MOIA Commissioner Outlines FY27 Budget and Staffing Vacancies

In the interest of time, I'm gonna skip around in the testimony, but you do have my full statement as well.

With a fiscal year 27 budget of approximately $34.2 million, Moya maintains more than 70 contracts with nonprofit organizations serving immigrant communities across the five boroughs.

We have already communicating funding levels to all contracted providers so that they can plan accordingly for the next fiscal year.

Over the past few years, a few weeks, it feels like it's been several several months already at Moya, but over the past few weeks, I have met directly with our providers to better understand how the city can be a stronger partner.

They are meeting this moment with urgency, compassion, and a deep community trust doing critical work on the front lines.

Now more than ever, the city must provide stability in both funding and vision so providers can continue delivering urgently needed services to immigrant New Yorkers.

At the same time, Moya is continuing to build a team capable of advancing Mayor Mamdani's bold agenda.

Ten new positions at Moya are currently open, and we expect to move forward with hiring in the coming weeks.

I appreciate the council's continued attention to Moya's staffing levels and look forward to sharing additional updates soon.