De Blasio’s reckless final budget means big trouble for the next mayor — and you

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s just-unveiled final budget removes all doubt: He’s desperate to spend as much as possible before leaving office in eight months. When the kitty runs dry afterward, well . . . he won’t have to deal with it.

His $98.6 billion spending plan for the year starting July 1 would burn most of the extra billions just sent from Washington — but leaves holes of $4 billion a year for the next mayor. (Make it $5 billion a year “if” the labor savings he promised last year, but failed to deliver, never materialize.) Yes, the city has greater needs thanks to COVID and the lockdowns. Students, for example, are tragically behind, thanks to schools shuttered for far too long.