Well, you can when it comes to property tax. The mayor controls that. And it's absolutely skyrocketing and forcing people out. So you look at the budget itself. The biggest obvious thing that needs cutting is the Department of Education. $41 billion out of 18. 118 billion. That's 1/3 of the budget. Think about it. $42,000 a child was spending. Now that keeps accelerating. And where would you specifically cut out of the DOE budget? (01:07)
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Asserts that the Department of Education's budget is $41 billion, a third of the city's total budget.
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