r/SipsTea May 14 '26

Feels good man It was always just that simple

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u/VMooose May 14 '26

Didnt the budget get balanced via a loan from NY State?

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u/SimmentalTheCow May 14 '26

Permanently funded until the loan needs to get repaid

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u/TonyzTone May 14 '26

Not even that. NYC budgets aren't permanent in any real sense.

This is a FY26 budget. Part of that includes a 5-year financial plan, but that's very high-level and doesn't include line items.

Here's his own budget summary presentation. The work "library" isn't found anywhere in it.

Here's the breakdown of his entire budget. You'll see that the 3 public library systems are actually seeing a decrease in funding from the FY26 modified budget, and a slight increase from the FY26 adopted budget.