Mayor Eric Adams struck a handshake deal with the City Council Friday on a massive around $116 billion budget — that’ll include a new crackdown on e-bikes, according to sources.
The tentative agreement counts $6.1 million to create a “Division of Sustainable Delivery,” with 60 new positions dedicated to e-bike regulation and enforcement following a recent push by the Adams administration to reign in the vehicles.
City Hall agreed to give the council a major boost in funding for immigration services to the tune of $54.5 million, a source familiar with the deal said.
The spending plan will also include $10 million for a universal childcare pilot program — after the issue became a hot topic in the Democratic mayoral primary race.
The initiative will dole out free child care for children ages 2 and under for hundreds of low income families, sources said.
The handshake deal comes after Adams — who is running for re-election as an independent in the November general election — unveiled a $115 billion spending proposal in May that he dubbed “the best budget ever.”
The 2026 city budget, which is due July 1, appears to add another close to a billion on top of that, for a topline number of around $115.8 billion, according to a City Hall rep.
The deal would also provide $41.9 million in free legal assistance for migrants facing deportation and who need help with benefits – a sticking point for city Democrats looking to fight back against President Trump’s strict immigration enforcement.
Another 12.5 million would go toward pro bono lawyers that would help unaccompanied minor immigrants in removal hearing, sources said.
Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, who made a late bid for the Democratic mayoral primary, and Councilman Justin Brannan, the finance chair, were adamant about securing the immigration and child care funding as top priorities, sources said.
They had also fought Mayor Adams, no relation to the speaker, over proposed cuts to libraries during the budget negotiations.
The budget set to be announced later Friday includes an agreement to spend $2 million to expand service to seven days a week for 10 libraries citywide.
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