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Council presses DCP on staffing as FY27 preliminary budget trims project funds
Summary
Council members questioned Department of City Planning (DCP) officials about understaffed borough offices, longer project review times, and a $5.3 million net decrease in the agency's FY27 preliminary budget, as DCP said temporary grants expired and it added targeted census and city map funding.
Department of City Planning officials testified to the City Council land use committee that the department's FY27 preliminary budget reflects a net $5.3 million decrease from the FY26 adopted level, driven largely by about $7 million in temporary grant funding that expired and not by cuts to core staffing.
The department said the FY26 adopted budget was $56.8 million, of which $35.9 million (63%) supported personnel services. The FY27 preliminary plan includes a new $1.7 million allocation for census work and initial work on implementing the city map charter amendment, the agency said. ‘‘This is almost entirely due to the expiration of 7 million in temporary funding, either grants or funding granted for environmental impact statements for projects that have since been approved by the council,’’ the Commissioner said in opening testimony.
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