We have significantly reduced the growth of City spending and the size of government. Businesses, which once fled New York City, are coming back. Private sector jobs are growing. Tourism is booming.
Crime is down in record numbers.
The streets are cleaner. And we're putting more money into schools to teach our children to read, to move them toward computer literacy, and to help them appreciate the beauty of the arts. A budget is more than numbers and calculations. It represents the framework for the future for our great City. In the future, this student will have computers in her classrooms because of Project Smart School.