New Delhi, March 26 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday (March 25) outlined an aggressive cost-cutting strategy aimed at narrowing New York City's widening fiscal gap, stressing that government spending must directly benefit working people.

"Government must deliver for working people - and every dollar in our budget must work as hard as they do," Mamdani said in a video release. "This is just the beginning of our work to improve service delivery and make city government the most efficient it can be."

The mayor highlighted immediate savings through caps on everyday administrative expenses.

"Even just by capping how much we spend on paper, pens, office and supplies, we are going to save more than $27 million," he said.

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