Pursuant to Local Law 143 of 2016, a report incorporating the March 2018 recommendations of the Interagency Foster Care Task Force in its initial report, to improve services and outcomes for youth in and aging out of foster care.
In 2016 the Mayor revamped how the city cleans and maintains the city’s schools—promising better services and potential savings. Has the city achieved savings?
The city is in the process of spending $8.7b to close Rikers Island & replace it and other jails with new borough-based facilities. But the new jails are not expected be ready until 2026. In the interim, the city needs to spend millions of dollars on major repairs of the jails destined for closure.
Comptroller Brad Lander and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and a majority of New York City elected officials urged the federal government to accelerate funding to municipalities to support arriving asylum seekers.
Comptroller’s Office analysis of the FY23 Preliminary Budget (PowerPoint) Federal Stimulus Funds Tracker , Focus on the Basics, Invest for a More Inclusive Recovery, Build a More Resilient City
Since the moment COVID-19 arrived in New York City, the burden of the pandemic’s many challenges have fallen heaviest on women, especially women of color.
Summary of the Northeastern Towers Annex Apartments development, which participated in OER's Voluntary Cleanup Program. The project received a Big Apple Brownfield Award for community outreach.
Summary of the Terminal Logistics Center development project, which participated in OER's Voluntary Cleanup Program. The project received a Big Apple Brownfield Award for economic development.
This report analyzes progress on resiliency capital spending to date, after Superstorm Sandy. The report goes on to provide a snapshot of the property values, land uses, and essential infrastructure in the coastal floodplain, illustrating the range of critical assets at risk.
Analysis of Student Allocation Memorandum 65 to assess what is currently known about where students from families seeking asylum have enrolled in school and the budgets of those schools, and to prompt strategic thinking about the resources and attention necessary to help these students succeed.
To inform the City’s rulemaking process for Local Law 97, the Office of the New York City Comptroller reviewed how emissions calculations and the use of Renewable Energy Credits should be best structured to maximize LL97’s climate, environmental, economic, and health benefits.
A Renaissance Revival-style row house designed by Axel Hedman in 1908 that has served since 1991 as the headquarters of the Lesbian Herstory Archives, the nation’s oldest and largest collection of lesbian-related
historical material.
Designed in the Medieval Revival style by William H. Gompert in 1924-25, with Art Deco-style features by his successor Walter C. Martin, this 1931-32 secondary school is one of the most impressive public structures in The Bronx.