What is the Council Role in the Budget?
The budget is the centerpiece of policymaking in government. Through the budget, the Mayor and the Council establish priorities, allocates resources and sets the policy agenda for the year. It is the single most important municipal document that affects the lives of New Yorkers.
In addition to its role as the New York City's legislative body, the Council works closely with the Mayor each year to develop and approve the city’s annual budget. The Council’s responsibilities related to the budget are broad, including giving final approval to the budget prior to the start of the Fiscal Year on July 1 (the Adopted Budget).
The Mayor proposes the city's spending priorities for the upcoming year in the Preliminary Budget, usually submitted by January 16th each year.
To ensure that the budget that is passed reflects New Yorkers’ needs and priorities, the Council conducts an in-depth review of all city agencies, their policies, their programs and their expenses. At the end of the budget hearings, held in March, the Council publishes its Preliminary Budget Response, which defines the Council’s budgetary priorites and changes the Council would like to see in the budget.
The Mayor then submits a revised Executive Budget, usually by April 26th. The Council holds additional hearings to review the Executive Budget. In adopting the budget for the coming fiscal year, the Council may change budget priorities and add "terms and conditions" on the expenditure of appropriated city funds—for example, requiring city agencies to report to the Council on how specific monies are being spent throughout the year.As part of adopting the budget, the Council sets property tax rates for all taxable real property for the year.
Click here for a link to on-line budget documents on the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget web site. Cit y Council budget documents can be found by following one of the links below:
Budget Transparency Initiative
The Council is working to ensure that the budget process is as transparent and accountable as possible through the development of model performance-based budget presentations for 15 City agencies. Click here for more on the Budget Transparency Initiative.
Information for Non-Profit Organizations Applying for City Council Discretionary Funds
Beginning with the Fiscal Year 2009 budget, non-profit organizations seeking funding from the City Council must submit a pre-qualification application. All organizations seeking discretionary funding from the City Council need to fill out the form below. For organizations seeking total funding of more than $10,000, the Mayor's Office of Contract Services (MOCS) will review applications, which may be downloaded from the website of the Department of Youth and Community Development . Please note that organizations seeking to be prequalified in more than one service area must submit a separate application for each service area.
Apply for FY 2010 Non-City Capital Funding
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