The Senate and the assembly this year want to raise taxes. $4 billion. That's their budget proposal. $4 billion increase. The Governor Hochul says no new taxes. They say 4 billion in new taxes. City Council historically was even worse. Right? They were more extreme, wanted more money, and the mayor was the responsible check in balance. Here you have the city Council, which is actually more financially responsible than the mayor, saying to the mayor, we're not doing your property tax increase. We're not raising these taxes. (06:23–06:37)
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Asserts that historically, the City Council wanted more money and was more extreme than the mayor.
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