Philadelphia City Council will give preliminary approval to a more than $7.1 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, but it does not include the mayor’s tax proposals targeting gig economy companies like Lyft, Uber, Airbnb and DoorDash. To plug the School District of Philadelphia’s budget shortfall — which Parker hoped to help fund with a controversial $1-per-ride tax on rideshare services — council will instead amend the city budget to this year allocate an additional $48 million to the district. Lawmakers also rejected Parker’s plan to increase funding for pothole repairs by imposing a 25-cent-per-order tax on retail delivery services like GoPuff and Amazon, and they killed her plan to increase the city hotel tax and a tax on short-term rentals like Airbnb and Vrbo to fund homeless prevention services.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer; 6/4/2026