Providence Mayor Brett Smiley vows to invest in ‘quality-of-life city services’

Madam Council President, honorable members of the City Council, State Senators and Representatives, Department Directors, community partners and fellow residents of our great City of Providence: I am pleased to be here with you this evening to present my proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Here is the text of Providence Brett Smiley’s FY25 Budget speech, as prepared for delivery on April 17 as part of his annual state of the city presentation. As I look around this room, I am reminded of what I love about Providence –...