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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Introduction and budget overview for FY2026
2:11:29
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Commissioner Laurie Cumbo provides an overview of the preliminary budget for the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) for fiscal year 2026. The budget allocates $164 million to DCLA, including funds for various programs and operational costs.
- The budget includes $28.5 million for the Cultural Development Fund and $79.1 million for Cultural Institutions Group operating subsidies.
- The current FY2025 budget stands at a record high of $254 million.
- The commissioner expresses optimism about building on this strong support for arts and culture in the coming fiscal year.
Laurie Cumbo
2:11:29
I'll start off today by reviewing the numbers in the preliminary budget proposal.
2:11:33
The preliminary fiscal year twenty six budget allocates 164,000,000 to DCLA, including 28,500,000.0 for the Cultural Development Fund, seventy nine point one million for operating subsidies for the Cultural Institutions Group, forty six point nine million to cover energy costs at cultural groups on city property, 8,400,000.0 for agency personnel and expenses, and 1,200,000.0 for create NYC initiatives.
2:12:02
Note that these figures do not include any of the one time funding allocations such as council initiatives, thank you very much, that are typically added at budget adoption each year.
2:12:13
By comparison at this point in the budget process last year, the preliminary fiscal year twenty five budget allocated a hundred and 43,900,000.0 to DCLA.
2:12:24
Twenty million dollars less than where we stand now for fiscal year twenty six.
2:12:29
Thanks to sound responsible fiscal planning, our fiscal year twenty five current budget currently stands at $254,000,000, an all time record high for the agency.
2:12:43
We look forward to working in the months ahead toward adopting budget for fiscal year twenty six that builds on this strong record of support for arts and culture that we have demonstrated during the Adams administration.