As New York City welcomes over 100,000 new arrivals seeking asylum, it is critical to ground conversations on immigration in facts, not fear. This fact sheet seeks to provide accurate information on key questions.
The Office of the New York City Comptroller is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and
respectful work environment that provides equal opportunities for all and is free of discrimination,
harassment, and retaliation.
Contracting is how the City meets many of our goals and provides services to New Yorkers. City agencies contract with vendors to provide meals to home-bound seniors, childcare and afterschool programs for kids, construction projects to build new schools, upgrade our parks, repair our roads.
This month’s Spotlight takes a closer look at this group of businesses and how it fared before, during, and after the pandemic. We focus on this large cluster’s composition, trends in employment and wage income, generated tax revenues, and the market for retail space.
The bill is part of a wave of efforts around the country to confront
the lasting impact of institutional racism on Black families’ ability
to achieve economic security and build wealth
New York City’s economy continues to expand, benefitting from growth in employment and the return of tourism. Tax revenues for the first quarter of FY 2024 grew 4.5% from the same quarter last year.
This annual report focuses on the City’s capital debt: how much is outstanding, how much room we have to borrow for projects in the coming years, how much we can afford, and how we stack up compared to other U.S. cities.
The City’s cash balances usually dwindle in late November to early December, before the arrival of property tax payments which are due on January 1. But this November, the City’s cash balances remained historically high for this time of year, averaging $7.521 billion, compared to...
The ideal emergency procurement system exists alongside robust risk assessment and planning mechanisms, so that the City does not have to rely on emergency contracts if its needs can be met by other means.