Tag: Budget

• NYC to Offer 2,000 Free ‘2K’ Child Care Seats for Two-Year-Olds — Apply by June 26 for Fall 2026

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  Jun 10

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani held an ethnic and community media roundtable on June 9, 2026 to answer questions about the city’s new 2K program, confirming that 2,000 free child care seats… more ›

• NYC Council Presses DCWP to Publish Multilingual Tourist-Scam Guides for 2026 World Cup After ‘Taken for a Ride’ Report

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  Jun 9

  New York City Council released an Oversight & Investigations report titled “Taken for a Ride” on June 8, 2026, documenting tourist scams by unlicensed taxis, pedicabs, and illicit ticket vendors… more ›

• City to add 10 ‘Be Heard’ teams but oversight, dispatch and which agency runs them remain unresolved

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  Jun 8

  New York City Council budget hearings on June 5, 2026 focused on how the newly created Office of Community Safety (OCS) will coordinate an expansion of the Be Heard mental‑health… more ›

• DOH says 13,300+ supportive‑housing units contracted — 486 offline and no per‑unit repair cost estimate

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  Jun 8

  NYC Council FY27 executive budget hearings on June 5, 2026 focused on hundreds of supportive‑housing units the city contracts but that sit empty or offline; Department of Health and Mental… more ›

• City directs $20M in congestion‑pricing mitigation to Bronx Asthma Initiative, expands school case management

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  Jun 8

  The NYC Council’s FY27 executive budget hearing on June 5, 2026, included a city announcement that $20 million from the MTA congestion pricing mitigation program will fund a Bronx Asthma… more ›

• NYC adds $17.6M baseline to replace expiring federal outbreak grants, funds 70 disease‑response positions

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  Jun 8

  The New York City Council held FY27 executive budget hearings on June 5, 2026 to review the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOH) and NYC Health + Hospitals budgets,… more ›

• Mayor Mamdani Launches COGE and Announces $9M Recovered From Amazon in Unpaid Idling Fees — Hearings Set in Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn

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  Jun 5

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani used his June 4, 2026 “Talk With The People” livestream to launch the Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE), announce $9 million recovered in unpaid idling fees from… more ›

• Mayor Mamdani Announces 2-K Rollout: 2,000 Free Seats for Two-Year-Olds This Fall, 12,000 Expected in 2027

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  Jun 5

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani used the June 4 “Talk With The People” livestream to promote the new Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE) public hearings and restated the city’s 2-K child care… more ›

• Conflicts of Interest Board Seeks $300K for Pay Parity and $1.5M to Replace 2000s Disclosure App; Case-System Migration Has No Timeline

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  Jun 5

  The Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB) told the New York City Council at the FY27 executive budget hearing on June 4, 2026, that it needs $300,000 in personnel funding to… more ›

• DSNY Commits to 100% Trash Containerization by 2031 — Council Warns Garage, Parking and Backloaded Capital Could Stall Rollout

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  Jun 5

  The NYC Council held FY27 executive budget hearings on June 4, 2026 where the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) defended its plan and budget to achieve citywide trash containerization by the… more ›

• DSS Ends McKinsey and Guidehouse Contracts After $9M McKinsey Spend; Adds 13 IT Hires to Insource SNAP AI Tool

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  Jun 5

  The NYC Council’s June 4, 2026 FY27 executive budget hearing probed the Department of Social Services’ (DSS) recent termination of consulting contracts with McKinsey and Guidehouse, asked for the full… more ›

• City Says Average Invoice-to-Payment Cycle Is 31 Days; HRA On-Time Rate Just 41% as Passport Migration Snags Persist

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  Jun 5

  The New York City Council’s June 4, 2026 FY27 executive budget hearing pressed the Department of Social Services (DSS), its divisions the Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Department of… more ›

• DSS Projects $543.5M in FY27 FEPS Savings — Rent-Verification, One-Month Broker-Fee Cap Could Slow Voucher Pickups

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  Jun 5

  New York City Council FY27 executive budget hearings on June 4, 2026, focused on the Department of Social Services’ (DSS) implementation of City FEPS cost‑containment measures — including rent‑reasonableness and… more ›

• NYC Can’t Confirm June SNAP Cuts; HRA Says About 42,500 May Be Impacted as 342,000 Face New Work Rules

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  Jun 5

  New York City officials told the City Council on June 4, 2026, that they cannot yet confirm how many New Yorkers actually lost SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits in… more ›

• NYC Opens 2K Free Childcare Applications in Rockaway — 2,000 Seats This Fall; District 27 Eligible

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  Jun 3

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul opened applications for the city’s new 2K program in a Rockaway press conference on June 2, 2026, making families in five school districts… more ›