PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey has released his preliminary budget for 2025 and is looking to trim $70 million in spending. Gainey says this major cut from last year's budget is to focus on "maintaining funding for vital city services."

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey released his preliminary 2025 budget plan on Monday. The plan consists of separate capital and operating budgets for the next five fiscal years. The budget works to address revenue shortfalls caused in part by the loss of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding,

Mayor Ed Gainey’s proposed 2025 fiscal plan envisions a leaner operating budget as compared to last year, but administration officials stress that it still maintains funding for essential city services like policing and infrastructure.

The City of Pittsburgh’s preliminary 2025 budget released Monday by Mayor Ed Gainey would hold the line on taxes, cut spending and scale back plans to pump up the police force. The proposed operating budget of just under $657 million would shrink spending by 4.