A hearing on the FY 2026 executive budget for the Administration for Children's Services (ACS) and Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD).

Discussions focused on:

• Funding for child care vouchers
• Foster care
• After-school programs
• Runaway and homeless youth services
• Youth employment programs.

Key issues included:

• Potential shortfalls in child care voucher funding
• New investments in after-school programs
• Expansions to youth services
• Concerns about rising costs for providers

Features testimony from ACS, DYCD, and the public.

A hearing on the Department of Social Services (DSS) fiscal year 2026 executive budget, covering both the Human Resources Administration (HRA) and Department of Homeless Services (DHS).

Discussions focused on:

• Potential federal funding cuts to critical programs like SNAP and Medicaid
• Historically under-budgeted entitlement programs
• Implementation of prevailing wages for shelter security officers
• Proposed changes to the CityFHEPS housing voucher program
• Funding for food assistance programs
• Immigrant legal services
• Right to Counsel for tenants
• Shelter conditions and policies
• Support for domestic violence survivors.

Features testimony from DSS Commissioner Molly Wasow Park, HRA and DHS officials, and the public.

A hearing on the City University of New York (CUNY) and Campaign Finance Board (CFB) FY2026 budgets.

Discussions focused on CUNY's funding challenges, including federal grant cancellations, faculty vacancies, and program expansions like CUNY Reconnect.

For the CFB, topics included budget allocations for public matching funds, staff expansion, technology upgrades, and efforts to enforce campaign finance rules and educate voters on ranked choice voting.

Features testimony from CUNY, CFB, and the public.

A hearing on the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) budgets for FY2026.

Discussions focused on:

• Federal funding concerns
• Affordable housing development challenges
• NYCHA's capital needs and repair issues
• The RAD/PACT program
• Community land trusts
• Homelessness and housing vouchers
• Tenant protections.

Features testimony from HPD, NYCHA, and the public.

A meeting of the NYC Charter Revision Commission to discuss the preliminary staff report on potential charter reforms.

The commission focused on three main areas:

• Housing and land use reforms to streamline development processes and balance local input with citywide needs
• Election reforms including moving city elections to even years and opening primaries to unaffiliated voters
• Procurement reforms to improve timely payments to nonprofits and vendors

Features a presentation on the preliminary report followed by a discussion and debate among commissioners and the Executive Director of the Charter Revision Commission.