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Levine on FY27 budget with 181 new positions and $17.9M

New York City Council · May 29, 2026 · starts 2:32:48 · 1 min 16 sec

Levine details the FY27 executive budget of $78.5M with 409 active and 561 authorized headcount, the highest ever, receiving 181 new lines and $17.9M in personnel services by FY29, calling it the greatest investment in DCWP history.

Sam Levine

For FY27, DCWP's executive budget is approximately $78.5 million, with an active headcount of 409 and an authorized headcount of 561, the highest authorized headcount our agency has ever had.

Sam Levine

This is due in no small part to the advocacy of our partners, this council, and of course the immense support and recognition of our agency's work by our mayor.

Sam Levine

Mayor Mamdani's executive budget represents the single greatest investment in consumer and worker rights in DCWP history.

Sam Levine

All told, DCWP will be receiving a total of 181 new lines and $17.9 million in personnel services by FY29.

Sam Levine

The breakdown is as follows.

Sam Levine

In FY27, DCWP will receive 77 lines and $4.3 million in personnel services.

Sam Levine

In FY28, we will receive 76 lines and $7.3 million in personnel services.

Sam Levine

And in FY29, we will receive 28 lines and the remaining $6.3 million in personnel services.

Sam Levine

The new lines we will be receiving in FY27 will be strategically deployed to immediately begin implementation of major new laws and much-needed protections for New Yorkers.