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Chair Lee opens MOIA FY27 executive budget hearing

New York City Council · May 28, 2026 · starts 4:18:26 · 1 min 33 sec

Lee opens the third hearing for MOIA's FY27 executive budget of $781,962, noting it represents 0.00063% of the city budget. She introduces Chair Encarnación of the Immigration Committee and recognizes attending council members.

Linda Lee

Great, thank you.

Linda Lee

All right.

Linda Lee

It's good to see familiar faces.

Linda Lee

Okay, so good afternoon and welcome to today's third hearing about the FY27 executive budget.

Linda Lee

Councilmember Linda Lee, and I'm glad to be joined today.

Linda Lee

Oh, I'm sorry.

Linda Lee

Glad to be joined today by my colleague, Chair Elsie Encarnación, Chair of the Committee on Immigration.

Linda Lee

And we have been joined by our Deputy Speaker Williams, Councilmember Brewer, Councilmember Joseph, Councilmember Wong, and Councilmember Aviles.

Linda Lee

So welcome to a familiar face, Commissioner Faiza Ali and your team.

Linda Lee

Thank you all for joining us today to answer our questions.

Linda Lee

On May 12, 2026, the administration released the executive financial plan for FY26-30 with a proposed FY27 budget of $124.7 billion.

Linda Lee

The Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs proposed fiscal 27 budget of $781,962 represents

Linda Lee

0.00063, and I feel like that's important to note with such a sizable immigrant population in our city, but

Linda Lee

of the administration's proposed FY27 budget and the executive plan, and this remains unchanged from the originally budgeted amount in the fiscal 27 preliminary plan.

Linda Lee

As of April 26, MOIA's headcount was 31.

Linda Lee

one less or three less, I'm sorry, than their fiscal 26 budgeted headcount.