Adams’ $115B ‘Best Budget Ever’ is chocked full of freebies fit for an election year — but critics say it doesn’t prepare NYC for the worst

Source: New York Post

The “Best Budget Ever” may not prepare for the worst. Mayor Eric Adams served up a $115 billion election year spending plan Thursday that’s stuffed with voter-pleasing goodies, but that was still slammed by critics for squirreling away relatively little for a rainy day. Hizzoner, who faces an uphill re-election battle, unveiled his 2026 executive budget during a campaign-like event from his alma mater Bayside High School in Queens, rather than City Hall, from which such announcements have traditionally been done.