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Donovan Richards: “Originally [the budget gap] was 12 billion, a little bit…”

Featuring: Donovan Richards, Democratic | Borough President of Queens | New York

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I think Mayor Mamdani can arguably go back to her and the state leaders and say, hey, we need a little bit more. So the gap, you know, Originally [the budget gap] was 12 billion, a little bit over 12 billion. Then it comes down to 7. And then, you know, yesterday it came down to I think about 5.4 billion. So, you know, there are a myriad of things we can be looking at. One of the things I always, as somebody who sat on the budget negotiating team in the council said, is we need to look at police overtime. (15:27–15:36)

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Asserts that the budget gap decreased from over $12 billion to about $5.4 billion.

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