QUESTION
What caused the decrease in senior services budget in fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024?
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The decrease in the fiscal year 2025 budget for senior services is due to changes in discretionary funding, affecting additional services in the senior services program.
- Crystal Hudson, a council member, inquires about a $15,100,000 reduction in the budget for senior services between fiscal years 2024 and 2025.
- Jose Mercado, the Chief Financial Officer for the NYC Department for the Aging, attributes the budget decrease to alterations in discretionary funding allocated by the council.
- Discretionary funding is split, with half going to Business Improvement District (BID) contracts and the other half to non-contract-related expenditures.
- The budget reduction potentially impacts additional, or "additive," services provided within the senior services program.
Crystal Hudson
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Another NYC aging program area that saw a decrease when comparing the fiscal 25 budget and the preliminary plan.
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To the fiscal 24 adoption budget as senior services.
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This program area was $15,100,000 less.
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What's causing this difference?
Jose Mercado
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Part of the discretionary funding.
Crystal Hudson
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Discretionary funding?
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And which programs or services will be impacted by this decrease?
Jose Mercado
2:07:26
Okay.
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Just, you know, it's it's what the allocation you guys provide.
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So it's part of the discretionary funding.
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So whatever happens in adopt.
Crystal Hudson
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Right.
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So
Jose Mercado
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But if certain month certain pro like, for right now, part of the discretionary funding, half of it goes to our bit contracts
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
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Mhmm.
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And
Jose Mercado
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other half goes to stuff that doesn't want, that's not a contractor related.
Crystal Hudson
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Right.
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So can you specify which programs or services?
Jose Mercado
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So for example, you have On the non contract side?
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On the non contract side?
Crystal Hudson
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Or I mean
Jose Mercado
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So right now, for example, on both sides, this will basically affect the programs that are it can affect additional services provided in the senior service.
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Right?
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So so the stuff that basically are additive.
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Okay.
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
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Included in that would be the 4.4 the mid the 3,100,000 for the vehicles.
Jose Mercado
2:08:21
No.
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That's the That
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
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was separate use.
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That's last year.
Crystal Hudson
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Give me one second, please.
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Alright.
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Thank you so much.