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IDNYC program budget and performance
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Council Member Diana Ayala inquires about the IDNYC program's budget, spending, and staffing levels. Commissioner Molly Wasow Park and other officials provide details on current and future funding, as well as staffing information.
- FY 2025 budget for IDNYC is $17.9 million, with $15.7 million for personnel
- FY 2024 actual spending was about $14.5 million
- Budgeted headcount for FY 2025 is 175 positions, with 144 currently filled
- Future budget reductions are planned due to investment in online application technology
- Program is meeting demand with current staffing levels
Diana Ayala
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Launched in 2015, IDNYC is the largest municipal program in the country.
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In fiscal year twenty twenty four, '2 hundred thousand '9 hundred and '20 '2 IDNYC applications were processed, and 183,682 cards were issued.
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Additionally, in the first four months of fiscal twenty twenty five, the number of cards issued and the number of applications processed both increased when compared to that of the same period in fiscal year twenty four.
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The PMMR indicates indicators show that there has been an increase in the utilization of IDNYC.
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How much has been spent to date on fiscal year twenty five on IDNYC and how much was spent in fiscal year twenty four?
Molly Wasow Park
2:46:03
Let's pull that up.
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IDNYC is largely a personnel based program, So the spending is primarily on the staff that operate the program.
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So the FY twenty five budget is $17,000,000 17 point 9 million dollars of which 15,700,000.0 is for personnel.
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The actual spending for FY '20 '4 was about 14,500,000.0 I will say that we have been IDNYC processing is happening timely and we routinely have available appointments.
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So we are seeing that we are keeping up with IDNYC demand.
Diana Ayala
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As of the preliminary plan, the fiscal twenty twenty five budget is $13,700,000 dropping in fiscal year twenty six and in the out years to the baseline budget of $12,300,000 Why is the funding for this program decreasing for fiscal year twenty six and beyond?
Molly Wasow Park
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So we should follow-up on the exact numbers.
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Those don't quite align with our records, but there is a reduction over time on the IDNYC budget.
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We are investing in technology that is going to allow for people to do online applications for IDNYC.
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We will still have in person but it will allow us to achieve some efficiencies.
Diana Ayala
2:47:33
All right.
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And what is the budgeted headcount for IDNYC for fiscal year twenty five?
Molly Wasow Park
2:47:38
One hundred and seventy five people.
Diana Ayala
2:47:39
175.
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How many positions are currently filled?
Molly Wasow Park
2:47:47
Hold on.
Richard Johns
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Currently there are 144 positions filled.
Diana Ayala
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Okay.
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And how does that compare to pre pandemic budget headcount?
Molly Wasow Park
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The pre pandemic headcount was higher.
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We had more offices that were serving fewer people.
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We have been able to achieve some economies of scale while still meeting all of our demand.
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So we feel like the program is in a good place.
2:48:22
Administrative French is there anything you'd like to add?
Scott French
2:48:26
No.
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I think that through online appointments and other things we've been able to keep up with demand and have ample appointments across the city for individuals to make sure that they can get an ID and YC card.
Gale A. Brewer
2:48:37
Madam chair, can I just say I love Luke who works there?
Scott French
2:48:40
I've heard that before.
Gale A. Brewer
2:48:42
I love Luke.