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As people continue to struggle with job loss and budgets get tighter, a lot of Americans are really concerned about putting food on the table. Grocery prices across the country have risen since the start of the pandemic — and with many of us still homebound due to COVID-19 and cooking more often, many Americans are spending more on groceries...

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Mayor Bill de Blasio’s $92.28 billion preliminary budget for New York City for the fiscal year 2022, presented during a press briefing Thursday, focuses on a path to recovery and closing a substantial budget gap, all while addressing the disparity brought on by the ongoing pandemic. The pandemic has brought $5.9 billion of unexpected costs as unemployment skyrocketed to 20…

Reporter John Chandler provides an update regarding Mayor de Blasio’s plan to fulfill economic deficits as a result of COVID 19.

With the New Year less than two weeks away it’s time to start planning your budget pivot. Here are a few tried and true strategies for getting your financial house in order for 2021.

An 89-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s almost lost her home over pennies in back taxes, before her daughter contacted the town and the mayor to put a stop to it. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

New Jersey lawmakers on Thursday passed a $32.7 billion budget, hiking taxes on millionaires and businesses and authorizing borrowing of up to $4.5 billion to avoid painful cuts stemming from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The budget passed the Democrat-led Senate and Assembly and heads next to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, who’s expected to sign it after recently announcing…

School services provided by nearly 30 nonprofit organizations will be slashed due to $ 9 million in cuts, leaving more than 30,000 students in the city without the assistance they need

The budgets of dozens of nonprofits that offer extra help for 30,000 city students have been slashed by the city amid the COVID pandemic. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

Mail could be delayed a day or more under proposed changes suggested by the new postmaster general, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

The 2020 U.S. Census is required for anyone living in the United States, but there are billions of reasons you’d want to take it: lawmakers use census data to divvy up money for important resources like hospitals, fire stations and roads. Lawmakers will rely on this year’s census data until 2030, so now’s your chance to make sure your household...

Hundreds of ‘Defund the NYPD’ protesters remain camped out at City Hall despite the city budget passing — a budget that cut the NYPD budget by $1 billion. Tracie Strahan reports.

Protesters have gathered in front of City Hall, pushing for changes to the city’s budget plan, namely defunding the NYPD. The City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on budget cuts, including to the NYPD. Rana Novini with the latest.

Mayor De Blasio proposes $2.7 Billion in budget cuts. Melissa Russo reports.

A $177 billion state budget passed by New York lawmakers Friday leaves leeway for spending cuts of as much as $10 billion as the full financial toll of the coronavirus outbreak becomes more clear

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled a $40.9 billion budget for fiscal year 2021 on Tuesday, proposing boosting overall spending by more than 5% compared with the plan he put forward last year and once again raising marginal income tax rates on the wealthy. This is Murphy’s third state budget since he was sworn in in 2018. It calls for…

President Donald Trump is offering a $4.8 trillion election-year budget plan that recycles previously rejected cuts to domestic programs to promise a balanced budget in 15 years — all while boosting the military and leaving Social Security and Medicare benefits untouched.

If you think bringing a new human into the world is daunting, wait until you see what he or she will do to your budget. It will cost a middle-income married couple an average of $233,610 to raise a child from birth through age 17, according to 2015 data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In fact, your child is costing...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled a $178 billion state budget proposal Tuesday that includes a plan to create a team tasked with reining in spending on Medicaid. The Medicaid Redesign Team will be asked to find ways to trim $2.5 billion in spending from the program, Cuomo said. Cuomo said one out of three New Yorkers – 6 million…