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DOC tells Council FY26 budget rises while staffing, overtime and recruitment remain major challenges
Summary
First Deputy Commissioner Francis Torres told the Council that the Department of Correction’s FY26 executive budget is roughly $1.3 billion, but the agency is still operating with large uniform and civilian vacancies, sharply higher overtime and ongoing recruitment and retention pressures.
The New York City Department of Correction told the City Council during joint criminal justice and finance budget hearings that its fiscal 2026 executive budget stands at about $1.3 billion but that the agency is wrestling with large staffing shortfalls and soaring overtime costs.
First Deputy Commissioner Francis Torres said the DOC’s FY26 executive budget is roughly $1.3 billion and remains heavily weighted to personal services. "Heroes work here at the New York City Department of Correction," Torres said in opening testimony, praising staff while outlining operational pressures facing the jails.
The budget picture is complicated by continued vacancies and large overtime expenditures.…
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