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City of Syracuse, New York

Unofficial demonstration dashboard for the City of Syracuse, New York, built from the city's official Adopted Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 (General Fund).

Basis — read this first: Every figure on this page comes from the City of Syracuse's official Adopted Budget, Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2026 (General Fund). Adoption story, disclosed: the Mayor proposed a $348.4 million budget; the Common Council amended it, the Mayor vetoed 45 amendments, and the Council unanimously overrode the vetoes, adopting a $333,036,573 General Fund budget — rejecting the proposed 2% property tax increase and cutting the proposed $27.2 million fund-balance draw to $14,393,659. The Syracuse City School District budget, printed in the same book, is a separate government and was NOT used here. The Onondaga County budget was likewise not used.

Overview

Syracuse's adopted FY2026 General Fund budget is $333,036,573, down 2.3% from FY2025's $340,819,961 — the Council's amendments cut spending below the Mayor's $348.4 million proposal without adjusting revenues. Police ($62,234,298) and Fire ($46,526,393) dominate departmental spending, followed by Public Works ($37,123,572). For the first time in three fiscal years the budget includes no American Rescue Plan Act revenue, and it counts a $2 million services agreement payment from Syracuse University plus $500,000 for the University Neighborhood Agreement Advisory Council.

Source: City of Syracuse FY2026 Adopted Budget.

At a glance — adopted budget FY2026 (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026)

$333,036,573
General Fund budget, FY2026 adopted
$189,338,053
Departmental operating expenditures
$62,234,298
Police, FY2026 adopted
$46,526,393
Fire, FY2026 adopted
$14,393,659
Fund-balance draw (cut from proposed $27.2M)

Source: City of Syracuse FY2026 Adopted Budget.

Headline budget

Expenditure Summary, fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. Departmental, special objects, capital/debt, and the 1% addition sum exactly to the grand total.

Grand total General Fund budget, FY2026 adopted$333,036,573
Total departmental operating expenditures$189,338,053
Total special objects of expense$116,142,222
Capital appropriations and debt service$26,972,434
1% added pursuant to law$583,864
FY2025 adopted grand total (comparison)$340,819,961
Mayor's proposed budget (not adopted)$348.4 million

Source: City of Syracuse FY2026 Adopted Budget.

Breakdown: departmental expenditures

Departmental operating expenditures, FY2026 adopted, from the book's Expenditure Summary. The printed departmental total is $189,338,053; see the $1 note below.

Common Council$745,848
Citizen Review Board$385,804
Executive (total)$9,674,830
Finance (total)$4,571,896
Office of the City Auditor$324,445
City Clerk's Office$393,472
Assessment (total)$916,778
Board of Zoning Appeals$8,835
Law (total)$5,302,185
Neighborhood & Business Development (total)$7,486,514
Department of Engineering$1,465,533
Public Works (total)$37,123,572
Police (total)$62,234,298
Fire (total)$46,526,393
Parks, Recreation & Youth Programs (total)$12,177,651
Total departmental (as printed)$189,338,053

$1 rounding disclosure: the departmental lines above add to $189,338,054, one dollar above the book's printed departmental total of $189,338,053; the printed total is used as the headline, and the difference is not smoothed over. The grand-total identity is exact: $189,338,053 + $116,142,222 + $26,972,434 + $583,864 = $333,036,573.

Source: City of Syracuse FY2026 Adopted Budget.

Elected officials

As named in the adopted budget book. District councilors beyond the at-large members are not named in the retrieved excerpts, so only the officers below are listed.

MayorBen Walsh
Council PresidentHelen Hudson
Councilor-at-LargeChol Majok
Councilor-at-LargeRasheada Caldwell
Councilor-at-LargeRita M. Paniagua

Source: City of Syracuse FY2026 Adopted Budget.

Sources & notes

  • Only source used: City of Syracuse, Adopted Budget, Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2026 (official city document). FY2026 Adopted Budget.
  • Sum checks: grand-total identity exact (see breakdown note); departmental lines carry a disclosed $1 rounding difference against the printed departmental total.
  • What is not claimed: no school-district figure and no Onondaga County figure are shown; the Mayor's $348.4 million proposal is labeled as proposed, not adopted.
  • 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.

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