We've updated portions of our web-based facts and figures on the city's schools to present information from the 2015-2016 school year. The updated indicators provide information ranging from student birthplaces and most common languages spoken at home to enrollment trends and student demographics at traditional public and charter schools. The update also includes new data on absence rates and performance on New York State and Regents exams.
We've updated portions of our web-based facts and figures on the city's schools to present information from the 2015-2016 school year. The updated indicators provide information ranging from student birthplaces and most common languages spoken at home to enrollment trends and student demographics at traditional public and charter schools. The update also includes new data on absence rates and performance on New York State and Regents exams.
We've updated portions of our web-based facts and figures on the city's schools to present information from the 2015-2016 school year. The updated indicators provide information ranging from student birthplaces and most common languages spoken at home to enrollment trends and student demographics at traditional public and charter schools. The update also includes new data on absence rates and performance on New York State and Regents exams.
We've updated portions of our web-based facts and figures on the city's schools to present information from the 2015-2016 school year. The updated indicators provide information ranging from student birthplaces and most common languages spoken at home to enrollment trends and student demographics at traditional public and charter schools. The update also includes new data on absence rates and performance on New York State and Regents exams.
We've updated portions of our web-based facts and figures on the city's schools to present information from the 2015-2016 school year. The updated indicators provide information ranging from student birthplaces and most common languages spoken at home to enrollment trends and student demographics at traditional public and charter schools. The update also includes new data on absence rates and performance on New York State and Regents exams.
We've updated portions of our web-based facts and figures on the city's schools to present information from the 2015-2016 school year. The updated indicators provide information ranging from student birthplaces and most common languages spoken at home to enrollment trends and student demographics at traditional public and charter schools. The update also includes new data on absence rates and performance on New York State and Regents exams.
REPORT: Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams asked how many hours do subway riders lose to delays during the morning rush and what does it cost in monetary terms. We provide our estimates
New information about students taking advanced placement exams and courses in the city's public high schools as well as the availability of art and science classes in high schools.
In recent years the offices of the city's five District Attorneys have garnered millions of dollars through state and federal asset forfeiture laws. Although there are certain requirements on how these funds are held and spent, the District Attorneys retain considerable discretion over the use of these dollars.
This report presents the IBO's new economic forecast and tax revenue projections along with their review and adjustments of the Mayor's spending plans under
the Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2013 and Financial Plan through 2016.
The reports have beomce one of the primary means for rating and reporting on the effectiveness of each of the city's schools. Education department administrators
use the reports for making decisions about which schools and principals to reward and conversely, determining which schools to close or principals to remove.
Recent legislation in Albany, including changes in the budget adopted last month and set to go into effect in April 2013, have been aimed at improving the ability of the city and state
to get reimbursements for Early Intervention services. IBO has examined claims data from 2002 through 2010 and considered the likelihood these legislative efforts will
reduce the program's reliance on city funds.
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.
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: With planned capital expenses growing over the next five years, the cost of debt service will also increase, but probably not by as much as OMB expects.
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.
New York City Independent Budget Office - Budgeting is essentially a series of tradeoffs, as city officials seek to balance the level of services that can be provided with the revenues that must
be raised to fund those services. These tradeoffs lie at the heart of IBO's annual publication of Budget Options for New York City. The report offers many options for bringing services and resources into
balance.
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: The Mayor's latest budget plan includes a substantial increase in capital funding for new construction and preservation of housing
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: Questioning local efforts, Governor Cuomo's budget plan proposes new oversight and administrative burdens for the city's homeless services. But the de Blasio Administration and City Council have already expanded key outreach and prevention programs-for which the state provides no support.
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: As the city's public hospitals have faced ongoing fiscal challenges, the de Blasio Administration has increased the city's funding for the system.
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: The Mayor's budget includes millions of dollars in new funding to cover the cost of an annuity fund for school staff that guarantees 8.25 percent returns a year.
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: Governor Cuomo's executive budget includes two proposals that would substantially reduce state aid for the city's Administration for Children's Services and a third proposal that excludes the city from funding for the state's Raise the Age juvenile justice initiative
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: The Governor's executive budget provides less school aid than expected by the de Blasio Administration in its preliminary budget, shifts some charter school costs to the city, and seeks to increase state oversight of the city's school spending
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: After an initial rise of about 10 percent in the cash assistance caseload following the de Blasio Administration's changes, which made the public assistance system less punitive and more focused on education and training, the caseload increase now appears to have leveled off.
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: The Mayor proposes a faster roll-out of his 3-k initiative and continues to consolidate early education programs in the Department of Education.
With the release of our latest edition of Budget Options for New York City , IBO looks at dozens of ways to reduce city spending or raise revenues through tax, fee, or fine increases. As in past editions, a basic description of each budget option is presented along with a side-by-side discussion of key arguments for and against each measure's implementation.
REPORT: With City Hall set to name a property tax reform commission, IBO has run the numbers for two scenarios that address a couple of key disparities in residential property tax burdens. We do this while keeping total taxes collected revenue neutral, as the Mayor has urged. So who wins and who loses?
Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented his Executive Budget for 2013 and four-year Financial Plan through 2016. This fiscal brief describes the taxes and economical situation of New York City.
FOCUS ON THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET: We presents our analysis of the de Blasio Administration's Executive Budget for 2019 and financial plan through 2022, including IBO's projections of budget gaps and surpluses. The report provides our latest economic forecast along with our estimates for tax revenue collections and spending based on the Mayor's plan.
IBO has substantially revised and updated its guide to the city's capital budget. The readable, full-color guide outlines the key components of the capital budget and the timeline and process for adopting it. The guide also provides an overview of how the city raises capital funds and how those dollars are spent.
The deaths of two young children in 2016 sent shock waves through the city's child welfare system. The number of reports of suspected child abuse or maltreatment escalated in the following months. Did this result in more substantiated cases of abuse? More children placed under court supervision or in foster care? IBO explores these and related questions
The Mayor struck deals with the city's two largest labor unions in June that provide paid parental leave to more than 200,000 municipal workers. The two deals have a number of major differences. IBO takes a closer look, examining the assumptions and estimating the costs to the city.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the largest city investment in housing construction in 2002. In 2005, he raised the amount of spending from $3 billion to $7.5 billion. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio looks at how the plan has evolved as fiscal conditions change.
A growing number of New York City schools has qualified for federal Title I-A funding in recent years. But the city is getting less money than it did years ago even as federal allocations have grown nationwide. We explain the fiscal and demographic reasons why.
The city's Department of Education typically assesses progress in raising proficiency rates by comparing scores on the state English Language Arts and amath tests of this year's third through eighth
graders with last year's. The IBO sought to identify any shifts in the achievement gap between students of different racial and ethnic backgrounds in the cohort they examined.
Since the 2001-2002 school year, there have been a dramatic increase in graduating students in high school. This article provides information and statistics of those in the Class of 2009 and how they relate to the percentages of dropouts and graduates. It also invesitgates what may be the cause of this increase in graduation rates.
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.
This Fiscal Brief describes the effect of budget cuts on after-school programs for New York City children. Spending on after-school services, such as Out-of-School Time, have decreased, leading to major changes that affect the future of these programs.
This report lists the statistics of the High School Class of 2009, regarding the state mandated regents tests and the number of students who were deemed college ready based on them. This report uses each student's Regents exam results to track their progress towards graduation.
This fiscal brief by the New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO) addresses the City's new EarlyLearn program. The brief addresses its purpose, the initiative taken to implement it, and the challenges that face it. Also included are data related to funding and child care enrollment.
The IBO has modeled five scenarios and how each would alter the amount of federal income taxes paid by New Yorkers in 2013. For each of the five possible outcomes considered, IBO estimates how much in income
taxes would flow from the city to the federal treasury as well as how the amounts owed by New Yorkers at various income levels are affected.
Based on IBO's tax and spending projections under the Mayor's November 2012 Financial Plan, the city faces a budget shortfall of $811 million in the upcoming fiscal year, a relatively modest
1.6 percent of out forecast for city-generated revenues. IBO's projected shortfall for the following year, fiscal year 2015, is $1.7 billion, 3.1 percent of expected city-generated revenues.