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Chair Dinowitz on unfunded council priorities

New York City Council · Jun 8, 2026 · starts 2:19:29 · 38 sec

Dinowitz highlights unfunded priorities including restorative justice at half its current budget, mental health continuum gaps, student success centers, and missing immigrant family engagement funding.

Eric Dinowitz

Restorative justice is funded at only half of its current budget.

Eric Dinowitz

In fiscal 2027.

Eric Dinowitz

Many mental health clinics are in jeopardy of closing because of the gap in mental health continuum funding.

Eric Dinowitz

Student success centers face an uncertain future.

Eric Dinowitz

Funding for immigrant family engagement is missing from this plan despite being critically important given the current climate.

Eric Dinowitz

For immigrant communities.

Eric Dinowitz

All these services and programs are facing funding cliffs because they were not

Eric Dinowitz

Funded in the executive plan, and both I and the council will continue to push for these programs.