Budget cuts

Adams is slated to release his preliminary budget for fiscal year 2025 Tuesday.

Adams’ efforts came as he slashes funding for city services, including schools, libraries and parks, due to what his administration has called a fiscal crisis.

The little-noticed move raises questions about the transparency and effectiveness of the city’s handling of the migrant crisis.

The remaining deficit means library hours and free programs could still face cuts.

Library leaders are warning staff that the cuts could mean closing libraries on Saturdays and Sundays.

Backers of the library system say the cuts will mean the loss of vital programs.

The call for cuts comes as some city agencies have been struggling to deliver critical services amid an ongoing exodus of city workers and difficulty hiring.

The long, drawn out saga of the Adams administration’s cuts to school budgets has had many twists and turns over the past couple months.

The education department said the company that sold the air purifiers to the city – Delos Living – has an exclusive contract to distribute the costly filters. The high price tag comes as schools face hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts to spending by the Adams administration.

In a temporary victory for Mayor Eric Adams, an appellate judge blocked a lower court’s decision last week, allowing his administration to implement hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts to school budgets based on declining enrollment in New York City schools.