Federal taxpayer dollars touch everything from food assistance to homeland security funds in New York City.
If President Donald Trump rescinds or cancels funds to the city, as he repeatedly threatens to do if Zohran Mamdani win the mayoral race in November, it could upend city operations and services, especially for New York City’s most vulnerable residents, budget experts said.
“Even if they’re small, they’re pretty substantial for those agencies and for the folks they serve,” said Ana Champeny, the vice president for research at the Citizens Budget Commission, an organization that researches city and state budget policy in New York. “The whole budget is on the table, and you have to think holistically about, given this decrease in federal funding, what are my priorities, and what is the way that I allocate these city funds.”