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Overview of DCAS fiscal year 2026 preliminary budget
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Council Member Restler provides a detailed overview of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) fiscal year 2026 preliminary budget. He outlines the total budget, its allocation across different areas, and notable changes from the previous fiscal year.
- The total budget is $1.93 billion, with $239.3 million for personnel services and $1.39 billion for other expenses.
- The budget is divided into 10 program areas, with 56% allocated to energy conservation.
- Notable changes include savings from asylum seeker response costs and new funding for security-related expenses.
Lincoln Restler
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The Department of Citywide Administrative Services fiscal year 2026 preliminary budget totals 1,930,000,000.00, including 239,300,000.0 in personnel services funding to support 2,415 full time positions and 1,390,000,000.00 for other than personnel expenses expenses.
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DCAS's budget is divided into 10 program areas and the bulk of the agency's overall budget, 56%, is allocated to the energy conservation program area.
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In the preliminary plan, DCAS's fiscal twenty twenty six preliminary budget is a hundred and 60 point 5 million less than its fiscal twenty five adopted budget.
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This decrease is mainly driven by 56,400,000 in city fund savings from the citywide re estimate of asylum seeker response costs included in the preliminary plan.
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The plan adds support for new needs in fiscal twenty five that includes fire safety directors, the non public school security guard reimbursement program, and contracted security guards for decast managed buildings.
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In fiscal year twenty six, an additional 329,600,000.0 in city funding was added for asylum seeker response related expenses.
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At today's hearing, we look forward to discussing decas operations, new needs and other adjustments in the preliminary plan.