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Thursday, June 03, 2004
Is this a surprise? Not really. From Gotham Gazette - www.gothamgazette.com "The New York State Financial Control Board reviewed Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed $46.9 billion budget and found the "city's finances remain structurally unbalanced." Despite an improving economy and an expected surplus in this year's financial plan, the state board warned of serious problems ahead that can only be solved through permanent spending cuts or increases in taxes. Spending for Medicaid, employee pensions, and union contracts are expected to dramatically increase in the future. The city is also relying too heavily on temporary increases to the personal income and sales taxes that will expire over the next two years, the board said." None of the above will come as a surprise to any AngryNYker.com readers. The real question is, will anything be done before reality painfully forces change? The NYS Financial Control Board's June 2 report, Review of FY 2004, is available here - http://www.fcb.state.ny.us/pdf/NYC_Review_of_FY_2004.pdf. The report is actually fairly damning, with such choice passages as: "there has been no real improvement in the city's fiscal situation since FY 2003 despite relying on $1 billion in temporary tax increases and experiencing very strong growth in the continuing tax base because of the upturn in the economy. A major reason for this lack of improvement is that last year the city relied on some $3 billion intemporary resources, including $1.5 billion from borrowed funds to pay for operating expenses. The report only came out yesterday, but I'd expect this to be front page news in all the NY papers. It isn't. The question is why?
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