Council warned: Stop assigning more work to understaffed city departments

With 18% of Richmond's city positions left vacant to balance the budget, the city manager told the city council to stop creating new roles and adding new priorities.

## Richmond nears budget deadline with numerous questions unanswered

City staffers asked council to weigh in on budget priorities. Instead the mayor ended the meeting abruptly without a vote.

## City’s lean staffing leaves workers scrambling to get their work done, they say

A preview of Richmond's $275 million budget shows personnel costs expected to increase more than 37% from 2021.

Zohran Mamdani has called for taxing the rich to close New York City’s large budget deficit. His position is popular with most New Yorkers, but wealthy City Council Speaker Julie Menin is giving cover to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s refusal to raise taxes.

Julie Menin’s refusal to push for higher taxes on the wealthy is of a piece with her other moves as the highest-ranking member of the city…