D.C. budget update: no layoffs, furloughs or facility closures in 2025

Earlier this year, Congress passed a year long FY 2025 federal funding bill that was missing a routine authorization for D.C. to spend its own tax dollars. This manufactured crisis is causing a $1.1 billion shortfall in the City of D.C.’s budget. With President Trump’s support, the Senate quickly passed a bill to undo this attack on D.C. But anti-union extremists in the House have blocked the bill from moving forward.

AFSCME Council 20 members have been hard at work, going to Congress and D.C. City Council to lobby elected officials to fix this budget crisis. 

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In an announcement this week, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office announced that the budget for the 2025 fiscal year will not lead to layoffs, furloughs, or facility closures. The mayor’s office has said they are taking the following steps to save the money needed to stop layoffs, furloughs and facility closures: 

• Instituted a hiring freeze saving $63 million in personnel costs
• Made $175 million of non-personnel services reductions 
• Shifted $202 million of spending and costs that could wait from FY25 to FY26 or FY27 in workforce investment and HPTF and $160 million of local funds into special purpose revenue funds in FY 25
• Captured $117 million of excess special purpose and dedicated tax revenues

In addition to no layoffs or furloughs and no facility closures, the mayor’s office has also announced that public safety and public education will be fully funded, and there will be no changes to summer programming. 

AFSCME members will continue to fight for a fix from Congress and make sure our voices are heard in the City Council and the mayor’s office. 

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