This document provides a comprehensive description of the portion of the New York City waste stream managed by the city’s Department of Sanitation (DOS). It is intended as a reference document. Actual FY1992-2000 data are provided, as well as projections from DOS for fys 2000-02
This document provides an update to IBO’s February 2001 Background Paper entitled “Overview of the Waste Stream Managed by the NYC Department of Sanitation.” Here, we present a condensed survey of the same data for fiscal years 2000-2004.
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.
This report examines the rising cost of recycling and what should be done to lower the cost of recycling. It provides different methods of solving the cost problem.
A letter from Ronnie Lowenstein to Gene Russianoff talking about the review and analysis of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's fiscal projections.
This article examines the benefits of the proposed Child Care Credit for tax filers who are too poor to owe state and federal tax but owe income tax and have children.
This article reviews how domestic violence has impacted the city spending. It includes the services provided to those suffering from domestic violence and how to prevent it.
This New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO) fiscal brief addresses the new federal rules for welfare programs that went into effect in 2006. The report addresses the introduction of the new rules, their purpose and impact on the current programs, analyses, and projections for the future of these programs.
This New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO) fiscal brief addresses the decreasing value of the City's subsidies to its three public library systems. The report addresses the purpose, importance, and use of the subsidies and analyzes the trend of the growing disparities among the library systems.
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.
This New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO) fiscal brief addresses the disproportionate spending on students and general education in schools. The report includes data and analyses addressing the school system, general spending patterns in schools, teacher salaries, and other demographic related information.
This New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO) fiscal brief addresses the initiatives taken to tackle the disproportionate spending on students and general education in schools. The report includes the plan for the new funding formula as well as the impact and responses it has created. Also provided are data and analyses addressing the school system, general spending patterns in schools, the model for the spending changes, and other demographic related information.
Bloomberg proposed a 50-cent increase in the city's tax on cigarettes. The Mayor argued that raising the price of cigarettes, by increasing taxes, has proven to be a very effective method of
reducing smoking.
The financial emergency act was enacted in 1975 in response to NYC's historic financial crisis. After years of incurring substantial operation deficits, papered over with short-term borrowing, all masked
by inadequate reporting and accounting controls, the city found itself unable to sell its short-term notes in the credit markets in the spring of 1975.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg more than doubled the goal initially set in 2003 for his New Housing Marketplace Plan. The Mayor now aims to create or preserve 165,000 units of affordable housing over
10 years and anticipates spending $7.5 billion to meet the production and preservation goals.
The New Housing Marketplace Plan is Mayor Bloomberg's 10-year plan to create or preserve 165,000 units of affordable housing. The original five-year plan, announced in 2003, called for 65,000
units by 2008, but was expanded in February 2006 to a 10-year plan, ending in 2013, with a goal of 165,000 units.
This report details the impact of the City's congestion pricing plan on those who commute into New York City. The plan seeks to reduce workday traffic by charging motorists for driving into Manhattan, though this has a mostly negative effect on the commuting residents.
This report details the trends in the service levels and costs for the home care of senior citizens. Home care services are provided by private agencies under contract with the city and helps seniors stay in familiar surroundings, avoiding emotional disruption and the financial burden of long-term nursing home care.