Before Mayor Bloomberg established the 311 call line, the city relied on 40 help lines in order to handle complaints. IBO reviews the amount of spending for 311 call lines and provides more information on the call center.
This report provides IBO's analysis of the Mayor's Preliminary Budget for 2009 and Financial Plan through 2012. The report includes our own economic and revenue forecasts and examines the Bloomberg
Administration's key budget proposals. It also highlights some of the fiscal issues facing the city, questions that become increasingly difficult as resources become more scarce.
The Department of Education's 2005-2009 five year capital plan intended to add more seats and repair and upgrade school buildings. IBO invesitgates the costs of the plan as it changes.
NYC provides financial support to the Health and Hospitals Corporation. Changes in state Medicaid policy allowed the ctiy to provide more Medicaid payments to the hospital agency. IBO provides information about the Corporation.
This 2008 report focuses on the allocation and uses of resources for various competing budget priorities. Listed in this report are the various options available for saving money and raising revenue, as well as the weighed/approximated costs and benefits for each option.
In December 1994, just prior to the implementation of welfare reform initiatives, nearly 80 percent of New York City's food stamp recipients also received public assistance. For the most part, New York's
Food Stamp program was an extension of public assistance, with the vast majority of recipients enrolling in both programs at the same time.