The Controller’s Office Created this Data Viz Tool to Clarify Philly’s Newly Proposed Budget

5/6/20

By Paige Gross, Technical.ly Philly

Last week, the City of Philadelphia announced that it would be revising its 2020-2021 proposed budget to deal with the added expenses its experienced while fighting the coronavirus epidemic.

Mayor Jim Kenney estimated that over the next five years, the government would have to make up a $650 million hole created by dealing with the pandemic. Many offices and departments would see cuts, including the Office of Workforce Development and the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy.

And the City’s options for taking on debt are limited, Technical.ly CEO Chris Wink explored this week.

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