As Baltimore City’s $4.6 billion budget proposal draws scrutiny from some city council members, Mayor Brandon Scott is standing firm on the direction of his administration’s spending priorities.

During Friday’s interview with C4 and Angelette Aviles, he highlighted the city’s progress in closing a significant budget shortfall while avoiding cuts to vital services.

“We started this budget process with an $85 million budget gap,” Scott said. “And when you look and see what we were able to do in closing that gap without increasing property taxes, without increasing income taxes as allowed by the General Assembly this year, and without cuts to services… this budget allows us to increase and have three new rec centers that will open next year. It allows us to have three new pools as we contin

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