On May 12, 2026, Mayor Zohran Mamdani released the $124.7 billion FY2027 Executive Budget, balanced primarily through a combination of state investments, new tax revenue, and delayed implementation of a number of significant city program reforms.

The Executive Budget builds on early care and education (ECE) investments made in the Preliminary Budget — adding $40 million to enhance provider contract rates, $68 million for Special Education Pre-K expansion, and $25 million for PromiseNYC.  Additional investments support ECE outreach, staffing, facilities, and family child care fees. These investments represent key steps toward securing free child care for every New York family that needs it — and are a testament to years of dedicated advocacy.

The Executive Budget also baselines $25 million for Fair Fares, restores and baselines funding for Learning to Work, and increases funding for libraries, cash assistance staffing, and Right to Counsel services, among other investments.

The Executive Budget includes some areas of concern. To achieve a balanced budget, the Mayor’s Budget delays the implementation of smaller classroom sizes and continues to delay CityFHEPS expansions passed in 2023 — failing to deliver on his campaign promise to expand housing voucher options for families who need them.

The Executive Budget also fails to restore funding for critical education programs, including the Mental Health Continuum, immigrant family communications and outreach, and Student Success Centers. CCC remains concerned that the child care voucher crisis — which has placed thousands of families on waitlists — has not been adequately addressed.

CCC will continue to work with the Administration and City Council to advance a budget that ensures every child is healthy, housed, educated, and safe.

 

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Summary of Actions Taken in the New York City FY2027 Executive Budget

The FY27 Preliminary and Executive Budgets ADD or RESTORE:

Administration for Children’s Services

Executive Budget Funding

• $25 million baselined for PromiseNYC
• $5.2 million in FY27 and $6.2 million in outyears for Fully Covering Family Child Care Fees
• $1.6 million baselined for Immigration Legal Services
• $6.2 million in FY27 and FY28, $6.3 million in FY29 and FY30 for Juvenile Justice Facility Needs
• $1 million in FY27 for Secure Detention Classroom space
• $33 million in FY27 for child care vouchers

Preliminary Budget Funding

• $1.1 million baselined for Child Care Program Integrity
• $2 million baselined through for Children’s Center Staff and Support Services
• $8.1 million baselined for Juvenile Justice Staff and Support Services
• $263.1 million in FY27 and $312.9 million in outyears for the State Foster Care Mandate

Department of Education/New York City Public Schools

Executive Budget Funding

• $40 million baselined for ECE Contract Enhancement
• $5 million baselined for ECE Outreach
• $36.4 million baselined for ECE Staffing
• $2.8 million baselined for Every Child and Family is Known
• $52.5 million in FY27, $51 million in FY28, $50.8 million in FY29 and $52.3 million in FY30 for Facilities Support
• $3.2 million in FY27, $1.6 million in FY28, $1.2 million in FY29, and $1.3 million in FY30 for Family Empowerment
• $86 million baselined for Individualized Education Services Plan (IESP) Support
• $80.3 million baselined for School Cleaning
• $31 million baselined for Learning to Work
• $67.5 million in FY27, $77 million in FY28, $79 million in FY29, and $81.6 million in FY30 for Special Education Pre-K Expansion

Preliminary Budget Funding

• $542.9 million in FY27 and $942.9 million in outyears to support class size reduction mandate in school year 2026-27 and beyond
• $550 million in FY27 and $600 million in outyears to support costs of Due Process Cases
• $6.5 million baselined for Early Childhood Education Headcount, providing support for renewed investment in 3-K and the launch of 2-K
• $380 million baselined for Early Childhood Education Support, addressing structural shortfall in Early Childhood Education
• $130 million in FY27, $85 million in FY28, $160 million in FY29 and $180 million in FY30 for Pupil transportation
• $106.2 million baselined for Summer Rising (a $26.2 million increase over FY26)
• $70 million baselined for Preschool Special Education services, evaluations and staffing to meet the needs of children with disabilities
• $234.8 million for Universal Pre-Kindergarten Universal Pre-K Revenue Adjustment
• $73 million in FY27 and $425 million in FY28 for Universal Pre-Kindergarten 2K

Department of Youth and Community Development

Executive Budget Funding

• $14.8 million in FY27 for Office of Community Safety needs

Preliminary Budget Funding

• $19.6 million baselined for Summer Rising restoration.

Department of Social Services

Executive Budget Funding

• $11.5 million in FY27, $15.7 million in FY28, $16.1 million in FY29, and FY30 for Cash Assistance Staffing
• $16.7 million in FY27 and $18.4 million in outyears for Domestic Violence Shelter
• $25 million baselined for Fair Fares
• $25.6 million in FY27 and $44 million in outyears for Right to Counsel
• $15.7 million in FY27 for the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender Based Violence

Preliminary Budget Funding

• $53.6 million baselined for Community Food Connection
• $2.6 million baselined to restore funding for the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV) Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP)
• $1.5 million baselined for Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) English Learning and Support Centers
• $21.3 million in FY27, $20.9 million in FY28, and $19.2 million in outyears to expand legal defense for immigrants facing deportation and other immigration legal services
• $57 million baselined for the Indigent Care Pool
• $11.6 million to fund Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) Legal Support Centers
• $10.1 million for homelessness prevention and shelter move out enhancements
• $6.4 million in FY27, $6.6 million in FY28, $6.7 million in FY29, and $6.9 million for SNAP Eligibility Specialists
• $1.9 million baselined for SNAP Trainers for HRA’s Office of Policy Procedure and Training

Department of Homelessness Services

Preliminary Budget Funding

• $31.1 million in FY27, $29.9 million in FY28, $30.8 million in FY29, and $31.7 million in FY30 for outdoor structures for New Yorkers experiencing street homelessness.

Department of Health and Mental Health

Executive Budget Funding

• $10 million in FY27 for Groceries to Go
• $4 million baselined for Mental Health Clubhouses
• $47.3 million baselined for Mobile Treatment
• $2.75 million in FY27 for Office of Community Mental Health Programs
• $3.2 million baselined for Sexual Health Clinics

Preliminary Budget Funding

• $1.5 million in FY27, $2.3 million in FY28, and $2.9 million in outyears for 2-K regulation, monitoring, and inspections, as well as Early Intervention connection
• $5.4 million baselined for childcare regulation, monitoring, and inspection
• $3.1 million baselined for Get the Good Stuff food assistance program

Health + Hospitals

Executive Budget Funding

• $514,000 in FY27, $529,000 in FY28, $545,000 in FY29, and $561,000 in FY30 for Expansion of the Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Reduction Program

Preliminary Budget Funding

• $7.5 million in FY27 for comprehensive adolescent care
• $11.9 million baselined for outdoor structures to support New Yorkers experiencing street homelessness

Housing Preservation and Development

Preliminary Budget Funding

• $0.9 million baselined to fund Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants

Libraries

Executive Budget Funding

• $2.2 million baselined for the New York Research Library
• $11.7 baselined million for the New York Public Library
• $8.8 million baselined for the Brooklyn Public Library
• $8.8 million baselined for the Queens Public Library

Preliminary Budget Funding

• $2 million in FY26 for 7 days of service at the Research Library, New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, and Queens Public Library (note: the FY27 Preliminary Budget also includes cuts to public libraries detailed in the section below)

Office of Criminal Justice

Executive Budget Funding

• $4.75 m in FY27 for Project Restore Teen

Department of Parks and Recreation

Executive Budget Funding

• $87,000 baselined for Environmental Review Staff
• $3 million baselined for Forestry Management
• $6.2 million baselined for Park Workers
• $7.9 million for Recreation Staff
• $5.8 million for Urban Park Rangers

Office of Community Safety

Executive Budget Funding

• $15.6 million in FY28 and outyears for End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence
• $2.7 million in FY28 and outyears for Office of Community Mental Health
• $1.3 million in FY27 and $600,000 in outyears for the Office of Community Safety Oher Than Personnel Services
• $1.5 million baselined for the Office of Community Safety Personnel Services
• $19.5 million in FY28 and outyears for the Office of Neighborhood Safety
• $35.7 million in FY28 and outyears for End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence Office of Community Safety Transfer
• $29 million in FY28 and outyears for the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes
• $4.3 million in FY28 and outyears for the Office of Community Mental Health
• $136.7 million in FY28 and outyears for the Office of Neighborhood Safety

The FY27 Preliminary and Executive Budgets FAIL TO FUND:

Investments included in the FY26 Adopted Budget for one year only and not funded in the FY27 Preliminary or Executive Budget.

Department of Education/New York City Public Schools:

• $12 million for Sensory Exploration, Education & Discovery (SEED) programs for students with intensive sensory needs
• $6 million for Restorative justice to reduce overreliance on suspensions and promote conflict resolution
• $889,000 for Mental Health Continuum to provide mental healthcare to students at 50 schools
• $4 million for Immigrant family communications and outreach to help families receive information about their child’s school in a language and mode they can access
• $3.3 million for Student Success Centers to allow trained youth leaders to build a culture of college-going and help their peers with the college admissions process
• $10 million for Infant and Toddler Child Care Pilot expanding child care access to families with children 0-2 years old in high need neighborhoods

Department of Youth and Community Development

• $325,000 for LGBT Inclusive Curriculum
• $990,000 for Equity and Racial Justice
• $1.6 million for Runaway and Homeless Youth Peer Navigators
• $1.6 million for Runaway and Homeless Youth Housing Navigators
• $15 million for Feeding Our Communities

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

• $472,000 for Mental Health Continuum
• $1 million for Emergency Medical Services Mental Health and Wellness
• $100,000 or Maternal Health Campaign
• $2.5 million or Crisis Respite Centers
• $583,000 in for Maternal Infant Reproduction Expansion
• $1.5 million for Nurse-Family Partnership
• $5 million for NYC 988 Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Hotline
• $4.5 million for Assertive Community Treatment Expansion

Health + Hospitals

• $3.6 million for Mental Health Continuum

Administration for Children’s Services

• $150,000 for Youth Mentoring: Future Force Internship

Department of Social Services

• $2 million for Rapid Response Legal Collaborative Funding
• $100 million for Rental Assistance
• $2 million for Domestic Violence Legal Services Pilot
• $15 million for Immigrant Legal Services Enhancement

• $12.5 million for Unaccompanied Minors

Office of Criminal Justice

• $2 million for the South Bronx Community Justice Center
• $1.3 million for the Alternatives to Incarceration Adjustment

 

The FY27 Preliminary and Executive Budgets DO NOT FUND FY26 City Council Initiatives:

These are restorations and investments funded by the City Council in FY26 only.

Community Development

• $5.1 million for Asian-American Pacific Islander Community Support
• $6.2 million for Adult Literacy Initiative
• $8.2 million for the Adult Literacy Pilot Project $3.7 million for Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund
• $4.59 million for Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative
• $5.2 million for LGBTQIA+ Community Services
• $6.4 million for Trans Equity Programs
• $1.4 million for Community Interpreter Bank
• $700,000 for Diversity, Inclusion and Equity in Tech Initiative
• $2.4 million for Language Services Worker Co-operatives

Community Safety and Victim Services

• $5.1 million for Community Safety and Victim Services Initiative

Criminal Justice Services/Juvenile Justice

• $19.96 million for Alternatives to Incarceration and Reentry programs
• $4.16 million for the Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault
• $2.638 million for Innovative Criminal Justice Programs
• $2.1 million for Justice Involved Supportive Housing
• $1.02 million for Support for Victims of Human Trafficking
• $3.476 million for Support for Persons Involved in the Sex Trade

Domestic Violence

• $12.01 million for Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative
• $2.45 million for Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE)
• $1.5 million for Home Plus

Early Childhood Education

• $5.45 million for the City’s First Readers Initiative
• $600,000 for CUNY Child Care Expansion

Education

• $8.88 million for Educational Programs for Students
• $3.75 million for Community Schools
• $7.5 million for the Education Equity Action Plan to support the creation of a K-12 Black Studies curriculum
• $500,000 for the Jill Chaifetz Helpline operated by Advocates for Children
• $2.8 million for LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Curriculum.
• $925,000 million for Physical Education and Fitness
• $2 million for Social and Emotional Supports for Students
• $4.650 million for Support for Educators, which funds professional development, training, and mentorship for teachers
• $4 million for Support for Arts Instruction
• $7.4 million for Cultural Immigrant Initiative
• $4.6 million for Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative
• $2 million for Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention Specialists

Environmental Initiatives

• $5.1 million for A Greener NYC
• $14.3 million for NYC Cleanup
• $6.2 for Community Composting

Economic Security

• $2.8 million for the Anti-Poverty Initiative

Food Initiatives

• $8.5 million for food pantries
• $2.1 million for Access to Healthy Food and Nutritional Education
• $1.4 million for the Food Access and Benefits Initiative
• $15 million for Feeding Our Communities

Health Services

• $850,000 for Abortion Access Fund
• $3.620 million for Access Health NYC
• $4.4 million for Healthy Beginnings (formerly Child Health and Wellness and Maternal and Child Health Services)
• $2 million for the Managed Care Consumer Assistance Program
• $654,423 for Reproductive and Sexual Health Services
• $743,908 for Cancer Services
• $11.3 million for HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care
• $2.3 million for Viral Hepatitis Prevention

Homeless and Housing Services

• $1.35 million for Children and Families in the NYC Homeless System
• $820,000 for the Citywide Homeless Prevention Fund
• $ 3 million Guaranteed Income Program

Housing

• $3.65 million for Community Housing Preservation Strategies
• $1.5 million for the Community Land Trust
• $2 million for Estate Planning and Resolution
• $450,000 for Financial Empowerment for NYC’s Renters
• $4.15 million for the Foreclosure Prevention Program
• $1.8 million for the Home Loan Program
• $650,000 for Housing Court Answers
• $300,000 for the Housing Information Project
• $3.7million for Stabilizing NYC, a citywide coalition to prevent the loss of affordable housing

Immigrant Services

• $3.35 million for CUNY Citizenship NOW! Program
• $2.4 million for Immigrant Health Initiative
• $2.6 million for Immigrant Opportunities Initiative
• $33.2 million for Legal Services for Low-Income Immigrants
• $24.9 million for the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project
• $1.2 million for Rapid Response Legal Collaborative
• $16.4 million for the Unaccompanied Minors and Families Initiative
• $1.8 million for Welcome NYC

Legal Services

• $3.485 million for Family Advocacy and Guardianship Support
• $9.255 million for Legal Services for Low-income and Working-Class New Yorkers
• $1 million for Prisoners’ Rights Project
• $2.17 million for Low Wage Worker Support

Mental Health Services

• $3.26 million for the Autism Awareness Initiative
• $1.56 million for the Children Under 5 Initiative, which funds community-based mental health services for children under 5
• $3.425 million for the Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative
• $2.25 million for Developmental, Psychological and Behavioral Health Services
• $1.2 million for the LGBTQIA+ Youth Mental Health
• $3.66 million for Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations
• $3.08 million for Opioid Prevention and Treatment
• $300,000 for mental health Workforce Retention and Development
• $5 million for NYC988 Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Hotline
• $4.5 million for Peer Specialists Support
• $250,000 for Youth Peer Support Pilot
• $4.8 million for Trauma Recovery Centers

Parks and Recreation

• $5.4 million for Parks Equity Initiative

Public Safety

• $1.225 million for the Hate Crimes Prevention Initiative
• $4.49 million for Violence Prevention and Intervention for Youth and Young Adults

Young Women’s Initiative

• $973,126 for a Dedicated Contraceptive Fund
• $250,000 for HRA Teen RAPP
• $3 million for Culturally Specific Gender Based Violence Initiative (formerly Initiative for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence)
• $350,000 for the Prevent Sexual Assault (PSA) Initiative for Young Adults
• $174,000 for Step in and Stop it Initiative to Address Bystander Intervention
• $714,500 for Work-Based Learning Internships
• $1.096 million for Wrap-Around Supports for Transitional-Aged Foster Youth
• $1.74 million for Young Women’s Leadership Development

Youth Services

• $8.2 million for the Afterschool Enrichment Initiative
• $1 million for the Artificial Intelligence Community Engagement
• $1.2 million for Big Brothers and Big Sister of New York City
• $500,000 for Civic Education in New York City Schools
• $1.87 million for COMPASS elementary after-school programs
• $1.472 million for Sports Training and Role Models for Success Initiative (STARS)
• $1.4 million for Youth Build Project Initiative
• $1 million for Citywide Young Adult Entrepreneurship Program Initiative
• $1 million for Empowering Black Communities
• $5 million for LGBTQIA+ Youth Support and Services