November 16, 2022 — “In the midst of an overall budget increase, the Adams administration is proposing a series of disruptive and unnecessary mid-year cuts to social services, supportive housing, services for the elderly, health and mental hygiene services and CUNY programs, as well as the devastating elimination of universal 3-K from the city’s long-term planning.”

“By breaking the promise of universal 3-K while at the same time allowing the NYPD and DOC to maintain their bloated budgets, Mayor Adams shows how deeply he has failed New Yorkers on his campaign promise to ‘educate not incarcerate’.”

“The council should reject these disruptive and unnecessary mid-year cuts, reaffirm the promise of universal 3-K, and tell Mayor Adams to focus on fixing the administrative rot that has decimated city agencies during his first year in office.”

The People’s Plan is a collective vision for a City that provides dignity, care, and justice for all New Yorkers. It offers the priorities of hundreds of organizers and advocates through a comprehensive, multi-issue roadmap around housing, anti-criminalization, education, economy, climate, transit, and health. The intent of The People’s Plan is to set the agenda for a racially and socially just city and provide a clear people-centered mandate for 2022 and beyond.