Thursday, June 11, 2026

FY-2027 - NYCERS Admin Budget - Details

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.
This is a clear sign of sloppy budgeting and poor execution of plans. Of course, we already know that

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

  1. LRP Risk Consultant: $700K
  2. Accountatnt: $417K
  3. Server Consultant: $940K
  4. Salesforce Developer: $762K
  5. Java Developer: $500K
  6. Tech Architect: $250K
  7. Commo Consultant $500K

The following items were cut back in the FY-2027 budget

  1. Gartner: $840K
  2. Data Analysts: $250
  3. Project Manager: $500K
  4. Cobol Programmers: $2.5 million
  5. Procurement Support: $187K
  6. Server Engineer: $250K

History of NYCERS Admin Budget 1980-2027
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 411350 $31,704,410 $21,832,718 $9,194,015 $62,731,143 3.55%
2017 401350 $31,056,080 $20,916,796 $8,605,288 $60,578,164 4.81%
2016 392350 $30,233,989 $19,407,619 $8,155,517 $57,797,125 4.70%
2015392530 $29,131,972 $18,154,572 $7,915,476 $55,202,020 3.68%
2014383530 $26,813,635 $18,761,240 $7,669,819 $53,244,694 2.18%
2013 380520 $26,623,635 $17,951,822 $7,532,499 $52,107,956 1.93%
2012 372120 $25,756,827 $18,781,428 $6,603,649 $51,122,139 1.14%
2011 372120 $26,046,827 $18,492,228 $6,006,573 $50,545,628 2.76%
2010 372120 $26,046,827 $17,777,228 $5,362,640 $49,186,695 1.88%
2009 371130 $25,189,842 $18,208,861 $4,879,903 $48,278,606 6.22%
2008 371130 $23,597,857 $17,259,313 $4,799,066 $45,656,236 10.80%
2007 364130 $22,616,783 $14,258,471 4,375,788 $41,251,042 5.73%
2006 3421330 $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 21900 $3,558,977 $1,079,851 na $4,638,828 na
1981 22200 $3,507,806 $1,020,374 na $4,528,180 -2.39%
1982 22000 $3,970,212 $1,177, 748 na $5,147,960 13.69%
1983 22400 $4,429,362$1,230,672 na $5,660,034 9.95%
1984 23100 $5,026,847 $1,194,237 na $6,221,084 9.91%
1985 23900 $5,446,600 $1,241,976 na $6,688,576 7.5%
1986 247030 $5,916,793 $1,423,743 na $7,340,536 9.76%
1987 245030 $6,621,803 $1,881,300 na $8,167,220 11.26%
1988 265030 $6,621,803 $1,881,300 na $8,503,103 4.11%
1989 285030 $7,849,731 $1,932,351 na $9,782,082 15.4%
1990280030 $8,284,883 $2,578,693 na $10,863,576 11.06%
1991229030 $6,826,473 $2,475,205 na $9,301,678 -14.38%
1992225030 $6,646,549 $2,216,262 na $8,862,811 -4.72
1993 223030 $6,858,991 $2,198,882 na $9,057,873 2.20%
1994 194030 $6,778,541 $2,183,101 na $8,961,642 -1.06%
1995 167030 $6,202,062 $2,080,504 na $8,282,566 -7.58%
1996 154030 $6,199,709 $2,573,715 na $8,773,424 5.93%
1997 200030
1998230030
1999270030
2000290030
20013201330
20023201330
20033341330
20043341330

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