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Where DYCD answered — and where parents testified
The Council's FY27 Executive Budget hearings were the principal forum where DYCD answered Council questions about the 2026 COMPASS / SONYC awards. The public-testimony portion was held Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at 9:30 AM before the Committee on Finance — that is where parents, providers, and members of the public testified, including coalition organizer Jamie Parganos and awardee Theseus Roche of the Imogen Roche Foundation.
Pre-RFP oversight meeting — useful baseline for what DYCD told the Council before the 2026 awards were issued.
September 25, 2025https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?GUID=8CE1267D-C56B-4B4F-8F73-6A3211E079AE&ID=1329911&Options=info%7C&Search=The official meeting record for the Committee on Finance public-testimony day — agenda Final, minutes Final. Written testimony submitted by the public is attached to file T2026-1913 inside this Legistar record; opening the page in a browser exposes the per-speaker PDFs.
June 10, 2026 · 9:30 AM · Council Chambershttps://nyc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1415407&GUID=87344321-8CE7-4CA6-8E08-6F8A0D6179B0&Options=&Search=- Public testimony day — official agenda (PDF) ↗PDF · Council
FY27 Executive Budget Hearings — Public Testimony, Committee on Finance, Chair Linda Lee.
June 10, 2026https://nyc.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1415407&GUID=87344321-8CE7-4CA6-8E08-6F8A0D6179B0 - Public testimony day — official minutes (PDF) ↗PDF · Council
Final minutes from the June 10 public testimony hearing.
June 10, 2026https://nyc.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1415407&GUID=87344321-8CE7-4CA6-8E08-6F8A0D6179B0 This is the day Commissioner Escamilla-Davies testified as the agency head. The 'I know how resilient young people are' exchange is from this hearing.
May 28, 2026https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?GUID=67D0E9B0-3B97-42F4-9C98-38717E9BA68C&ID=1415349&Options=info%7C&Search=- May 28 agency testimony — official minutes (Legistar) ↗Legistar · Minutes
Final minutes from the May 28 joint Finance + Children & Youth + Immigration hearing.
May 28, 2026https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/View.ashx?GUID=67D0E9B0-3B97-42F4-9C98-38717E9BA68C&ID=1415349&M=M - September 18, 2025 hearing — official transcript (Legistar) ↗Legistar · Transcript
Official Legistar transcript file for the Committee on Children and Youth DYCD oversight hearing.
September 18, 2025https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/View.ashx?GUID=46BF4252-797B-4199-9D7A-DDFD5E990EFC&ID=14859177&M=F Joint Finance + Children & Youth + Immigration. DYCD segment includes Commissioner Escamilla-Davies on the COMPASS rebid — 927 awards (806 school-based / 121 center-based), 12 schools with no awarded provider, one organization with ~80 awards, and the 'I know how resilient young people are' exchange.
Early June 2026https://hearinghearings.nyc/hearings/committee-on-immigration-executive-budget-hearing/Commissioner Escamilla-Davies and DYCD on the preliminary FY27 plan — the lead-in to the executive budget testimony above.
March 16, 2026https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24qQeEOdhrAOfficial Council department index — open the Committee on Finance for every meeting with agendas, minutes, and (where posted) video.
https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/Departments.aspxOfficial Council department index — open the Committee on Children and Youth (DYCD's direct oversight committee, Chair CM Althea Stevens) for any new COMPASS oversight hearing.
https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/Departments.aspxCouncil's own staff analysis of DYCD's preliminary budget, prepared under CM Linda Lee (Finance) and CM Althea Stevens (Children and Youth).
March 2026https://council.nyc.gov/budget/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2026/03/Department-of-Youth-and-Community-Development.pdfWorkforce-coalition write-up of the preliminary hearing with Commissioner Escamilla-Davies' testimony in context.
April 2026https://nycetc.org/2026/04/dycd-preliminary-budget-hearing-signals-gaps-next-moves/
Written testimony submitted by members of the public is attached to the Legistar record above (file T2026-1913) — open the meeting page in a browser to access per-speaker PDFs. If you testified June 10 and want your written testimony mirrored here for easier access, email dycdparentaction@gmail.com and we'll post it.
DYCD's own award list — published May 2026
927 awards. $760 million in annual funding. 171 unique organizations — with one organization holding more than 80 sites. These are DYCD's own published lists, school by school and center by center.
DYCD's own landing page for every active RFP award list, including both 2026 COMPASS lists below.
https://www.nyc.gov/site/dycd/involved/funding-and-support/contracting-rfp-awards.pageThe complete list of organizations awarded school-based COMPASS contracts for the 2026 rebid.
Released May 8, 2026https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dycd/downloads/pdf/COMPASS_SB_awards_website_5.8.26.pdfThe complete list for community center and non-public school COMPASS sites.
May 2026https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dycd/downloads/pdf/COMPASS_Centerbased_Awards_for_website.pdfThe agency's own announcement of the 2026 awards, with quotes from Mayor Mamdani, Commissioner Escamilla-Davies, and Chancellor Samuels.
May 14, 2026https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dycd/downloads/pdf/FOR_IMMEDIATE_RELEASE_May_4-2026.pdfDYCD's public-facing map of awardees by site, as cited in the press release above.
https://nyc.gov/afterschoolThe procurement record for the school-based RFP on the City's PASSPort system. Vendor login required for full attachments.
https://passport.cityofnewyork.us/page.aspx/en/bpm/process_manage_extranet/33111
The rules the agency set for itself
When we ask whether a particular award reflects DYCD's stated values — whole-child programming, community fit, continuity for students with disabilities — these are the documents we hold the agency to.
DYCD's live landing page for every open RFP, including the COMPASS / SONYC procurements.
https://www.nyc.gov/site/dycd/involved/funding-and-support/contracting-view-current-rfps.pageDYCD's own slide deck walking prospective bidders through the school-based RFP — scoring, timeline, and program design expectations.
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dycd/downloads/pdf/COMPASS_Schools_PPC_slides.pdfThe pre-RFP concept paper that set DYCD's own stated standards for the 2026 awards — program purpose, design requirements, and whole-child commitments. EPIN 26025Y0165.
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dycd/downloads/pdf/COMPASS_Elem_and_SONYC_Concept_Paper_FINAL.pdfDYCD's living public description of the COMPASS Elementary and SONYC middle-school program designs.
https://www.nyc.gov/site/dycd/services/after-school/COMPASS_program_model.pageDYCD's own answers on eligible sites, application requirements, and program rules for the school-based RFP.
November 10, 2025https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dycd/downloads/pdf/COMPASS_RFP_FAQs-1-26026P00003_Public_Schools.pdfDYCD's own answers for the center-based RFP — lease agreements, site eligibility, vendor requirements.
November 10, 2025https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dycd/downloads/pdf/COMPASS_RFP_FAQs-1-26026P00004_Centers_NPS.pdfMayor's Office of Contract Services landing page for the 2026 COMPASS RFPs. Confirms both RFPs were released October 1, 2025 via PASSPort.
https://www.nyc.gov/site/mocs/events/compass-rfp.pageThe City's published guide for the steps between award selection and contract registration — i.e., the window in which intervention is still procedurally possible.
https://www.nyc.gov/site/mocs/passport/articles/compass-next-steps.page
DYCD does not publish a full COMPASS / SONYC operations manual. Program standards are distributed through the concept paper, the RFP, and RFP attachments (vendor login required on PASSPort).
Calendars and registration notices to watch
No COMPASS-specific Council oversight hearing is publicly scheduled as of June 21, 2026. The FY27 city budget deadline is July 1. Once a complete contract package is submitted to the Comptroller, the Office has up to 30 days to register, return, or object. That window is the Comptroller's registration-review period — not a universal public-comment period — but registration actions (and any returns or objections) are published in the City Record.
Filter by Children and Youth or Finance to catch any newly scheduled oversight hearing.
https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/Calendar.aspxWhere Comptroller registration actions and notices on DYCD contract awards are posted. Worth checking daily during budget season.
https://a856-cityrecord.nyc.gov/Third-party mirror of Legistar with cleaner filtering.
https://intro.nyc/events
The rulebooks and databases behind the awards
The City's binding procurement rulebook — including the 10-business-day vendor protest window referenced in our /article-78 analysis.
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/mocs/downloads/Regulations/PPB/PPBRules.pdf- Comptroller — contract registration ↗Comptroller
How and when DYCD contracts become legally binding. The Comptroller has up to 30 days after a complete package is submitted to register, return, or object — this is the Office's registration-review period, not a universal public-comment window.
https://comptroller.nyc.gov/services/for-city-agencies/contract-registration/ Search any provider by name to see active and historical city contracts, payments, and registrations.
https://www.checkbooknyc.com/The City's centralized FOIL portal. We use this to file every record request tracked on /records-request and /foil-tracker.
https://a860-openrecords.nyc.gov/Where the COMPASS RFPs were released and where vendor responses, awards, and registration steps are recorded. Vendor login required for full attachments.
https://passport.cityofnewyork.us/
Community Education Council action
- CEC 3 — resolution PDF ↗PDF · CEC
Community Education Council 3's formal resolution on the COMPASS rebid. Cross-referenced on /cec-resolutions.
https://www.cec3.org/_files/ugd/2630a7_8ffd4711a9844c1e86aa799d5ed2ad2a.pdf
On-the-record statements from affected schools
- Lab Middle School — community statement ↗School site
School-published notice on the loss of Manhattan Youth and the YMCA award.
https://www.labmiddleschool.com/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=1018234&id=1 Parent-voice reporting on the Lab / Manhattan Youth → YMCA transition.
June 1, 2026https://www.westsiderag.com/2026/06/01/parents-lament-a-city-decision-to-replace-the-after-school-provider-at-an-uws-middle-school- News 12 Brooklyn — Canarsie 18-year provider ends ↗Video · Press
P.S. 115 Canarsie rally coverage — used to corroborate the 18-year continuity loss noted on /school-vs-award.
https://brooklyn.news12.com/community-rallies-in-canarsie-after-school-program-ends-after-18-years
Public petitions tied to the rebid
Citywide accountability petition tied to the 2026 COMPASS rebid.
https://www.change.org/p/save-our-afterschool-programs-demand-accountability-from-dycd-for-vendor-contractsSchool-specific petition for the IS 227 Coalition for Hispanic Family Services program.
https://www.change.org/p/keep-the-coalition-for-hispanic-family-services-arts-literacy-program-at-is227
Independent reporting we cite
- https://gothamist.com/news/parents-rally-to-save-nearly-250-nyc-after-school-programs-facing-cancellation
- May 21, 2026https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026/05/21/nyc-after-school-provider-contract-shakeup-sparks-parent-protest/
- May 21, 2026https://tribecacitizen.com/2026/05/21/manhattan-youth-loses-contracts-at-12-middle-school-afterschool-programs/
- https://www.bxtimes.com/funding-cuts-renaissance-youth-center/
Primary source for the Goodhue seat-reduction line on /seats-and-funding.
June 2026https://www.silive.com/news/2026/06/staten-island-community-center-sees-nyc-cut-80-of-its-afterschool-seats.html?gift=29069eac-68a8-4a2e-bb6e-882fa2da9de9
What the displaced providers actually ran
Provider-published description of the displaced programming.
https://www.manhattanyouth.org/after-school/middle-school-programs- https://www.manhattanyouth.org/after-school/middle-school/image-gallery
The arts/literacy program at the center of the IS 227 and Armstrong displacement claims.
https://www.artsandliteracyny.com/
On-record letters from elected officials
State Assembly letter calling on DYCD to answer specific questions about the 2026 COMPASS awards. Hosted on this site.
June 15, 2026/__l5e/assets-v1/d671249a-ef2c-4440-bbec-b31b216fc697/bores-letter-2026-06-15.pdfState Senate letter urging DYCD to reinstate Children's Aid seats at the Goodhue Center and I.S. 61 (Staten Island) after seats were cut from 300 to 60 with little notice and no appeal. Hosted on this site.
June 16, 2026/__l5e/assets-v1/35058991-d5b8-4d36-b2d3-2371b9f3b460/scarcella-spanton-dycd-letter-2026-06-16.pdf