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Funding adjustments for asylum seeker response efforts
1:45:44
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Council Member Stevens inquires about funding adjustments in the executive plan related to ACS's role in asylum seeker response efforts.
- Net reduction of $789 million in state funding for FY 2025, increase of $59 million in FY 2026
- Funding swap: city funding replaced with state funding ($404.8 million in FY 2025, $1.1 million in FY 2026)
- Reduction in FY 2025 due to decreased need for language access, ACS staff volunteers, and resettlement program with JFS
- Additional funding in FY 2026 supports continued resettlement work and language access needs
- State funding source identified as coming through OTDA to support the resettlement program
Althea Stevens
1:45:44
I'd like to recognize councilor Marita Joseph who just joined us.
1:45:47
The executive plan includes a net reduction of $789,000,000 state funding for fiscal twenty twenty five and increases a 59 in fiscal twenty twenty six in relation to ACS role in asylum seekers response efforts.
1:46:05
The plan also include a funding swap where city funding is replaced with state funding with 404,800,000.0 in fiscal twenty twenty five and 1,100,000.0 in fiscal twenty twenty six.
1:46:16
Why is there a net reduction in funding in fiscal twenty twenty five?
1:46:19
What programs or services does this relate to?
Jess Dannhauser
1:46:22
So between language access, some ACS staff that were volunteering as part of the effort to support New Yorkers, and a program with JFS around resettlement, we are we're gonna need less of that resource this year given a change in conditions.
Althea Stevens
1:46:44
Why is additional funding added in fiscal twenty twenty six?
1:46:47
What programs or services does it support?
Jess Dannhauser
1:46:52
Which funding, chair?
Althea Stevens
1:46:54
I'm still talking about the the asylum seeker funding adjustments.
Jess Dannhauser
1:46:59
So it will continue to support some of the resettlement work that ACS took on, as well as some of the additional language access that will be continued to be needed.
Althea Stevens
1:47:09
What is the source of the state funding that was swapped for city funding?
1:47:12
What programs or services does it support?
Jess Dannhauser
1:47:16
I believe the state funding came through OTDA to support the resettlement program.