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New York City Council adopts FY26 budget with new investments in childcare, housing and immigrant services
Summary
The New York City Council on June 11 adopted the fiscal year 2026 budget package, baselining several programs and citing expanded investments in early childhood, housing, libraries and immigrant legal services. Most items passed unanimously; one land-use item drew opposition.
The New York City Council adopted the fiscal year 2026 executive expense, capital and contract budgets and the community development program as modified on June 11, 2025. The council announced the general orders calendar was adopted by a roll-call vote of 51 in the affirmative and 0 in the negative for most items; a separate land-use measure (LU 297) drew a different tally and was adopted 36–11–4.
Speaker Adrienne Adams, opening the budget debate, framed the package as a set of investments she said “belong[] to all of us.” Adams and other council leaders highlighted baseline funding wins for early childhood programs, new childcare…
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