The number of inmates in New York State prisons reached a peak of over 71,000 as the 1990s turned to the 2000s, and then fell to 51,743 in January 2016.
An early look, examining the last three and a half years of city employee paycheck deductions for union dues, including the six months following the Janus decision.
In April 2017 the city’s Human Resources Administration implemented new employment services contracts for cash assistance recipients who are able to work.
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 use of sick leave by municipal employees varies widely among agencies. Uniformed employees in the fire, correction, and sanitation departments tend to use sick leave at higher rates than other city workers.
The amount of time an individual must spend in state prison is reduced by the period of time spent in a local jail because they were denied bail or unable to post bail while awaiting trial and then as their case is heard in court.
New York City collects a mix of taxes that looks much more like those of a state than the typical U.S. city. Today the city relies on personal income taxes, business income taxes, taxes related to real estate transactions.
The ways New Yorkers use their local public libraries has changed. Branch libraries in all three systems have become broader community resources rather than repositories of books and information.
IBO has analyzed data for apartments registered with preferential rents from 2010 through 2017 to quantify their prevalence and their relationship to tenant stability.
Each school year there is considerable movement of students who transfer from one school to another or out of the city’s public school system altogether.
Efforts to rezone elementary schools to increase socioeconomic integration and ease overcrowding can spark vigorous debate in the affected communities. But admissions methods vary across the 32 school districts, and even among individual schools within districts.
One of Mayor de Blasio’s earliest education initiatives sought to establish 100 “community schools” that provide a mix of academic and other supports to students and their families through partnerships with community-based organizations. By August 2018 there were more than 200 community schools.
Among the many spending reductions included in President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget are cuts to federal aid for lowincome individuals and families, including cash assistance, food stamps, and Supplemental Security Income.
The new city funds announced in April bring the Fair Student Funding total allocated to school budgets up to $6.2 billion for the current school year, an increase of 3.4 percent.
The Department of Sanitation recently halted the expansion of its voluntary residential organics collection program. Low participation rates in neighborhoods receiving the service have kept the cost per ton collected high.
Using data from the 2015 Child Health, Emotional Wellness and Development Survey (CHEWDS), the authors describe the social environments of children ages 3 to 12, by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
With the rising number of homeless families and individuals in the city’s shelter system there has been a related rise in the costs of running the shelters.
Following cutbacks in traditional federal aid for repairing or replacing public housing, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development created new programs that rely on leveraging private dollars to help address the needs of deteriorating housing developments nationwide.
Over the past two decades, the state has been moving recipients into managed care plans
with the goals of providing better health care and reducing costs.
The City Record newspaper publishes notices which includes but is not limited to: public hearings and meetings, public auctions and sales, solicitations and awards and official rules proposed and adopted by city agencies.
The City Record newspaper publishes notices which includes but is not limited to public hearings and meetings, public auctions and sales, solicitations and awards and official rules proposed and adopted by city agencies.
2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey; prevalence of mental health concerns (depression symptoms, non-suicidal self-injury, suicide thoughts or attempt) by sexual orientation and gender identity, with a focus on describing differences within LGBQ-identified teens.
As part of our recent report on the cost of subway disruptions to riders and the city, which IBO produced at the request of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, we needed to estimate how much time subway commuters lose to delays.
This is the Department of Records and Information Service's Municipal Library Notes for February 2020 with the Spotlight on Black History Month, and pioneering African-American city workers James R. Dumpson (Commissioner, Department of Welfare) and Captain Lloyd Sealey (NYPD).
Municipal Library Notes - January 2022 SPOTLIGHT ON BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF CENTRAL PARK. The Board of Commissioners of Central Park was established in 1857 by New York State law. Its central mission was to oversee the development of Central Park and uptown Manhattan.
This Issue of MLN spotlights LGBT Pride and the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riot. Also included are other happenings in the NYC Department of Records and Information Services.
Monthly newsletter put out by the Municipal Library detailing current happenings and events within the Library and other units in the Department of Records and Information Services.
This is the Department of Records and Information Newsletter, Municipal Library Notes, for November of 2019. This issue focuses on various election documents that can be found in the Municipal Library.
Here is a report from the Municipal Library vertical files dated 1932. It was prepared by the Regional Plan Association (RPA). Utilizing data from the 1930 census, engineers from the RPA determined that the center of population in New York City would be located in Calvary Cemetery in Queens.
This is the September 2021 issue of Municipal Library Notes with the Spotlight on the Sleuthability Virtual Genealogy Conference plus articles on NYC volunteer programs and the new DORIS facility at Industry City, Brooklyn.
This is the Department of Records and Information Service's Municipal Library Notes for February 2020 with the Spotlight on Black History Month, and pioneering African-American city workers James R. Dumpson (Commissioner, Department of Welfare) and Captain Lloyd Sealey (NYPD).
The bimonthly newsletter featuring articles on our library and archives collections. Also includes an update on our Archives news, a report on conservation efforts and an article on electronic government document portal developments.
Newsletter describing the activities and collections of the Municipal Archives and Library. This month spotlight is teaching reading in schools. The report, "Teaching 600,000 "Johnnys" to Read" was published in 1962 by the Division of Elementary Schools at the New York City Board of Education.
Monthly Publication from the Municipal Library highlighting different relevant topics. Published on a monthly basis the newsletter highlights and compares current topics with similar topics in NY City's history, utilizing various Library holdings.
Monthly Publication from the Municipal Library highlighting different relevant topics. In the August 2022 edition, it spotlights Beaches. During the summer people visit beaches for relief from the heat and for relaxation. The Library contains materials on beaches, parks, and recreational areas.
The Municipal Library contains some resources on health education going back to the 1920's and 1930's such as curriculum bulletins and guides. Basic concepts may remain the same, but approaches change over the years. Here is an excerpt from the Board of Education's Procedures in Health Education.
Monthly Publication from the Municipal Library highlighting different relevant topics. Published on a monthly basis the newsletter highlights and compares current topics with similar topics in NY City's history, utilizing various Library holdings.