"Under Mr. de Blasio, the city’s budget has soared to a record $102.8 billion, and the city work force rose to more than 325,000 employees, its highest level ever." nytimes.com/2021/12/31/nyreg…

De Blasio’s Costly Legacy: The Biggest City Work Force Ever (Published 2021)

The budget soared under Mayor Bill de Blasio, who significantly expanded the size of New York City government. The next mayor, Eric Adams, might have to rein it in.

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I know cities have way larger competences in the US, that municipalities in Europe don't have generally, but $102 bn sounds as an astronomical budget, like 1/13th of the whole Italian state budget, and 325,000 is a gigantic workforce, like 4 % of the city's population.
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Replying to @ChittiMarco @MarketUrbanism
I find city budgets in the US hard to compare given the variation in what's included, and when many of the things sometimes included (e.g., hospitals (recall US medical billing), airports) have large budgets with relatively small subsidy/profit from/to the general budget.

Jan 2, 2022 · 1:04 PM UTC
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