“Another budget proposal from another governor has arrived, and much like years before, it’s bloated, weighs far too heavily toward New York City’s individual needs and is filled with a good amount of policy that is barely connected to spending or saving measures. State spending has been egregious since my first year in office nearly eight years ago, but with a difficult inflationary period now impacting the bottom lines of New Yorkers, I’m even less inclined to ask them to pay more in taxes toward the multiple programs pushed by the state. It’s just more evidence that Albany is continually disconnected from the needs of real New Yorkers.”