New York, NY—Today, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released his $127 billion preliminary budget for FY27, which includes significant investments in:
- Universal childcare expansion
- $2.2 billion for Universal Pre-K
- $582.6 million for Early Childhood Education Investment
- Deportation defense and immigration legal services
- $11.6 million for MOIA Legal Support Centers
- $21.2 million for immigration deportation defense and other legal services
- Community Food Connections
- Will receive an investment raising its baseline funding to $53.6 million, which will support our communities facing food insecurity, as well as those who will be kicked off of SNAP due to H.R.1
- CityFHEPs
- $1.64 billion to support individuals and families on the verge, or already experiencing, homelessness
Murad Awawdeh, President and CEO, New York Immigration Coalition:
“Few groups in New York feel the pressure of skyrocketing living expenses more than immigrants. Mayor Mamdani’s first budget resets the city’s priorities towards stability, equity, and long-term investment in the everyday people who power this city. Years of short-sighted social service cuts and underfunding in essential programs hurt too many working families. Mamdani’s budget proposal begins to correct the failures of the previous administration through critical investments in universal child care, housing stability, and food assistance. We look forward to working closely with the City Council to bring this promising blueprint over the finish line into a final adopted budget.”