In fact, he said, the city has already added an additional $13 million to finance more counseling and drug treatment programs.
The city has not added any new major family attractions in years.
The city says the cruise industry accounts for 3,320 jobs and adds almost $600 million to the city's economy.
From 1981 to 1999, the city grew by 350,000 people but added only 42,000 rental apartments.
Behind the crisis were years of strong economic growth, during which the city added thousands of workers each year.
The last year that came close was 1994, early in the economic recovery, when the city added 47,000 jobs.
By 1920, the city had added more than 1 million residents.
The city would add 150 workers to welfare office staffs.
The city started four pilot programs in 1992 and added a fifth last year.
In the last year, the city has added more than 87,000 new public and private sector jobs, an increase of 2.6 percent.
