Designation report for 53 West 28th Street a c.1852 Italianate-style row house which was the site of numerous musicians' and sheet music publishers' offices in the 1890s-1900s and was part of a block known as "Tin Pan Alley."
Designation report for 55 West 28th Street a c.1852 Italianate-style row house which was the site of numerous musicians' and sheet music publishers' offices in the 1890s-1900s and was part of a block known as "Tin Pan Alley."
The report examines certain aspects of The NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA) Special One-Time Assistance (SOTA) program, a rental assistance program that is designed to provide permanent, stable housing to qualified Department of Homeless Services (DHS) clients.
Parent–teacher associations can buy a range of goods and services for their schools. But the associations can also make monetary donations to their school’s budget, as 132 did in school year 2017-2018. How much did the associations contribute and how did it vary by school type, school poverty rate?
IBO’s Sarita Subramanian discusses New York State and City education aid formulas and how they address student need at a hearing of the State Senate Committees on Education and Budget and Revenues.
In 2016 the Mayor revamped how the city cleans and maintains the city’s schools—promising better services and potential savings. Has the city achieved savings?
The Automated Decision Systems Task Force was required by Local Law 49 of 2018. The Task Force's recommendations, which relate to how the City manages these systems, are included in this report.
The Public Design Commission meets once a month. The meeting agendas are posted online three business days in advance of each meeting and published in the City Record. Agendas are also distributed to all City Council members, Community Boards, and City agency liaisons.
IBO’s Jonathan Rosenberg presents testimony to the City Council on the difficulty in tracking the reasons for delays and cost overruns on parks department capital projects—a problem that extends to projects at other agencies as well.