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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Overview of FY 2026 preliminary budget and additional positions
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Commissioner Oddo presents the fiscal year 2026 preliminary budget allocation for the Department of Buildings, detailing the funds for personal services and other expenses. He highlights the additional positions granted to the department for various initiatives.
- Total budget allocation of approximately $220 million
- 1,805 budgeted positions supported by $176 million for personal services
- Additional positions for proactive enforcement, gas piping inspections, Local Law 97 enforcement, City of Yes initiative, and basement apartment legalization
James "Jimmy" S. Oddo
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Turning out to the budget.
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The fiscal year twenty twenty six preliminary budget allocates approximately $220,000,000 in expense funds to the department.
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Of this funding approximately a hundred and 76,000,000 is for personal services which supports 1,805 budgeted positions and 44,000,000 is for other than personal services which primarily supports contractual services, equipment and supplies.
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This funding is critical to supporting the department's mandates and priorities.
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Of note, the department has received 60 additional positions to establish a proactive enforcement program.
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25 additional positions to strengthen its enforcement of required periodic periodic gas piping system inspections.
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10 additional positions to enforce local law 97 of 2019, '30 '8 positions to fulfill our mandates under the city of Yes for housing opportunity, and 45 positions related to other housing initiatives including the legalization of basement apartments.