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DSS/HRA budget overview for FY 2026
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Commissioner Park provides an overview of the DSS/HRA budget for fiscal year 2026, detailing the agency's funding allocation and key programs.
- DSS/HRA has a budget of $13.4 billion, including $10.5 billion in city funds
- Over 80% of the HRA city tax levy budget is earmarked for benefits administered on behalf of New York State
- Major budget allocations include:
- 60% for Medicaid
- 16% for public assistance
- 3% for homeless prevention and rental assistance
- Smaller percentages for administration, legal services, HASA, employment services, community food connection, and domestic violence services
Molly Wasow Park
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This slide shows an image of the Manhattan skyline and presents the title of the next portion of our presentation, agency budgets.
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I'm now going to pivot to giving an overview of the DSS HRA and DHS FY 20 six executive budgets.
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Next.
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This slide shows a pie chart highlighting the different portions of the DSS HRA budget.
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DSS HRA is dedicated to fighting poverty and income inequality, providing essential benefits including cash assistance, nutrition and food programs, public health insurance, employment and transportation services, and access to housing, homelessness prevention, and emergency assistance.
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DSS HRA helps more than 3,000,000 New Yorkers annually through the administration of more than 15 major public benefit programs with a budgeted headcount of approximately 12,000.
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The FY '25 budget for DSS HRA is 13,400,000,000.0, including 10,500,000,000.0 in city funds.
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The majority, over 80%, of the HRA city tax levy budget is earmarked for benefits that the city administers on behalf of New York State.
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Almost 97% of the DSS HRA city funded budget provides direct benefits and support to New Yorkers.
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The blue portion of this pie graph is Medicaid.
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That includes home care, managed care, mental health, substance use services, and hospital care is administered by New York State.
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The city pays a portion of the Medicaid costs out of the city tax levy.
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That is the 60% of the DSS HRA city funded budget shown here.
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HRA sends these funds directly to New York State and the state uses it along with state and federal funds it controls to pay medical providers and managed care plans.
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16% of the DSS HRA budget goes to public assistance.
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That is the red portion of the pie graph.
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You should note that cash assistance benefit levels and eligibility rules are set by state law and regulation, although they are administered at the city level.
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Homeless prevention and rental assistance is the green portion of the pie chart.
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Is 3% of the budget is used for administration which is purple, 2% for legal services in orange, 2% for HASA, and 1% each for employment services, community, food, connection, and domestic violence services.
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HRA also administers SNAP for 1,800,000 clients.
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These benefits, which are federally funded at about $5,000,000,000 a year, don't flow through our budget, so they're not shown here, but they represent another critical benefit that HRA is mandated to provide.
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And last thing that I'd like to note on the DSS budget is that the administration section covers shared services for both HRA and DHS.
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Next slide.