$21.2 billion
New York City sends $21.2 billion more to Albany than it gets back every year. Here's what that could fund instead.
That's equivalent to
3.6
NYPD annual operating budgets
$5.8B each
FY2025 adopted operating budget of $5.83B. The annual drain to Albany could fund the entire NYPD 3.6 times over.
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That's equivalent to
12.7
fully funded universal pre-K programs
$1.7B each
Combined 3-K for All + Pre-K for All spending of $1.67B (FY2024, excluding special ed pre-K).
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That's equivalent to
1.5
MTA capital plans
$13.7B each
$68.4B five-year plan annualized to $13.68B/yr. The drain could fund 1.5 years of MTA capital investment annually.
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That's equivalent to
5.6
times total U.S. military aid to Israel: $3.8B in 2021, $17.9B in 2024. That's even more than 2024. And we all know what's going on there.
$3.8B each
Albany gets more every single year than the U.S. sent Israel even at wartime peak.
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