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HEARING

May 30, 2025

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10:00 AM

Committee on Finance

A hearing on the FY 2026 executive budget, focusing on the city's fiscal outlook, potential federal funding cuts, reserve funds, tax revenue projections, and various agency budgets.

Discussions covered challenges like asylum seeker costs, childcare voucher funding, property tax reform, and budget equity across communities.

Features testimony from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the City Comptroller, the Department of Finance, and the Independent Budget Office (IBO).

HEARING

May 29, 2025

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10:00 AM

Committee on Public Safety

A hearing on the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) budgets for fiscal year 2026.

Discussions focused on NYPD staffing goals, overtime spending, public safety initiatives, 911 operations, and MOCJ programs including reentry initiatives and alternatives to incarceration

Key issues included the new policy of issuing criminal summonses to cyclists, concerns about federal funding cuts affecting nonprofit providers, and requests for increased funding for legal services and emergency medical services.

Features testimony from NYPD, MOCJ, and the public.

HEARING

May 28, 2025

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05:00 PM

Queens Public Input Session

A hearing on potential charter revisions, focusing on election reforms and procurement processes.

Discussions included moving local elections to even years, implementing open or nonpartisan primaries, expanding ranked choice voting, and strengthening the Mayor's Office of Contract Services.

The commission also heard testimony on enhancing the Civilian Complaint Review Board's oversight powers over police.

Features testimony from the Independent Budget Office (IBO, and the public.

STATED MEETING

May 28, 2025

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01:30 PM

Stated Meeting

The Stated Meeting happens every 2 weeks (4 weeks in summer), when the council votes on and introduces new legislation.

Notably at this meeting, the council passed several significant items including the Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan for 4,600 new housing units, legislation requiring application confirmation notices for social services, and a resolution calling for federal legislation to ensure fair compensation for musicians from streaming services.

The council also introduced new bills on environmental impact studies for JFK Airport, cannabis store regulations, and labor history education.

HEARING

May 27, 2025

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10:00 AM

Committee on Finance

A hearing on the FY2026 executive budget for the Department of Corrections (DOC) and Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA).

For DOC, discussions focused on the $1.21 billion proposed budget, high overtime spending, capital projects at Rikers Island, delays in new therapeutic bed facilities, and ongoing staffing challenges.

For MOIA, the $29.6 million proposed budget was examined, with emphasis on new immigration legal support centers, funding cuts to existing programs, and the agency's response to increased federal immigration enforcement.

Features testimony from DOC, MOIA, and the public.

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