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City Council August 2026

The Council’s Workload Lands on the Same Ten Agencies

Of the 6,589 obligations the tracker matches to a specific city agency, the ten most-tasked account for 3,769, 57%. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene leads with 581 obligations, followed by Buildings with 561, Consumer and Worker Protection with 474, and Transportation with 446.

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Ten agencies carry 57% of the obligations assigned to a named agency

Obligations per agency from local laws enacted 2014–2026, top 12 of the 98 agencies the tracker matches through the city’s agency crosswalk. 6,589 of the tracker’s 8,185 obligations match a specific agency.

DOHMH
581
DOB
561
DCWP
474
DOT
446
HPD
378
Mayor's Office
317
DOC
271
DOF
260
NYCPS
256
NYPD
225
THE TEN AGENCIES ABOVE CARRY 3,769 OF 6,589 MATCHED OBLIGATIONS (57%)
DEP
208
DSNY
182
All other agencies (86)
2,430
Source: NYC Council Legistar, via the Legislation Implementation Tracker Note: counts include one-time and recurring obligations, as enacted. The grey bar aggregates the 86 other matched agencies and is drawn at full width for its 2,430 total.

The load concentrates where New Yorkers meet their government. The four most-tasked agencies regulate health (DOHMH, 581 obligations), buildings (DOB, 561), businesses and workers (DCWP, 474), and streets (DOT, 446). These are also among the agencies New Yorkers most often experience as slow; the tracker shows one reason, which is that the Council tasks them most heavily.

1,596 obligations match no specific agency. 528 of them name no institution at all, only “the administering agency,” “an office or agency designated by the mayor,” or “the city.” The rest belong to task forces, advisory boards, and other bodies outside the city’s agency crosswalk.

What’s counted: every obligation the tracker extracts from local laws enacted 2014–2026, one-time and recurring alike, attributed to the agency named as the lead actor. Counts are as enacted and do not net out later repeals or sunsets.

Agency grouping: names resolve through NYC Open Data’s NYC Agencies and Governance Organizations crosswalk, so renames and variants (DCA→DCWP, DOE→NYCPS) group as one agency. Mayor’s Office counts obligations assigned to the office itself, not to its named sub-offices.

Sources: Author’s analysis of NYC Council Legistar law text via the NYCuriosity Legislation Implementation Tracker (data as of August 2026).