The Mayor’s Preliminary Budget proposes the elimination of nearly 300 vacant school safety agent positions. In this report, IBO explores these changes in budgeted and actual staffing.
FOCUS ON THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET: The Mayor’s budget for Vision Zero includes a relatively small cut in the Department of Transportation’s expense budget but an increase in capital spending.
This article presents the budget challenges faced by the City in the upcoming fiscal year. The City faces challenges arising from rising pension costs and the expiration of federal funding, which makes it more difficult to keep the budget balanced.
The release last week of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's preliminary budget for 2012 and financial plan through 2015 prompted renewed concerns
over the agency's fiscal outlook. Transportation budget analysts have been praticularly critical of the amount of borrowing in the plan and the assumption of no wage increases
for the authority's workforce.
A brief Explainer on Units of Appropriation, the most granular level of detail City Council approves in the budget resolutions. IBO also highlights the inherent tension between the Mayor and City Council over them.
Under the city’s borough-based jails plan, Rikers Island will be replaced by jails in 4 of the 5 boroughs. The plan aims to create smaller & safer jails that allow people in custody to be closer to the courts where their cases are heard and their communities. IBO examines how these 2 goals overlap
For years the city's real property transfer tax and mortgage recording tax, often referred to collectively as the transfer taxes, were a predictable source of city revenue.
PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOCUS: Even with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on track to receive $6.5 billion in additional federal aid, there is still potential trouble ahead—for the authority and the city.
This presentation answers questions regarding the resources available to high schools, addressing concerns about the availability of course offerings beyond the minimum standard for graduation, the availability of specialized rooms for certain courses and the availability of nonclassroom support services. This was produced at the request of the Ailliance for Quality Education.
Memorandum: Audit: Review, Evaluation, and Monitoring of Sexual Harassment Prevention and Response Practices
New York City Independent Budget Office from the New York City Equal Employment Practices Commission
The Bloomberg Administration issued its update of the budget for this fiscal year and financial plan for the ensuing years through 2015. The understated release reflects a
budget plan that appears to leave the city idling at a fiscal crossroads as Bloomberg Administration scans ahead, trying to discern where the roads may lead.
PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOCUS: The Covid-driven tailspin in the local economy has led to a big drop in expected property tax revenue next year. We explain how the finance department derives the market and assessed values underlying the falloff in projected revenue.
Anticipating a reduction in rental income, NYC sharply reduced the assessments used to calculate ‘22 tax bills. These reductions turned out to be an overestimate & the ’23 tax roll now reflects this as projected growth. IBO examines the reason for the change.
Through NYC's “Schoolyards to Playgrounds” program, the public can access some school playgrounds & yards during non-school hours. At the request of CM Gale Brewer, IBO examined how many school buildings are currently participating in the program & the cost to add those that aren't.
The number of students in the city’s public schools who lived for some part of the school year in New York’s homeless shelters during school year 2015-2016 rose by more than 4,000, or 15 percent, over the preceding year to nearly 33,000.
NYC BY THE NUMBERS: Subway ridership is way down. Which stations have seen the biggest declines in passenger entrances and what might plummeting ridership mean in terms of lost revenue for NYC Transit?
REPORT: IBO provides an update on costs related to the development of Hudson Yards. Our report also examines the recent refinancing of much of the city-subsidized debt for the extension of the No. 7 line along with some other work to foster commercial and residential construction on the Far West Side.
REPORT: IBO provides an update on costs related to the development of Hudson Yards. Our report also examines the recent refinancing of much of the city-subsidized debt for the extension of the No. 7 line along with some other work to foster commercial and residential construction on the Far West Side.
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: As the city and state debate who is going to pay for public transportation improvements, IBO examines some proposed funding options and possible financial consequences for the city.
Have inspections for rats by the health department’s Bureau of Veterinary and Pest Control Services been increasing? We track changes in the number of initial inspections citywide and by borough.
Although students with disabilities comprised about 18 percent of the overall student body in school year 2012-2013, they made up about 30 percent of the suspended student population (defined as the population of students who have been suspended at least one time).
Whether students with disabilities were recommended a paraprofessional differed based on the type of disability classification and the borough where the student attended school.
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.
The number of hospitalizations at public and voluntary hospitals in New York City has been declining for some time, falling from 1.3 million hospitalizations in 2009 to 1.1 million in 2014.
More than half (51.3 percent) of the state’s lowest income part-time workers—those with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level—resided in New York City in 2012
Are the city’s more than 70 public hospitals and clinics located in neighborhoods with heavy concentrations of the uninsured? IBO has mapped the location of public hospital facilities and the share of uninsured in the city’s 59 community districts.
Under federal and state law, families with young children receiving cash assistance and participating in work or training programs are guaranteed vouchers to pay for their choice of child care providers.
Kindergarteners attending public school in NYC must apply through DOE’s centralized kindergarten choice process. While most students apply to zoned school, they can also apply to out-of-zone schools. School performance is likely a factor in a family’s decision to apply out-of-zone.
This report addresses the questions regarding the funding of vocational high schools and related matters. It includes information regarding the recent funding and spending trends of the City and the status of the schools that meet state and federal standards.
Are children born later in the year more likely to be identified as students with disabilities than children born in earlier months? Amy Zimmer of Chalkbeat asked and IBO explored the data.
Appendix - Methodological Notes - Provides background information and additional detail regarding the assumptions and methodology used in IBO's analysis of the Chapter 96 reopener legislation.
The tumbling stock market has inevitably taken a toll on the value of the city’s pension funds. That means the city may have to increase its contributions to the funds by tens of million—if not hundreds of millions--of dollars in the coming years. We look at a few scenarios.
This is IBO's review of the Mayor's Preliminary Budget for 2015 and Financial Plan through 2018. The report reflects state issues that are affecting the City budget presented in Mayor de Blasio's plan.
The city is currently in relatively good fiscal condition, due to steps to cut costs and raise revenue. However, the Mayor's budget does not address potential new problems, leaving pressure against City Hall to ensure the preservation of programs that will be affected by these problems. Economic uncertainties threaten the city and can affect the city's employment growth and tax revenues.
This report by the New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO) shows the reestimate of the Mayor's preliminary budget for 2014 and financial plan through 2017. Included are detailed data on projections for revenues and expenditures, as well as comparisons on forecasts between IBO and the Mayor's Office of Management and Budget.
This report, by the New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO), analyzes the Mayor's Preliminary Budget for 2010 and Financial Plan through 2013. The IBO compares their economic and revenue forecasts against the Mayor's, as well as examines his key budget proposals.
This report provides IBO's analysis of the Mayor's Preliminary Budget for 2009 and Financial Plan through 2012. The report includes our own economic and revenue forecasts and examines the Bloomberg
Administration's key budget proposals. It also highlights some of the fiscal issues facing the city, questions that become increasingly difficult as resources become more scarce.
This report is IBO's analysis of the Mayor's Preliminary Budget for 2008 and Financial Plan through 2011. It contains IBO's forecasts and examinations of key budget proposals made by the Mayor.
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: IBO has produced a new economic and tax revenue forecast for the city as well as re-estimated city expenditures based on the Mayor's Preliminary Budget for 2019 and Financial Plan Through 2022. An overview of our findings.
IBO has produced a new economic and tax revenue forecast for the city as well as re-estimated city expenditures based on the Mayor's Preliminary Budget for 2018 and Financial Plan Through 2021. An overview of our findings.
IBO's review of the tax break, under Local Law 18 of 2017, was released as NYC Council is about to consider MSG’s DCP application to renew its zoning special permit. It also coincides with a reignited debate on the future of the beleaguered & over-capacity Penn Station that lies below MSG.