Over the past five years, total federal aid to New York City has declined from $7.9 billion in 2011 to just under $7.0 billion in 2015, a decrease of roughly $933 million, or nearly 12 percent. The change was mainly due to the drop in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act federal stimulus dollars.
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 City
operating agencies to benchmark over 3,000 buildings including libraries, police stations, firehouses,
schools, courthouses, health clinics, community centers and government offices. In Excel Data
Market value declined slightly in FY 2011—for the second consecutive year. The total
City-wide market value of fully and partially taxable property fell to $793.7 billion,
about 0.2 percent lower than FY 2010. Manhattan market value growth remained
positive in FY 2011,