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donderdag 12 maart 2026
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Thursday, March 12, 2026
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Dear New Yorkers,
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to balance the city budget — which banks on a Wall Street-driven boost to tax revenues and an across-the-board property tax hike — drew jeers Wednesday in front of the City Council.
Comptroller Mark Levine and the Independent Budget Office warned the council’s finance committee that counting on a continued Wall Street boom is risky. Their testimony came as the state legislature and Gov. Hochul work to finalize negotiations on a state budget that will determine how much money the city will receive and whether Albany agrees to Mamdani’s demand to raise corporate and income taxes on wealthy New Yorkers.
The state Assembly and Senate both included tax hikes in their own proposals last week, while Hochul remains opposed to the measure.
“The Wall Street boom may continue, and I hope it does,” Levine said at the Council’s first hearing on the mayor’s proposal. “But we should not count on it.”
Weather ☔
Rain showers likely before 2:00 p.m, with a slight chance of rain and snow showers after. A high of 61 in the morning falling to around 42 for the rest of the day.
MTA 🚇
In Brooklyn, there will be no L service between Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues and Atlantic Avenue between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. due to track maintenance. Find all the MTA’s planned service changes and the latest delay information here.
Lawyers for Jabez Chakraborty, the 23-year-old man who was shot by police in January while wielding a knife during a psychotic break, moved Wednesday to dismiss attempted assault charges against him, charging that Queens prosecutors secretly indicted him before he, his family or his psychiatrist could testify to a grand jury about his mental state.
Hundreds of volunteers fanned out to subway stations, parks and public plazas early Wednesday to take a measure of homelessness across the city at a time when an estimated 85,000 people are in city shelters. The annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate had originally been planned for January, but was pushed back by the sub-freezing temperatures that resulted in more than 20 outdoor deaths.
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
Thursday, March 12: The School of American Ballet presents the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Evening for Female Choreography, an event celebrating the artistry, imagination and leadership of the next generation of women in ballet. Free, at 6:30 p.m. at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Register here.
Thursday, March 12: Musical legend and technological savant Nona Hendryx leads a discussion on contemporary Black artistic practice at Lincoln Center. Free, at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 13: A reading by award winning poets Heather Christle, Monica Ferrell and Diane Mehta with introductions by NYU Creative Writing students, followed by a reception and book signing. Free, at 5 p.m. RSVP required.
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