“We do not want to be cutting the services that New Yorkers are relying on,” Mamdani said. He also blamed a longtime imbalance between city and state contributions, which he said dated back to former Gov. It mandates every agency to identify a chief savings officer within five days. The order comes as the city prepares a legally mandated balanced preliminary budget due Feb. 17. However, the two starkly diverge on income taxes, with Hochul staunchly against any tax hikes and Mamdani highly in favor.