Mayor Zohran Mamdani is pleading with the City Council to sign off on a budget extension — as the freshman city leader scrambles to try to milk Albany for more money with his wish list of new taxes DOA, The Post has learned. Sources said Speaker Julie Menin — who has been a check on the mayor’s bloated budget spending — agreed to the request, with the caveat of the socialist mayor agreeing to find savings to fill the nearly $6 billion gap.
Hizzoner requested the delay from the council with hopes that Gov. Kathy Hochul and other state lawmakers will help reduce the financial strain on the Big Apple by pausing mandates that set maximum class sizes and redirecting some state funds, according to sources briefed on the talks. Menin has found common ground with Mamdani on those issues, quietly pushing Albany behind closed doors to redirect more money to the city and easing the financial burden of the state requirements.
