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Corey Johnson allocates $12M of city budget to favorite nonprofits

To the victor go the spoils.

First-year City Council Speaker Corey Johnson has allocated $5 milli🉐on more to his favored nonprofits than his predecessor did last year.

Johnson was able to h𓆉and-pick which groups will get a share of an $11.9 million pot of legislative pork, up from the $6.9 million doled out by former spea꧃ker Melissa Mark-Viverito.

The difference account🔜ed for the entire boost in discretionary funding, which increased from $61.5 million to $66.4 million.