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Top-Heavy Administration
Executive Payroll Grows While 843 City Jobs Sit Vacant
The FY2027 Proposed Budget adds new funded positions inside Executive Administration (Office of the Mayor, Communications, and central executive functions) while 843 funded positions citywide sit vacant and $52.7M flows to Miscellaneous Professional Services contractors. The proposal grows the top of the org chart at the same time it leaves frontline jobs unfilled.
Vacant Positions Citywide
843
Contractor Spend (Misc. Pro. Services)
$52,700,000
Executive Administration FY27 Ask
$28,400,000
New Positions in Executive (FY27 Proposed)
See Exhibit E
Sources
- 843 vacant funded positions citywideBudget summary data (901 Report TAB 1, p. 4) · FY27 Proposed ↗
- $52.7M Miscellaneous Professional Services (FY26 forecast)Exhibit E, Citywide Expenditure Detail · FY27 Proposed ↗
- Executive Administration FY27 division totalExhibit D, Expenditure by Division · p. 19 ↗
- New / added positions in Executive AdministrationExhibit E, Executive Administration Position Detail (FY26 Adopted vs. FY27 Proposed headcount) · FY27 Proposed ↗
Questions Council Should Ask
- Exactly how many positions does the FY27 proposal ADD inside Executive Administration vs. FY26 Adopted?
- What are the titles, salaries, and reporting lines of each newly funded executive position?
- Why are new executive positions being funded while 843 frontline positions remain vacant?
- What is the cost-per-hour delta between filling a vacant position and a Miscellaneous Professional Services contractor doing the same work?