The dispute over the budget between Mayor Adams and the City Council is intensifying, as the legislative body asserts that the city will have an additional $5.2 billion in tax revenue compared to the Mayor’s projected figures.

The Council presented its updated budget evaluation on Friday, prior to the Finance Committee’s preliminary budget hearing scheduled for Monday morning.

Council members are prepared to contest the budget cuts suggested by Adams, whose Office of Management and Budget (OMB) predicts a deceleration in tax revenue growth throughout the upcoming fiscal year.

The Mayor’s executive budget proposal, valued at $102.7 billion, includes nearly $5 billion less spending than the current fiscal year’s adjusted budget, according to the nonprofit organization Citizens Budget Commission. Nonetheless, it stated that the fiscal 2024 budget is expected to expand before approval.

“You’re seeing some of these doom-and-gloom fiscal projections,” Council Finance Committee Chairman Justin Brannan told the Daily News on Sunday. “Our economists are just painting a different picture from OMB. Folks have been underestimating the resiliency and the durability of our city’s economy.”

When requested for a statement, the mayoral spokesperson, Jonah Allon, stated that the city is confronting “an estimated $4.2 billion funding requirement linked to asylum seekers during this fiscal year and the following, labor settlement expenses, and unforeseen funding reductions and expenditure adjustments from the state.”

“This administration will continue to cautiously estimate tax revenues to make sure the city spends within its means and has the resources to deliver the core city services that New Yorkers need and expect,” he added.

Adams’ recent budget proposal indicates that the majority of agencies will not encounter any increase in spending, and some, such as the Education Department and other services, will encounter reductions.

The Finance Committee hearing, scheduled for Monday, will likely involve conversations regarding staffing inadequacies at city agencies.

Despite the fact that the mayor intends to remove some unfilled positions, more than 23,000 vacancies persist across the municipal government.

“Those are obviously very concerning for us,” Brannan said, pointing in particular to large numbers of openings at the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the Human Resources Administration.

“The Council frankly wants to be partners with the administration in really ramping up a hiring campaign to attract top-flight talent and … people that want to work for the city,” the Brooklyn Democrat added.

The Citizens Budget Commission (CBC) has reported that federal pandemic assistance will decrease by almost $3 billion, settling at $9.5 billion for the forthcoming fiscal year.

“Revenues have been stronger at this point than previously expected, but no one should be under the illusion that the out years won’t be fraught with real risks,” the group’s President Andrew Rein told The News.

“There might be more money now, but if you look at the fiscal picture and you look at the economic precariousness, the city would be wise not to build up and create its own huge fiscal cliff,” he added.

In addition to inquiring about revenue figures and vacant positions, Council members will likely question representatives from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) about the expenses associated with the ongoing migrant issue during the Monday meeting.

As previously stated by The News, the city has been incurring approximately $5 million in daily expenses to provide accommodations and food to a significant influx of migrants.

“The Council still doesn’t fully know where the spending is,” Brannan said. “We’re asking to see receipts.

“We’re not dubious about it,” he added. “We just want to know what’s being spent and what is it being spent on.”