IBO has examined Internal Revenue Service tax filer county to county migration data to track NYC in-migration and out-migration from 1989-2007 as well as moves within the city over that period.
With state policymakers now considering whether to allow companies to drill for natural gas in the Catskill/Delaware watershed, many environmentalists and other New Yorkers are concerned about
potential contamination of the water from chemicals used in drilling.
The city's fiscal outlook for 2011 and beyond may be less fraught than previously thought. The IBO has concentrated on updating its economic and tax revenue forecasts.
This guide is to help get New Yorkers to understand and participate in the city's budget process by outlining the components of the city's budget, the timelines and processes for adopting it, and providing an overview of how the city raises revenues and how those revenues are spent.
This report, published by the Independent Budget Office, details the fiscal impact of the proposed Atlantic Yards arena in Brooklyn. It was found that over a 30-year period, the arena will cost the city more than it will generate in tax revenues. However, the arena will fiscally benefit the state, as well as create many new jobs.
This Independent Budget Office Fiscal Brief addresses the increased City funding for arts and cultural groups for fiscal year 2008. Data, information, and analyses are provided on the new funding allocation system and its effect on art groups and the economy in New York City. This change had several goals: to make sure more of these program funds were available to more groups, to adopt a peer-panel review system that would award grants on a competitive basis, and to foster some level of fiscal stability among larger organizations by providing them with multiyear awards.
This Independent Budget Office fiscal brief addresses the increase in spending to assist inmates leaving jail in assimilating back into society. This report analyzes addresses old and current program efforts to tackle this issue and their expenses. Projections for future plans to increase these efforts are also included.
This Independent Budget Office report focuses on the Mayor's executive budget plan for 2010. Included is an overview of the state of the economy and analyses of the plan and current expenditures. Information is provided on revenue as well, and current actions taken that affect the budget plan.