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The People’s Plan NYC Statement on FY27 Preliminary Budget

The People’s Plan NYC Statement on FY27 Preliminary Budget

We can’t fund care without Albany but the City needs to do better with the tools and powers it has. We are encouraged by the Mayor’s investments in the Department of Finance and Law Department, as outlined in the People’s Plan’s “Make ‘Em Pay” proposal. Those staff should be directed to make big landlords and corporate bad actors pay up the $1+ billion they owe the city. We encourage the Administration to staff up agencies that enforce the law against corporate bad actors and bring in millions of dollars in corporate penalties and revenue to the city.

Statement on Mayor Mamdani’s Direction to Review Agency Efficiencies

Statement on Mayor Mamdani’s Direction to Review Agency Efficiencies

Mayor Mamdani’s decision to designate agency-level chief savings officers reflects the seriousness of the city’s fiscal situation and a commitment to transparency after years of mismanagement at City Hall. Asking agencies to closely examine operations and report back on efficiencies — rather than defaulting to across-the-board PEGs — is a meaningful shift toward accountability and understanding how public dollars are actually being spent. Efficiencies, however, cannot come at the expense of New Yorkers’ basic needs.

People’s Budget Statement on FY27 City Budget Gap

People’s Budget Statement on FY27 City Budget Gap

On the city-level, as partners in this work, we look forward to working with the Mayor and City Council to ensure New York City resources the agencies and the offices in city government that enforce the city law and make corporate bad actors pay what they owe—unlocking up to $2 billion in revenue currently being left on the table.

Fiscal Year 2026 Adopted Budget Press Release

Fiscal Year 2026 Adopted Budget Press Release

Our response to a final vote on June 30th, 2025 on the New York City Fiscal Year 2026 budget - more than $500M in NYC's budget for affordable futures and public safety! Click here to learn more.

Teens Against Eric Adams

Teens Against Eric Adams

A group of New York City students rallied to have Eric Adams stop foreclosing on their future. "Hey hey, ho ho, these budget cuts have got to go," the dozens of students chanted as they arrived at Tweed Courthouse, where the City's Department of Education is based. Holding signs reading "Stop Cutting Student Futures" and "Protect the Families in This City," they and some of their teachers were there to protest years of inadequate funding for public schools, in conjunction with the group People's Plan NYC, which has been protesting Adams's austerity measures since his first term.

NYC students call on Mayor Adams to invest more in schools, child care, and immigrant aid

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NYC students call on Mayor Adams to invest more in schools, child care, and immigrant aid

It wasn’t until Samira did some research and helped her mom obtain a voucher that subsidizes the cost of child care for low-income families that she could fully resume her extracurricular activities. That experience is part of what drove Samira to speak out, alongside dozens of her classmates and members of the People’s Plan, a progressive coalition pushing for additional investments in social services, at the Education Department’s downtown headquarters on Thursday. They demanded additional investments in early childhood education, support for immigrant students, arts education, mental health, and CUNY.

High School Students Lead Rally Demanding Mayor Adams Halt Budget Cuts

High School Students Lead Rally Demanding Mayor Adams Halt Budget Cuts

This morning, 80 students from Leaders High School gathered on the steps of the Tweed Courthouse to demand that Mayor Eric Adams reverse harmful budget cuts to critical public services. The rally is part of the FY26 People’s Budget Campaign led by The People’s Plan, calling for a just and equitable city budget that centers communities instead of special interests.

Housing Notebook: Scott Sommer spoke with Zara Nasir, Executive Director of The People’s Plan NYC

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Housing Notebook: Scott Sommer spoke with Zara Nasir, Executive Director of The People’s Plan NYC

Scott Sommer spoke with Zara Nasir, Executive Director of The People's Plan NYC, about the People's Plan's work on a people's budget that can restore cuts made by Eric Adams and reverse the push for austerity and privatization, the blaming and possible persecution of migrants, and collusion with the federal govt.