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DSNY outlines $3.1 billion preliminary budget as Council presses on overtime and service distribution
Summary
At a New York City Council sanitation committee hearing, Acting Commissioner Javier Luham laid out the Department of Sanitation's FY27 preliminary budget (about $3.1 billion) and defended spending on overtime, containerization, and capital projects as council members pressed for borough-level transparency and cost breakdowns.
Acting Commissioner Javier Luham told the New York City Council’s Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management that the Department of Sanitation’s fiscal 2027 preliminary budget totals approximately $3.1 billion and includes a mix of personal services and capital investments aimed at collection, cleaning and snow removal.
Luham said the FY26 expense plan contained about $2.25 billion and the FY27 plan about $2.08 billion, noting increases from the adopted budget the prior June. He listed the FY26 personal services baseline at roughly $1.344 billion and said the department’s overtime funding reflects both predictable operational needs and weather-driven spikes.
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