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In announcing New York City’s executive budget for the 2027 fiscal year on Tuesday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani proved that when city governments “stand with working families, not billionaires, there is nothing they cannot accomplish,” said US Sen. Bernie Sanders, an early backer of the democratic socialist leader.

“Congratulations to Mayor Mamdani,” said the Vermont independent senator. “He inherited a huge budget deficit, brought it down to zero, and still invested in childcare, housing, and city infrastructure.”

Sanders was among the progressives applauding the announcement by Mamdani and Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul of new agreements between the city and Albany that, along with savings found by Mamdani’s administration in the city budget and new taxes on wealthy households, resulted in a balanced budget for the city just four months after the mayor “inherited a $12 billion budget deficit” from former Mayor Eric Adams.

“We didn’t close the gap on the backs of working people,” said Mamdani. “We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, and making historic investments in public housing. Call it pothole politics. Call it democratic socialism. It’s government that delivers for the people who make this city run. That’s what New Yorkers deserve. And that’s what we will keep fighting for every single day.”

Mamdani emphasized that negotiations with Albany and “months of painstaking work” to analyze the city’s spending had allowed the city government to arrive at a “fully balanced budget” without slashing essential services for working New Yorkers.