After a decade-long spending spree and a devastating pandemic, New York City is now staring at three years of huge budget deficits, beginning with at least $4.2 billion in the year that starts in July of next year.
Mayor Eric Adams, rightly, is trying to wring some savings from the city’s $106 billion budget.
But rather than cut, New York City should increase its outreach and pay providers what they are owed.
Frank Dwyer, a spokesman for the Department of Correction, said in a statement that the agency would provide the social services previously performed by contractors.
But that could be difficult at the city’s jail complexes, which continue to suffer from violence and inmate deaths.