New York City's mayor is optimistic that his "best budget ever" will boost hopes to fund initiatives directed at crime, education, and affordable housing.

The mayor has been calling his executive spending plan the ‘best budget ever,’ despite metrics that suggest otherwise.

New York Mayor Eric Adams proposed a revised $115.1 budget that adds more than $1.4 billion in new spending for programs including early childhood education, even as potential cuts in federal funding loom.