The City Council is NYC's legislative body -- 51 elected members who write and vote on local laws, approve the city budget, and oversee how the mayor's administration runs city agencies. It's the closest thing New Yorkers have to a local Congress. Every local law that affects your rent, your subway, your parks, and your trash pickup passes through the Council. They also control the purse strings -- the mayor proposes the budget, but the Council negotiates and approves the final version.
Spending
$75.9M
5,777 transactions →
Payroll
$58.9M
16,937 pay records →
Budget (Adopted)
$115.0M
$72.5M spent
Avg Salary
$95.0K
across 16,937 records
Did You Know
NYC's participatory budgeting program, run through the Council since 2011, lets residents as young as 11 years old vote on real capital projects in their neighborhood -- one of the largest such programs in the country.
| COUNCIL MEMBERS | $23.6M |
| COMMITTEE STAFFING | $19.1M |
| COUNCIL SERVICES DIVISION | $16.2M |
| 250 BROADWAY OWNER LLC | $6.5M |
| UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE | $2.9M |
| COUNCIL MEMBER AIDE | 7,181 staff | $70.5K avg |
| LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT | 1,361 staff | $83.9K avg |
| COUNCIL MEMBER | 932 staff | $148.5K avg |
| LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL (CITY COUNCIL) | 806 staff |
| $108.1K avg |
| LEGISLATIVE CLERK | 737 staff | $45.0K avg |
Headcount
Around 750 staff across 51 member offices plus central staff. The $76M budget covers member offices, committee staff, and Council operations.
Who It Serves
All 8.3 million New Yorkers. Each of the 51 members represents roughly 160,000 residents.
Category
Government Operations