Chair Lee on Council's budget response for DOT savings and revenue
Lee highlights the Council's preliminary budget response identifying $5M in savings from bridge bureau underspending and $179.9M in potential revenue from truck violation enforcement, red light cameras, and parking fines.
In the Council's preliminary budget response, the Council identified a few areas related to DOT where the City could allocate additional resources that would provide either additional
revenue or expense savings.
The budget response called on the administration to reflect the annual expense savings of $5 million from re-estimates of underspending in the Bureau of Bridges.
The Council also identified more than $179.9 million in additional revenue from increased enforcement of truck violations, expansion of the red light camera program, and renting space underneath the Brooklyn Bridge and collection of parking fines.