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Council Member Hudson questions DFTA budget decrease for FY 2026
2:25:05
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Council Member Crystal Hudson highlights the significant decrease in the Department for the Aging (DFTA) budget for fiscal year 2026, noting a $124.5 million reduction compared to the current fiscal year. She points out that this decrease is largely due to the expiration of federal COVID-19 funding and the absence of council discretionary funding in the preliminary budget.
- The FY 2026 DFTA budget totals $426.2 million, down from the current FY 2025 budget
- $68.2 million in expired federal COVID-19 funding has not been replaced with city funds
- $41.7 million in council discretionary funding is not included in the FY 2026 budget
Crystal Hudson
2:25:05
Thank you so much, and good afternoon.
2:25:08
In the preliminary plan, NYC Aging's fiscal twenty twenty six budget totals $426,200,000, 1 hundred and 20 4 point 5 million dollars less than the current fiscal twenty twenty five budget.
2:25:21
A major contributor to this difference is the $68,200,000 in federal COVID nineteen funding that was used to support older adult centers, home delivered meals, and NORCs.
2:25:32
That funding has now expired, and it has not been replaced in fiscal twenty twenty six and in the out years with city funds.
2:25:39
Additionally, there is $41,700,000 in council discretionary funding for older adult programs budgeted for fiscal twenty twenty five that is not included in the budget for fiscal twenty twenty six and beyond.
2:25:52
How's the administration planning to address the significant decrease in funding for the agency in fiscal twenty twenty six?