats,” the rapper added. The topic has clearly been stuck on Cardi’s mind as she’s speaking on it again! But this time she’s calling out all the BS and even president Joe Biden for funding two wars that America just can’t afford!
What Has Eric Adams Said?
In a statement released on November 16, the major said, “For months, we have warned New Yorkers about the challenging fiscal situation our city faces. To balance the budget as the law requires, every city agency dug into their own budget to find savings, with minimal disruption to services. And while we pulled it off this time, make no mistake: Migrant costs are going up, tax revenue growth is slowing, and COVID stimulus funding is drying up. No city should be left to handle a national humanitarian crisis largely on its own, and without the significant and timely support we need from Washington, D.C., today’s budget will be only the beginning.”
Chief of Staff Camille Joseph Varlack also said, “By law, we’re required to balance our budget, and this November Financial Plan Update successfully does that with minimal disruptions to services,” she explained.
“Our agencies have stretched dollars further than ever before to deliver as many services as possible to New Yorkers while securing our city’s financial future, and I’m grateful to the dedicated public servants who will have to do more with less as COVID stimulus dries up, tax revenue growth levels off, and the asylum seeker crisis continues to eat away at our city’s finances. But we’re not out of the woods yet, not by a long shot. If we don’t get the help we need from the federal government, we’ll have to take more drastic measures to balance our budget going forward.”
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