As of May 31, 2022, the cash balance stands at $7.632 billion, compared to $9.996 billion at the same time last year. This difference in balances is primarily due to the timing of Federal aid receipts, as described further below.
The City of New York began the third quarter of FY22 (hereafter 3Q22) with $6.513 billion in cash. By the end of the quarter the City had $8.961 billion, $3.111 billion lower than during the same time last year.
Committed to making substantial reforms early on in their administrations and working collaboratively to address these challenges, Mayor Adams and Comptroller Lander announced the establishment of the Task Force on Nonprofit Contracting (“Task Force”) convened as a part of the transition process.
On December 1, 2021, New York City’s unrestricted cash balance reached a seasonal low of $1.338 billion, compared to $2.143 billion in FY21 and $1.769 billion in FY20.
The Preliminary Budget closes the $2.88 billion budget gap projected in November, on the strength of an expected $2.77 billion surplus in FY 2022, derived primarily from $1.60 billion in additional tax revenues and savings of $866 million from the Program to Eliminate the Gap (PEG).
New York City’s current property tax system is notoriously opaque, unfair, and regressive. For the past four decades, rather than dealing with its structural flaws, New York State has layered on a patchwork of exemptions and abatements to lower tax rates for various owners.
At the end of 2Q22, the City recorded an unrestricted cash balance of $6.513 billion. Typically, the lowest daily cash balance of a fiscal year occurs during the second quarter.
Advancing the vision of a smaller, safer and fairer jail system remains one of the City’s most pressing challenges and will necessitate collective action on the part of all criminal legal system stakeholders.