Expense Budget Designations

At a glance

• What: Resolution 695, sponsored by Council Member Lee (the Finance agenda describes it as expense budget designations; the attachments are charts for the resolution).
• Where it stands: adopted October 22, 2026, 44 to 5.
• Next: none; the designations take effect with the budget.

Votes (October 22, 2026)

• Roll call: 44 affirmative, 5 negative. Negative: Ariola, Minority Leader Carr, Morano, Paladino, Vernikov. Avilés absent; Mealy on medical leave.
• The resolution was taken up as a preconsidered item: it appears in the day's introductions as referred to the Finance Committee and was also on the Finance report, pulled from the consent calendar for a separate vote.

Sources

• City Council Stated Meeting minutes, October 22, 2026: https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1456738&GUID=8ACD8286-9404-4AAE-89A6-8EABAF1E8949
• Finance Committee agenda, October 22, 2026: https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1452857&GUID=85140EB0-5D91-4451-8FC2-54E85C0A7D78&Options=info

Log

2026-10-22 - City Council Stated Meeting

Adopted 44-5; Ariola, Minority Leader Carr, Morano, Paladino, Vernikov voted no.

2026-10-22 - Committee on Finance Meeting

On the posted agenda as expense budget designations.