Billboards and advertising signs are taxable premises under the New York City Commercial Rent Tax. Unless properly reported for CRT purposes, the base rent paid with respect to billboards has
been difficult to discover because taxpayers frequently include the expense in advertising costs if they file NYC returns for the General Corporation Tax.
While what consitutes a progressive budget is fundamentally a subjective matter, examining the mayor's budget themes of fiscal responsibility and budget honesty fall more directly within IBO's role.
In this report, IBO examines NYC Department of Education human resources data for public school teachers for school years 2000-2001 through 2011-2012. Over this 12 year period the report looks
at data on teachers' age, gender, self-reported race or ethnicity, and experience working in the city's public schools.