NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today released the following statement following the federal administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announcement that it would pause funding to different federal programs across the nation, including to New York City, which has received an average of $11.8 billion in federal grants over each of the past five fiscal years:
“New Yorkers’ federal income tax dollars are some of the highest in the country. For decades, we have worked with the federal government to bring a huge chunk of those tax dollars back to the five boroughs to pay for critical services New Yorkers rely on and to better the lives of our city’s 8.3 million residents. We are assessing the full reach of the administration’s announcement, as specific programs are not named in the memo. We are in touch with our federal counterparts as we continue to monitor this situation closely, and we will advocate firmly on behalf of New Yorkers whose lives are impacted by affected programs.”
The federal administration’s OMB memo released carves out “assistance provided directly to New Yorkers,” including for Social Security and Medicare, but as additional guidance was just released, the City of New York is still assessing what other, if any, assistance programs would be included in this order.
