City Capital and Expense Budgets
Each year, as required by the New York City Charter, all 59 NYC Community Boards submit recommendations for NYC’s capital and expense budgets for the upcoming fiscal year. The fiscal year runs from July 1 of one calendar year to June 30 of the following year. This budget process begins in the Summer for the following fiscal year.
Community members are invited to participate in the budget process by suggesting new city programs or capital projects. Such capital projects generally have a value of $35,000 or more and have a useful life of at least 5 years. Recommendations can be made for new city services but note that requests regarding existing programs and regular city services (e.g., street signs, building inspections, parks maintenance, road repair, tree pruning) should be directed to the Community Board office as routine service delivery requests.
Below you will find links to view and download New York City Budget documentation with input from Brooklyn Community Board 14. For more information about the New York City budget, visit the NYC Office of Management and Budget website: nyc.gov/omb
CB14 Capital and Expense Budget Recommendations Fiscal Year 2026
Community Boards are required to prepare and submit recommendations for physical improvement projects funded by the City’s Capital Budget program and for operational programs funded by the City’s Expense budget. These recommendations are developed as a result of observation of physical and service problems within Community District 14; analysis of service delivery requests received by the board’s district office; formal local and borough consultation meetings with City agencies, and recommendations submitted by neighborhood and civic groups throughout the Flatbush/Midwood/Kensington communities.
Brooklyn Community Board 14 collects input from community members to be considered by the Board at a public hearing in September. This process for the Fiscal Year 2026 (July 2025-June 2026) began in July 2024. Find out more and learn how to submit your budget recommendations for the upcoming Fiscal Year 2026 using our survey. Then, CB14’s Budget Committee reviews and proposes Board’s recommendations that are later reviewed and ratified at a second public hearing.
After the public hearing, CB14 submits the Board’s recommendations, which are considered by the Mayor and by City agencies for inclusion in the fiscal year’s capital and expense budget. Then members of the City Council review and consider the board’s priorities and vote to adopt the City budget.
- Brooklyn Community Board 14 distributed a survey to the district to receive input from community members about budgetary needs in CD14.
- Community Board District Managers work on agendas and attend budget consultations with City agencies to discuss community district needs.
- Brooklyn Community Board 14 held a public hearing to review community input on September 5, 2024. Watch this public hearing.
- CB14’s Budget Committee met on October 15, 2024 to discuss district needs and budget priorities. More about this meeting.
- CB14 received the Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests for FY 2026 from the Department of City Planning.
- At the monthly Board Meeting of November 4, 2024, the Board voted on the resulting budget recommendations to be submitted by CB14 to the the Department of City Planning. More about this meeting.
- NEXT: CB14 received the Preliminary Budget Register and Agency Responses for Fiscal Year 2026 from the Office of Management and Budget and will hold a public hearing on March 6, 2025. Learn more about this public hearing.
Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests Fiscal Year 2026
CB14 Preliminary Budget Register and Agency Responses for Fiscal Year 2026
CB14 Capital and Expense Budget Recommendations Fiscal Year 2025
Community Boards are required to prepare and submit recommendations for physical improvement projects funded by the City’s Capital Budget program and for operational programs funded by the City’s Expense budget. These recommendations are developed as a result of observation of physical and service problems within Community District 14; analysis of service delivery requests received by the board’s district office; formal local and borough consultation meetings with City agencies, and recommendations submitted by neighborhood and civic groups throughout the Flatbush/Midwood/Kensington communities. The recommendations are considered by the Mayor and by City agencies for inclusion in the Fiscal Year budget. The members of the City Council review and consider the board’s priorities and vote on the City budget.
Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests Fiscal Year 2025
CB14 Preliminary Budget Register and Agency Responses Fiscal Year 2025
CB14 Letter of Comment to the Preliminary Budget Register
CB14 Adopted Budget Register with Agency Responses Fiscal Year 2025
CB14 Capital and Expense Budget Recommendations Fiscal Year 2024
Community Boards are required to prepare and submit recommendations for physical improvement projects funded by the City’s Capital Budget program and for operational programs funded by the City’s Expense budget. These recommendations are developed as a result of observation of physical and service problems within Community District 14; analysis of service delivery requests received by the board’s district office; formal local and borough consultation meetings with City agencies, and recommendations submitted by neighborhood and civic groups throughout the Flatbush/Midwood/Kensington communities. The recommendations are considered by the Mayor and by City agencies for inclusion in the Fiscal Year budget. The members of the City Council review and consider the board’s priorities and vote on the City budget.
Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests Fiscal Year 2024
CB14 Preliminary Budget Register and Agency Responses Fiscal Year 2024
CB14 Letter of Comment to the Preliminary Budget Register
CB14 Adopted Budget Register with Agency Responses Fiscal Year 2024
CB14 Capital and Expense Budget Recommendations Fiscal Year 2023
Community Boards are required to prepare and submit recommendations for physical improvement projects funded by the City’s Capital Budget program and for operational programs funded by the City’s Expense budget. These recommendations are developed as a result of observation of physical and service problems within Community District 14; analysis of service delivery requests received by the board’s district office; formal local and borough consultation meetings with City agencies, and recommendations submitted by neighborhood and civic groups throughout the Flatbush/Midwood/Kensington communities. The recommendations are considered by the Mayor and by City agencies for inclusion in the Fiscal Year budget. The members of the City Council review and consider the board’s priorities and vote on the City budget.
Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests Fiscal Year 2023
CB14 Preliminary Budget Register and Agency Responses Fiscal Year 2023
CB14 Letter of Comment to the Preliminary Budget Register
CB14 Adopted Budget Register with Agency Responses Fiscal Year 2023
Citywide Statement of Needs for City Facilities
In accordance with Section 204 of the New York City Charter, every year the Mayor submits the Citywide Statement of Needs for City Facilities (SON) for the next two fiscal years for review and comment. The purpose of this statement is to inform the public at the earliest possible stage of the City’s future needs for facilities and the specific criteria for selecting their locations; and to provide information about the existing distribution of City properties. The SON describes City facilities that are proposed for closure or expansion in the next two (2) years. Community Board 14 submits comments to this document.
This SON is an important tool for aligning some of the Administration’s priorities with agency capital projects and siting decisions that address community needs. Along with the Criteria for the Location of City Facilities (the Fair Share Criteria), the SON is part of a planning process in which communities are informed of the City’s needs for facilities and the specific criteria for selecting the locations of those facilities. To learn more about the Citywide Statement of Needs, please visit https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/about/publications/citywide-statement-of-needs.page.