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Council Member Justin Brannan's opening remarks for NYPD budget hearing
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Council Member Justin Brannan opens the day 12 FY 2026 executive budget hearing focusing on the New York City Police Department. He introduces the hearing, provides context on the NYPD's proposed budget, and outlines the main topics he plans to address in his questions.
- The hearing is co-chaired with Council Member Youssef Salaam, who leads the Committee on Public Safety.
- NYPD's proposed FY 2026 budget is $6.1 billion, unchanged from the preliminary plan in January.
- Key topics for discussion include unspent funds, overtime, quality of life division, police radio encryption, school safety agents, and pension increases.
Justin Brannan
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Thank you, sergeant.
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Okay.
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Good morning, and welcome to day 12 of f y twenty six executive budget hearings.
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I'm council member Justin Brannen.
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I chair the committee on finance.
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Today's hearing is on the New York City Police Department, and I'm joined I'm proud to be joined by my friend and colleague, councilmember Youssef Salaam, who chairs the committee on public safety.
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We've been joined this morning by councilmembers Kaban, Lewis, Williams, Moya, and Carr, and Holden as well.
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Welcome Commissioner Tisch and your team.
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Thank you all for joining us today to answer our questions.
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Just as a reminder, this is a government proceeding and decorum shall be observed at all times.
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As such, members of the public shall remain silent.
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We'll be taking public testimony on the NYPD and the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice executive budgets later today after testimony from the agencies.
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So if you wish to speak on either of those items, just make sure you fill out one of those witness slips located at the back table with the sergeant at arms and we'll call you up later on today.
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Just to set the table, on 05/01/2025, the administration released their executive financial plan for FY '20 '6 to '20 '9 with a proposed FY twenty six budget of $115,100,000,000 NYPD's proposed FY twenty six budget of $6,100,000,000 represents 5.3% of the administration's proposed FY twenty six budget in the executive plan.
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The $6,100,000,000 remains unchanged from the amount originally allocated in the preliminary plan back in January.
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As of March 2025, the NYPD had sixteen thirty seven vacancies relative to their FY twenty five budgeted headcount.
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In the Council's preliminary budget response, we continued to push the administration to fill all vacant or absent nine eleven system operator and police officer positions as well as continue to push to reduce overtime spending.
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My questions today will largely focus on unspent funds, overtime, the quality of life division, police radio encryption, school safety agents, and pension increases.
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But now I want to turn to my co chair for this hearing, council member Youssef Salaam, so he can give his opening statement.
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Thank you.