Smiley unveils proposed FY2027 Providence budget with lowest spending growth in at least five years

By: Alexander Castro

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: April 15, 2026

Words: 1,826

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Providence Mayor Brett Smiley’s fiscal year 2027 budget aims to continue his administration’s regimen of restraint.

The $635.7 million proposal boasts no property tax increase and represents a 1.75% increase over last year — the lowest year-over-year spending increase in at least five years, and among the lowest in the past decade, according to city officials at a press briefing Wednesday afternoon ahead of Smiley’s public premiere of the budget later that day.

“It’s …

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