Mayor Berry: $132 Million Trimmed from Deficit

Richard Berry

NM Business Journal - Mayor Richard Berry told the audience that in his first two years in office, his administration has eliminated $132 million in budget deficits and cut city government by 250 positions. Berry said that budget deficits will continue, but they won’t be as large as in previous years. In 2010, the city’s overall crime rate dropped by 7.7 percent, and this year, the city is on course for the lowest number of homicides in the past 20 years, Berry added. He said commercial building permits are up by 50 percent over this time last year, and that residential permits are up by 60 percent. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Mayor Berry: $132 Million Trimmed from Deficit