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KaiDaiz t1_itrlypd wrote

City has no money, a budget deficit and predecessor didn't properly plan to finance UPK program once grants runs out. Only way to solve it is to find 700M-1B+ somewhere and no one wants to hike taxes or do more budget cuts. Simple as that.

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DontDrinkTooMuch t1_itrn8js wrote

Fucking ridiculous. They could introduce a vacancy tax and have revenue generated with or without empty storefronts.

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KaiDaiz t1_itrnmul wrote

ya that will pass quickly. BdB would could have done it 5+ yrs ago during his term when program was conceived to fund it if he thought it was possible. Obviously that idea was not possible then and just as bleak now.

Also its LVT you should be arguing for

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Lilyo OP t1_itt1fpg wrote

The richest city in history with the largest number of billionaires in the world doesnt have money for education? Like 90% of NYers favor raising taxes on the wealthy, but i guess they are all nobodies.

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KaiDaiz t1_itt2z37 wrote

Go ahead find the money...if if was so easy to come up with it we wouldn't be talking about it. We simply do not have the funds and yet no one has come up with a proposal that reachable in time to fund it. No reasonable ideas achievable in given time frame. but do tell me how rich and easy to fund it. Btw, our education budget is absurd by world standards.

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