The Asset Information Management System (AIMS) Report reports on the City's State of Good Repair need and the agencies' planned spending to address this need. The program consolidates results of cyclical field surveys and estimates the Capital and Expense needs necessary to keep major City owned facilities and infrastructure in a State of Good Repair. This report details City's assets through Fiscal Year 2004.
This IT audit and research report is a study on the compliance of New York City Agencies with Executive Order 120 and makes recommendations for enhancing citywide language access. It was determined that the agencies reviewed (CCRB, CCHR, DCP, DOT, and TLC) were generally in compliance with EO 120 and have taken reasonable measures to promote compliance and to expand language access to limited english proficiency (LEP) customers. General recommendations were made regarding consistency of services, improvement of public outreach, and formalization of language access training.
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: The Mayor proposes a faster roll-out of his 3-k initiative and continues to consolidate early education programs in the Department of Education.
A letter from Ronnie Lowenstein to Gene Russianoff talking about the review and analysis of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's fiscal projections.
Despite the increased number of jobs in New York City between 2011 and 2012, employment of city residents did not increase, leaving the unemployment rate high and leading to an analysis of these contradictory statistics.
The objectives of this audit were to determine if all owners report cell site income on the RPIE statement, if additional property tax would be due from unreported cell site income, and if penalties
are assessed for not reporting cell antenna income.
IBO has substantially revised and updated its guide to the city's capital budget. The readable, full-color guide outlines the key components of the capital budget and the timeline and process for adopting it. The guide also provides an overview of how the city raises capital funds and how those dollars are spent.
This report, filed on May 13, 2010 is a compilation of systems development audits and an assessment of Citywide Systems-Development Strategy. This compilation report revisited lessons learned from the audit reports when viewed in total. It was concluded that, while improvements have been made in the process of developing IT system projects, up to $190.7 million of IT system-development projects examined may have been poorly spent. In general, it was determined that the City has not created a successful unified City-wide strategy for developing IT systems. As a consequence, the resources invested in these projects are at risk. Recommendations were made to rectify these issues.
The City's Comptroller Office conducted a series of audits on the administration and controls of overtime by City agencies. From the audits, it was found that there is a general lack of compliance with the rules, procedures, regulations, and policies governing overtime. There is a threat of overtime abuse due to inadequate management. Recommendations have been made to all agencies to try to solve these problems.
An audit report was filed on March 12, 2013 as a compilation of audits of the City's oversight of construction management consultants. It was determined that deficiencies and problems with overseeing the work of construction management consultants and failing to complete projects on time resulted in the expenditure of $22.13 million in additional construction management consultant costs. Furthermore, deficient oversight led to $3.3 million in inappropriate and questionable payments to a consultant, and $8.25 million in monetary penalties for failure to complete certain projects on-time. Recommendations were made to rectify these issues.
This audit reviewed the results of audit reports for three CIty agencies that examined the recoupment of change order costs that were necessitated by design errors and omissions.
Various audit reports were compiled of the Minority And Women-Owned Business Enterprises Program and filed on December 22, 2010. The audits of the Program found a common issue in the administration of the program: the lack of compliance with key provisions of Local Law 129 concerning agency monitoring of M/WBE participation goals of vendors to ensure that subcontractor utilization goals are achieved. Recommendations were made to rectify the lack of effective monitoring of the program at the agency and oversight level.
The Administration for Children's Services lists assistance to prevent the need for foster care as one of four components of its child welfare service system. The transition from a system that emphasizes foster care to one that focuses on preventing the need for foster care has been unsteady. This report looks at changes in the city's foster care and preventive services programs over the last decade, including enrollment, spending, and funding.
This report compares traditional defined benefit (DB) pension plans with 401(k)-type defined contribution (DC) retirement savings plans. DB plans are generally secure, predictable and efficient, but may prove to be a bigger economic burden than DC plans.
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.
The Annual Report on Tax Expenditures identifies and describes tax expenditures related to taxes administered by the City. The report also provides tax expenditure estimates.
These reports provide property tax data such as market and assessed values, exemptions, and abatements. The information is listed by categories, such as borough, tax class, and type of building.
These reports are used by general corporation and unincorporated business taxpayers to compute their investment allocation percentages, and by general corporation taxpayers to compute their allocated subsidiary capital. For 2006 and prior, the lists include only corporations whose issuer's allocation percentages are known to be less than 100%.
These reports are used by general corporation and unincorporated business taxpayers to compute their investment allocation percentages, and by general corporation taxpayers to compute their allocated subsidiary capital. For 2006 and prior, the lists include only corporations whose issuer's allocation percentages are known to be less than 100%.
This report identifies and describes tax expenditure programs related to taxes administered by the City and provides tax expenditure estimates based on available data. The City administers approximately
60 real property, business income, and excise tax expenditure programs.
The 2013 Annual Report contains information about the Tax Commission and its mission, functions, operations and resources, an overview of the agency's performance, and statistical profiles of its formal actions, during calendar year 2013. It also contains a statement of its accomplishments and improvements and a summary of plans for 2014.
2013 Legislative Report details recently enacted State and local legislation that affects New York City's tax system and the New York City Department of Finance.
The 2012 Annual Report contains information about the Tax Commission and its mission, functions, operations and resources, an overview of the agency's performance, and statistical profiles of its formal actions, during calendar year 2012. It also contains a statement of its accomplishments and improvements and a summary of plans for 2013.
The Tax Commission's 2011 Annual Report is submitted to the Mayor and the City Council pursuant to Section 155 of the Charter of the City of New York. This report contains information about the Tax Commission and its mission, functions, operations and resources, an overview of the agency's performance and statistical profiles of its determinations during calendar year 2011.
This report shows the liability incurred under the City's three business income taxes: the General Corporation Tax, Banking Corporation Tax, and Unincorporated Business Tax. The reports include distributions by industry sector, liability range, allocation status, and entity type
This report shows the liability incurred under the City's three business income taxes: the General Corporation Tax, Banking Corporation Tax, and Unincorporated Business Tax. The reports include distributions by industry sector, liability range, allocation status, and entity type