De Blasio’s Homelessness Plan Will Cut the Record-High Shelter Population By Just Four Percent Bill de Blasio's long-promised solution to the crisis will reduce the 60,000 people living in city shelters by just 2,500 over five years. By Will Bredderman
Council Presses for Funding Despite Assurances Budget Dance is Dead City Council members said the mayor's city budget would mean waiting lists for seniors services and libraries shuttered on weekends. By Jillian Jorgensen
City Council Asks for More Transparency at First Budget Hearing Members of the City Council's Finance Committee pressed the de Blasio Administration for more transparency in $77.7 billion city budget. By Jillian Jorgensen