In 2009, the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs concluded a multiyear initiative to reform the Cultural Development Fund, the primary source of city funding for hundreds of arts and cultural organizations throughout the five boroughs.
Using an annual sample of 770,000 personal income tax returns, IBO explored the distribution of income among New York City residents during the years 2006 through 2014.
A chart showing the change in the population of those using homeless shelters and the funding of shelters from fiscal year 2008 to a projection of fiscal year 2018.
Over the last decade, the number of city residents receiving food stamps has more than doubled, while
public assistance recipients have decreased and the number of blind and disabled New Yorkers receiving
Supplemental Security Income benefits has remained flat.
The amount the city budgets each year for snow removal is set by a formula in the City Charter. The formula is the average of spending on snow removal in the five prior years—so the budget for 2014 is based on the actual amounts spent in fiscal years 2008–2012.
In 2002, Mayor Bloomberg urged that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) take over the 82 express and local bus routes (most based in Queens) operated by seven private companies under franchise agreements
that included city subsidies.
Preliminary data for fiscal year 2014 indicate the city received about $41 million in revenue from camera-generated redlight, bus-lane, and now speeding summonses, as well as $14 million in ticket revenue from traffic violations written up by police officers.
Over the past 10 years, New York City’s overtime spending has increased from $928 million in 2006 to $1.659 billion in 2015, an increase of $731 million, or close to 80 percent (about 40 percent after accounting for inflation).
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.
Since 2009 DCAS has worked with 28 agencies to benchmark almost 3.000 buildings. Benchmarking measures the total electricity, natural gas, steam and fuel ol consumed in a building.
Market value growth declined in FY 2010—the first decline since 1995. The total Citywide market value of fully and partially taxable property fell to $795.7 billion, about 1.9
percent lower than FY 2009. Manhattan market value growth remained positive in FY 2010
New York City provides a variety of programs to further social and economic objectives by mean of targeted tax incentives or benefits which reduce tax liabilities, otherwise referred to as Tax Expenditures. Updated june 10 and Taxes per worker appendix
The report covers prime contracts that were registered and subcontracts approved in the first quarter of FY 2019, including procurements that were solicited before LL 1 became effective and are subject to LL 129.
REPORT TO THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED BY LL 51 OF 2009 (UTILIZATION OF BICYCLE PARKING SPACES IN PARKING GARAGES AND PARKING LOTS IN NEW YORK CITY).
Schedule C designates funding for community based not-for-profit and other public service organizations. Expenditure of any funds is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of a detailed initial review process, and all applicable City procurement requirements at the time of contract award.