A $112 billion budget

and new Jiminy Glick videos! #86

Also, Astoria Pool has reopened.

The council and the mayor shook hands on a budget on Friday, doing their ceremony just hours ago at City Hall.

The top notes from a quick glance: libraries and cultural institutions and parks got some money back, so there can be seven day library service and programs and more cleaners at parks. There’s money for a new trauma center in Rockaway. And the reserves are up.

This deal comes after tension both sides won’t really publicly admit to, and a year of vetoes and overridden vetoes between the mayor and the council. The mayor insisted the team would “land the plane” and on Friday he even brought a model airplane.

The council will vote Sunday on the new budget. Here’s my take on it, and a few other takes:

💰The library funding is restored [GOTHAMIST/WNYC]
💰The budget also increases Fair Fares eligibility [amNY]
💰Full council release on the budget [NYCC]

Other interesting stories:

MTA service could get worse without the influx of cash expected from congestion pricing [THE CITY]
Who’s the next Joey Chestnut? [GRUBSTREET]
How NYC’s unpaid property tax system has left some Harlem tenants in the lurch [THE CITY]
More older New Yorkers are ending up in homeless shelters [NYT]

From 🌴Summer & THE CITY 🌴

The least exclusive beach club in New York City, a profile on a surf camp in Rockaway, the hands behind New York City’s hoop dreams, and how Dyckman Basketball got to become the red carpet of streetball.

🔊LISTEN🔊

I was on WNYC last week talking about sandwiches  [ALL OF IT]

📺WATCH📺

My prayers have been answered and Jiminy Glick is back with two interviews this week. 

Thanks for reading!