City Hall, NY – Ahead of the City Council’s Executive Budget hearing by its Committee on Higher Education and the Committee on Finance on Monday at 10 AM, the Council identified remaining gaps in funding for the City University of New York (CUNY) within the Mayor’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Executive Budget. There was $1.48 billion included for CUNY’s operating budget in the Mayor’s FY 2026 Executive Budget, an addition of $199.5 million from the Preliminary Budget and $114.3 million greater than the adopted FY 2025 budget last June.

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City Hall, NY – Ahead of the City Council’s Executive Budget hearing jointly held by the Committee on Public Housing and the Committee on Finance on Wednesday at 12 PM, the Council identified a funding gap within the Mayor’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Executive Budget capital plan limiting the New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) ability to address its maintenance and infrastructure challenges.

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City Hall, NY – Ahead of the City Council’s Executive Budget hearing jointly held by the Committee on Housing and Buildings and the Committee on Finance on Wednesday at 10 AM, the Council identified remaining gaps in housing funding within the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget that leave key initiatives and services unfunded.

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“Under Mayor Adams’ administration, staff and those incarcerated at Rikers have suffered from an increase in violence and worsening humanitarian conditions, leading to dozens of New Yorkers dying on the island. The federal court’s decision to appoint a remediation manager to oversee changes on Rikers reflects the mayoral administration’s failure to adhere to the Nunez Court Orders and convince the court of meaningful progress to make the jails safer.

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City Hall, NY – Ahead of the City Council’s Executive Budget hearing by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Finance on Tuesday at 10 AM, the Council identified remaining gaps in funding for transportation and infrastructure programs within the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget that leave key initiatives unfunded.

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City Hall, NY – Ahead of the City Council’s Executive Budget hearing jointly held by the Committee on Parks and Recreation and the Committee on Finance on Tuesday at 12 PM, the Council identified remaining gaps in funding for city parks within the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget that leave key services unfunded.

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Plan will single-handedly produce more affordable housing units than have been built over the entire previous decade in the area 

City Hall, NY – Today, the New York City Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises and Committee on Land Use voted to approve the Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan (AAMUP), a rezoning in Council Member Crystal Hudson’s and Council Member Chi Ossé’s districts in Brooklyn.

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City Hall, NY – Ahead of the City Council’s Executive Budget hearing jointly held by the Committee on Aging and the Committee on Finance on Monday at 12 PM, the Council identified remaining gaps in funding for older adult services within the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget. While some funding requested in the Council’s Preliminary Budget Response was restored to continue several older adult programs at their current level and restore earlier budget cuts by the mayor, with $128.3 million added to the Department for Aging in the Mayor’s Executive Budget, several investments remain unfunded.

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City Hall, NY – Ahead of the City Council’s Executive Budget hearing by the Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management and the Committee on Finance on Monday at 10 AM, the Council identified remaining gaps in funding for sanitation services within the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget that leave key initiatives unfunded.

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“This year’s state budget makes strides towards tackling our city’s housing and affordability crisis and delivers on the state’s $1 billion commitment towards the Council’s City for All plan. This historic funding is essential to financing affordable housing development and preservation, and supporting Mitchell-Lamas, NYCHA, and HDFC cooperatives that need maintenance and repairs. We also appreciate the state’s first investment into the Housing Voucher Access Program, which will support New Yorkers experiencing housing instability to find a home to call their own.

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