Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the largest city investment in housing construction in 2002. In 2005, he raised the amount of spending from $3 billion to $7.5 billion. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio looks at how the plan has evolved as fiscal conditions change.
The New Housing Marketplace Plan is Mayor Bloomberg's 10-year plan to create or preserve 165,000 units of affordable housing. The original five-year plan, announced in 2003, called for 65,000
units by 2008, but was expanded in February 2006 to a 10-year plan, ending in 2013, with a goal of 165,000 units.
The Department of Health has emphasized that accurate and complete reporting of occurences is essential if New York Patient Occurrence and Tracking System is to accomplish its goal of
improving quality of care. Without the fullest possible reporting, hospitals cannot identify areas where systemic improvement may be needed nor use the NYPORTS web site to compare their
performance against their peers.
At a point in time when one massive housing investment effort is winding down and another is being designed, it is appropriate to take stock of the city's housing circumstances to evaluate the
changes that have taken place in the city's housing landscape, and to identify the most urgent housing needs we now face.
The 9/11 attacks created an economic burden on the city and changed the city's budgetary approach. These burdens include wealth loss, job loss, and an overall Gross City Product loss. The debt is also reported to raise due to the process of rebuilding.
The Mayor's Executive Budget plan for the fiscal years of 2003 to 2006, analyzed by the Comptroller, has a structural imbalance. The City's revenue base is insufficient to support the proposed levels of spending, and the City faces budget gaps and large deficits.
The fiscal year 2006 preliminary budget appears to be on course toward balance assuming the risks it contains are expeditiously addressed. These risks total
$478 million after accounting for offsetting revenues. The single largest risk stems from budgetary relief the City assumes will be forthcoming from Federal and State actions.
A report on the comptroller's comments on the preliminary budget for fiscal year 2005 and the financial plan for fiscal years 2005-2008. The report focuses on the plan for the economic recovery of the City, and includes statistics pertaining to more efficient management plans, realistic budgeting, and prudent allocation of available resources.
The City is likely to end FY 2003 with its budget in blaance and with a small surplus available to offset FY 2004 expenditures. Gap-closing actions implemented since November 2002 will reduce the FY 2004 deficit by $3.2 billion, however, the City still projects a $3.4 billion deficit. Analysis suggests that the problem could be $500 million larger than the City estimates. It is unlikely that a near-term resurgence in the local economy will help reduce next year's budget deficit. The Governor's recently proposed Executive Budget would increase the City's fiscal burdens rather than reduce them. If the proposals are to be enacted, they would increase the City's FY 2004 budget gap by over $800 million. If the Federal and State government refuse to offer meaningful assistance and City unions do not offer savings proposals, the City will be forced to adopt draconian budgetary measures.
This Office of the Comptroller report focuses on the current economic climate and addresses the preliminary budget for fiscal year 2010 and the financial plan for fiscal years 2009 to 2013. Addressed in this report are the actions that have been taken and are being taken to reduce costs to the City and to improve its use of resources. Included are data and analyses for revenue and expenditures in past fiscal years, and projections for the future financial plan.
Fiscal Year 2010 is taking the toll from the end of World War II. The Comptroller's Office expects a decrease of jobs. This document includes the Comptroller's comments of Fiscal Year 2010 and his forecast for Fiscal Years 2009-2013.