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Department of Design and Construction budget and concerns
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Council Member Brooks-Powers discusses the Department of Design and Construction's preliminary budget for fiscal year 2026 and outlines key areas of interest for the hearing. She focuses on major capital projects and the agency's approach to project management.
- The DDC's fiscal 2026 preliminary budget totals $159,400,000, which is $20,400,000 less than its fiscal 2025 adopted budget.
- The preliminary plan includes no new needs for DDC and $21,900,000 in reductions from other adjustments and asylum seeker response savings.
- The preliminary commitment plan includes $24,590,000,000 in capital projects managed by DDC for city agencies and entities.
- Key topics for discussion include major capital projects like borough-based jails and East Side coastal resiliency, as well as DDC's project management approaches and MWBE utilization.
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
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Finally, we will hear from DDC at three p.
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On their 2026 preliminary budget which totals a hundred and $59,400,000, which is $20,400,000 less than its fiscal twenty twenty five adopted budget.
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The preliminary plan includes no new needs for DDC and $21,900,000 in reductions from other adjustments and asylum seeker response savings in fiscal twenty twenty five with modest changes in fiscal twenty twenty six and in the outer years.
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In the preliminary commitment plan, there is $24,590,000,000 in capital projects DDC is managing for city agencies and entities across this year the years of the plan.
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Today I plan to ask DDC about the major capital projects the agency is leading from the borough based jails to the East Side coastal resiliency but I also hope to discuss how DDC is accomplishing its projects.
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For example, how the agency is innovating to advance projects more quickly and efficiently and how is DDC seeking to maximize utilization of MWBE's.