A final city budget deal likely won’t come until after the June 27 City Council primaries, giving the administration and city lawmakers a tight window to pass an on-time spending plan by their July 1 deadline, Mayor Eric Adams’ Budget Director Jacques Jiha predicted Wednesday.
“My bet is that we are at least gearing up to have a budget after the primary,” Jiha said during a question-and-answer session with Citizens Budget Commission President Andrew Rein at Club 101 in Midtown Manhattan Wednesday morning.
