Intro
On May 12, 2026, with the chaos of the Legacy Replacement Project hanging over their heads, the NYCERS trustees adopted the regular administrative budget for FY-2027. The total budget was a -4.22% decrease from the FY-2026 budget.
The payroll was cut by $1.0 million by reducing overtime from $3.6 million to $2.6 million. The PS amount went from $55.9 million to $54.9 million.
Of course, that is shame because NYCERS doesn't need $2.6 million for overtime, never mind $3.6 million.
The non payroll expenses were reduced by approximately $5.7 million from $92.3 million to $86.6 million mostly from the Tech - Modernization and Implemetation code.
- Contract Services cut from $33.3 million to $29.0 million
- Contigency Reserve cut from $5.5 million to $4.0 million
What was actually spent in FY-2025
NYCERS has a persistent habit of underspending its budgeted appropriations.
In FY-2025 NYCERS spent:
- $66.0 million on PS and fringe expenses but was appropriated $70.0 million, and
- $62.9 million on OTPS expenses but was appropriated $95.9 million.
Details on the OTPS Cuts
In response to whatever has been decided about the LRP project,
the Accenture LRP contract for FY-2027 was increased from $10.8 million to $17.7 million, and
the QA Vendor contract was kept steady at $1.4 million.
NYCERS is still looking at a publically unresolved project running out to FY-2030 without any published implementation plan.
You will notice below that NYCERS has cut the LRP Risk Consultant from the budget. What was that person doing all these years since 2021.
The following Items were cut completely from the FY-2027 budget
- LRP Risk Consultant: $700K
- Accountatnt: $417K
- Server Consultant: $940K
- Salesforce Developer: $762K
- Java Developer: $500K
- Tech Architect: $250K
- Commo Consultant $500K
The following items were cut back in the FY-2027 budget
- Gartner: $840K
- Data Analysts: $250
- Project Manager: $500K
- Cobol Programmers: $2.5 million
- Procurement Support: $187K
- Server Engineer: $250K
| Fiscal Year | F/T Count | P/T Count | College Aides / Hourly | PS Budget | OTPS Budget | Fringe | Total | % Increase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 506 | 26 | 10 | $54,860,521 | $86,623,375 | $17,347,446 | $158,831,342 | -4.22% |
| 2026 | 501 | 30 | 16 | $55,860,520 | $92,309,697 | $17,663,655 | $165,833,872 | -0.13% |
| 2025 | 485 | 30 | 16 | $53,679,194 | $95,900,865 | $16,461,953 | $166,042,012 | 0.05% |
| 2024 | 485 | 30 | 16 | $54,290,508 | $98,040,138 | $13,633,903 | $165,964,549 | 13.37% |
| 2023 | 485 | 30 | 16 | $43,016,089 | $90,436,500 | $12,942,144 | $146,394,733 | 7.92% |
| 2022 | 474 | 27 | 16 | $38,397,943 | $85,531,063 | $11,719,465 | $135,648,471 | 37.94% |
| 2021 | 438 | 27 | 16 | $36,842,549 | $50,210,145 | $11,283,945 | $98,336,639 | 7.10% |
| 2020 | 438 | 27 | 16 | $35,262,139 | $45,862,557 | $10,689,350 | $91,814,046 | 4.97% |
| 2019 | 428 | 35 | 0 | $33,592,612 | $43,532,302 | $10,344,565 | $87,469,479 | 39.44% |
| 2018 | 411 | 35 | 0 | $31,704,410 | $21,832,718 | $9,194,015 | $62,731,143 | 3.55% |
| 2017 | 401 | 35 | 0 | $31,056,080 | $20,916,796 | $8,605,288 | $60,578,164 | 4.81% |
| 2016 | 392 | 35 | 0 | $30,233,989 | $19,407,619 | $8,155,517 | $57,797,125 | 4.70% |
| 2015 | 392 | 5 | 30 | $29,131,972 | $18,154,572 | $7,915,476 | $55,202,020 | 3.68% |
| 2014 | 383 | 5 | 30 | $26,813,635 | $18,761,240 | $7,669,819 | $53,244,694 | 2.18% |
| 2013 | 380 | 5 | 20 | $26,623,635 | $17,951,822 | $7,532,499 | $52,107,956 | 1.93% |
| 2012 | 372 | 12 | 0 | $25,756,827 | $18,781,428 | $6,603,649 | $51,122,139 | 1.14% |
| 2011 | 372 | 12 | 0 | $26,046,827 | $18,492,228 | $6,006,573 | $50,545,628 | 2.76% |
| 2010 | 372 | 12 | 0 | $26,046,827 | $17,777,228 | $5,362,640 | $49,186,695 | 1.88% |
| 2009 | 371 | 13 | 0 | $25,189,842 | $18,208,861 | $4,879,903 | $48,278,606 | 6.22% |
| 2008 | 371 | 13 | 0 | $23,597,857 | $17,259,313 | $4,799,066 | $45,656,236 | 10.80% |
| 2007 | 364 | 13 | 0 | $22,616,783 | $14,258,471 | 4,375,788 | $41,251,042 | 5.73% |
| 2006 | 342 | 13 | 30 | $20,255,911 | $14,683,855 | $ 4,076,823 | $39,016,589 | 1.01% |
| 2005 | 342 | 13 | 30 | $19,737,687 | $14,851,355 | $3,887,624 | $38,476,666 | 295.25% |
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| 1980 | 219 | 0 | 0 | $3,558,977 | $1,079,851 | na | $4,638,828 | na |
| 1981 | 222 | 0 | 0 | $3,507,806 | $1,020,374 | na | $4,528,180 | -2.39% |
| 1982 | 220 | 0 | 0 | $3,970,212 | $1,177, 748 | na | $5,147,960 | 13.69% |
| 1983 | 224 | 0 | 0 | $4,429,362 | $1,230,672 | na | $5,660,034 | 9.95% |
| 1984 | 231 | 0 | 0 | $5,026,847 | $1,194,237 | na | $6,221,084 | 9.91% |
| 1985 | 239 | 0 | 0 | $5,446,600 | $1,241,976 | na | $6,688,576 | 7.5% |
| 1986 | 247 | 0 | 30 | $5,916,793 | $1,423,743 | na | $7,340,536 | 9.76% |
| 1987 | 245 | 0 | 30 | $6,621,803 | $1,881,300 | na | $8,167,220 | 11.26% |
| 1988 | 265 | 0 | 30 | $6,621,803 | $1,881,300 | na | $8,503,103 | 4.11% |
| 1989 | 285 | 0 | 30 | $7,849,731 | $1,932,351 | na | $9,782,082 | 15.4% |
| 1990 | 280 | 0 | 30 | $8,284,883 | $2,578,693 | na | $10,863,576 | 11.06% |
| 1991 | 229 | 0 | 30 | $6,826,473 | $2,475,205 | na | $9,301,678 | -14.38% |
| 1992 | 225 | 0 | 30 | $6,646,549 | $2,216,262 | na | $8,862,811 | -4.72 |
| 1993 | 223 | 0 | 30 | $6,858,991 | $2,198,882 | na | $9,057,873 | 2.20% |
| 1994 | 194 | 0 | 30 | $6,778,541 | $2,183,101 | na | $8,961,642 | -1.06% |
| 1995 | 167 | 0 | 30 | $6,202,062 | $2,080,504 | na | $8,282,566 | -7.58% |
| 1996 | 154 | 0 | 30 | $6,199,709 | $2,573,715 | na | $8,773,424 | 5.93% |
| 1997 | 200 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| 1998 | 230 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| 1999 | 270 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| 2000 | 290 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| 2001 | 320 | 13 | 30 | |||||
| 2002 | 320 | 13 | 30 | |||||
| 2003 | 334 | 13 | 30 | |||||
| 2004 | 334 | 13 | 30 |
