Overview
Poughkeepsie's adopted FY 2026 budget totals $115,309,401 across all funds, up 5.61% from $109,188,227 adopted for FY 2025. The General Fund is $73,810,621 (up 4.36% from $70,726,203), with employee benefits ($22,397,508, 30.34% of the General Fund), police ($16,786,693), and public works ($10,493,107) the largest General Fund departments. The homestead tax rate falls 3.37% to $10.457119 per $1,000 while the non-homestead rate rises 3.13% to $14.343965, on a tax levy of $34,161,109.
At a glance — adopted budget FY 2026
Source: City of Poughkeepsie 2026 Adopted Budget, at a glance and tax summaries.
Headline budget
Funds, FY 2026 final adopted (sums exactly: comparison funds $107,113,982 + Debt Service Fund $582,350 = city totals $107,696,332 + Joint Water Fund $7,613,069 = $115,309,401).
| General Fund | $73,810,621 |
| Water Fund | $10,705,783 |
| Sewer Fund | $5,925,500 |
| Joint Sewer Fund | $2,965,819 |
| Community Development Admin Fund | $204,089 |
| Section 8 Fund | $8,895,000 |
| Sanitation Fund | $4,607,170 |
| Debt Service Fund | $582,350 |
| Joint Water Fund | $7,613,069 |
| Total, all funds | $115,309,401 |
Source: City of Poughkeepsie 2026 Adopted Budget at a glance.
Breakdown
General Fund departments, FY 2026 final adopted (sums exactly to $73,810,621).
| Employee benefits | $22,397,508 |
| Police | $16,786,693 |
| Public works | $10,493,107 |
| Fire | $9,099,222 |
| Nondepartmental | $4,997,689 |
| Debt service | $2,964,700 |
| Finance | $1,948,982 |
| Development services | $1,848,323 |
| Law | $935,522 |
| City administrator | $555,607 |
| Human resources | $468,839 |
| Mayor | $397,149 |
| Assessment | $350,277 |
| Clerk | $297,702 |
| Common Council | $269,301 |
| Total General Fund | $73,810,621 |
All-funds revenues, FY 2026 final adopted (source of funds $106,421,925 + interfund revenues $2,464,503 + interfund transfers $6,422,973 = $115,309,401).
| Real property taxes | $33,778,558 |
| Departmental income | $33,566,666 |
| Sales, other taxes, and franchises | $17,146,936 |
| Federal aid | $9,033,351 |
| State aid | $7,135,482 |
| Intergovernmental charges | $2,393,471 |
| Real property tax items | $1,510,671 |
| Use of money and property | $1,088,690 |
| Sale of property | $768,100 |
| Total source of funds | $106,421,925 |
Source: City of Poughkeepsie 2026 Adopted Budget, at a glance and all-funds classification summary.
Elected officials
As named in the cited adopted budget book.
| Mayor | Yvonne Flowers |
| City Administrator | Joseph Donat |
| Interim Commissioner of Finance | Joseph Vita |
| Councilmember at Large | Da'Ron Wilson |
| First Ward | Ernest Henry |
| Second Ward | Evan Menist |
| Third Ward | Terriciena Brown |
| Fourth Ward | Nathan Shook |
| Fifth Ward | Ondie James |
| Sixth Ward | Christopher Grant |
| Seventh Ward | Nedra Patterson Thompson |
| Eighth Ward | Daniel Atonna |
Sources & notes
- Only source used: City of Poughkeepsie, 2026 Adopted Budget. 2026 Adopted Budget.
- Sum checks: General Fund departments exact ($73,810,621); all-funds fund table exact ($115,309,401); all-funds revenues exact ($106,421,925 + $2,464,503 + $6,422,973 = $115,309,401); all-funds appropriations by class exact ($110,009,182 + $5,300,219 = $115,309,401).
- What is not claimed: the mayor's proposed figures ($115,245,651 / $73,746,871) are not used as adopted figures (see basis notice); the Town of Poughkeepsie is a separate government and is not used.
- Jurisdiction palette: No verified New York jurisdiction palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a jurisdiction color.