Your guide to NYC's public proceedings.
REMARKS
Changes to DHS budget in the preliminary plan
0:02:14
ยท
41 sec
Council Member Ayala details the changes made to the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) budget in the preliminary plan for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.
- $625.8 million in city-funded new needs for FY25
- $554.2 million one-time funding for growing non-asylum seeker shelter population
- $283.4 million decrease in FY25 and $1.34 billion decrease in FY26 due to asylum seeker response cost reestimate
- $1.4 billion transferred from DHS budget to other city agencies for response efforts in FY26
Diana Ayala
0:02:14
In the preliminary plan, DHS has 625,800,000.0 in city funded new needs in fiscal year twenty twenty five, notably including 554,200,000.0 in one time funding for growing non asylum seeker shelter population.
0:02:32
City funds savings decreased DHS budget by 283,400,000.0 in fiscal year twenty twenty five and 1,340,000,000.00 in fiscal year twenty twenty six due to asylum seekers response cost reestimate.
0:02:45
Additionally, 1,400,000,000.0 in fiscal year twenty twenty six was transferred from DHS's budget to other city agencies that are projected to be part of response efforts.