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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio rolled out a $98.6 billion “recovery budget” on Monday – the largest budget in the city’s history – but he’ll only get to spend half of it. Because six months into the next fiscal year, a new mayor will be taking office. So it seemed odd that the mayor’s executive budget was met with near silence from the eight leading Democrats who are hoping to inherit the city – and the $3.9 billion budget gap that de Blasio’s bean counters predict for the next mayor’s first full fiscal year. Shaun Donovan, who once managed the $4 trillion federal budget, was the only candidate who even put out a statement, criticizing de Blasio for failing to make progress on key issues like police reform and “passing the buck to his eventual successor and ultimately, the NYC taxpayer.” (Unlike his arguably misdirected finger-pointing at de Blasio for the census results, Donovan’s budget statement went largely unnoticed.)
If you're going to lead the city post-pandemic, the revival of Broadway is front and center to NYC's recovery. From Hamilton to Les Miserables, we asked the Democratic mayoral contenders about their favorite theatre shows.
NYC mayoral candidates talk favorite Broadway shows: ‘Hamilton’ tops the list Tim Balk
Even after the coronavirus curtain crept up ever so slightly on Broadway, with glimmers of performance returning to Midtown this month, New York City’s next mayor will likely preside over much of the relaunch of the world’s most celebrated theater district.
Industry insiders hope that major productions might make it back onto The Great White Way sometime in the late summer or early fall, and the return is expected to be staggered as demand grows and the health crisis subsides. In what amounted to an initial teaser, a small crowd took in an abbreviated pop-up performance at the St. James Theatre in early April.
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