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Sick Leave Usage: The Effect of Covid on the Municipal Workforce During the Pandemic’s Peak

Date Published:: 2021-05-11
Description:: Covid-19 has had a substantial effect on the municipal workforce. We look at the effect during the peak months of the pandemic by examining the use of sick leave by uniformed staff members and civilian staff.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Labor and Employment
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Double Shot: An Infusion of Federal Funds Boosts City’s Bottom Line, as Vaccines Bring Optimism for Economic Recovery

Date Published:: 2021-05-17
Description:: The Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown brought about extraordinary economic distress for New York City and its residents. That distress is now easing thanks to an influx of federal aid to the city budget and the successful development and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Annual

Budget Options for New York City: New Options, May 2021

Date Published:: 2021-05-04
Description:: Budget Optionbs for New York City: We’ve added more ways the city can save money or raise revenue to our online compilation of budget options.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Saving Money, Raising Revenue: Budget Options for New York City

Date Published:: 2021-05-04
Description:: The New York City Independent Budget Office is today adding to its compilation of roughly 100 budget options for the city—ways New York could cut spending or raise revenue. In addition to the new measures introduced today, we have revised or updated a number of initiatives included in our online Bud
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Press Releases

Personal Income Growth in New York City Has Been Sustained by a Temporary Boost in Transfer Payments

Date Published:: 2021-04-16
Description:: PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOCUS: The pandemic caused many indicators of the health of the local economy to contract. But not personal income. Find out why.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Taxation and Taxation - Real Property
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

How Did Participation in Organics Collection Programs Vary Throughout the City?

Date Published:: 2021-04-19
Description:: NYC BY THE NUMBERS: Last year, the Mayor suspended the sanitation department’s organics collection program because of budget constraints and too many partially filled trucks. But participation varied throughout the city.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Sanitation
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Changing Neighborhoods: The Status of New York City’s Capital Investments in Rezoned Communities

Date Published:: 2021-04-21
Description:: A recent court decision may allow Gowanus to be the next neighborhood rezoned under the Mayor’s initiative, but 6 other neighborhood rezoning plans—from East New York to the Bay Street corridor--are already approved and underway. We look at the status of funding for 87 local projects.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Infrastructure
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

When a “B” Becomes an “A”: How Many Schools Weight Their Advanced Placement Courses?

Date Published:: 2021-05-06
Description:: Nearly 400 public schools with grades 9-12 offer advancement placement courses. Course content is very similar across the schools, but some schools weight student grades, potentially turning a B into an A. With appendix table.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Education
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Economic Development Tax Expenditure Evaluation: IDA’s Industrial Program

Date Published:: 2021-02-19
Description:: TESTIMONY: IBO’s Elizabeth Brown presented testimony to the NYC City Council on key findings from her evaluation of the IDA’s Industrial Program. See the PowerPoint slides
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Taxation
Report Type:: Studies

Budget Options for New York City, Fall 2013

Date Published:: 2013-12-04
Description:: Report focuses on the allocation and uses of resources for various competing budget priorities, including the various options available for saving money and raising revenue, as well as the weighed/approximated costs and benefits for each option.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Annual

Federal Aid, Governor’s Proposals Combine for a Complex Funding Picture for the City’s Schools

Date Published:: 2021-03-19
Description:: PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOCUS: Under the Governor’s budget plan, state aid to NYC schools would grow next year. But the outlook for school aid is complicated by an influx of federal pandemic school aid and the Governor’s proposed restructuring and reductions of school support from Albany.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Education and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

New York City Delivers on Covid Emergency Food Budget

Date Published:: 2021-03-17
Description:: As the pandemic swept the city and lead to school closures, job losses, and quarantine, food insecurity grew. New York City spending for emergency food grew too.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Emergency Preparedness, and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

“Carter Case” Spending for Students With Special Needs Continues to Grow Rapidly

Date Published:: 2021-03-22
Description:: PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOCUS: City spending on tuition and other supports for special needs students under the rubric of Carter Cases continues to rise rapidly.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Education and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

NYC’s Full-Time Workforce Declined by More Than 8,000 in 2020. Will It Continue to Fall?

Date Published:: 2021-04-12
Description:: In addition to last summer’s threat of potential layoffs, the Mayor has implemented an attrition program, with agencies allowed to replace only one out of every three departing full-time employees. How far has headcount fallen and which agencies have seen the biggest staffing declines?
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Civil Service
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Testimony of Ronnie Lowenstein to the New York City Council on the Executive Budget & Financial Plan

Date Published:: 2021-05-24
Description:: IBO Director Ronnie Lowenstein's testimony to the New York City Council on our latest economic forecast and review of the Mayor’s Executive Budget and financial plan.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Other

Analysis of Fire Department Response Data, 2013

Date Published:: 2016-02-03
Description:: PDF, 23 pages
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Government Policy
Report Type:: Report

Correction to Our January 2016 Report on Prevailing Wages

Date Published:: 2016-02-09
Description:: Memo, 4 pages
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Report

Background on Prevailing Wages and How They Currently Apply To Affordable Housing Development in New York City

Date Published:: 2016-02-09
Description:: Memo, 4 pages
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Report

Creating the Data Set Used in This Report

Date Published:: 2016-02-09
Description:: Memo, 4 pages
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Report

New York State Student Achievement Test Results: New York City Public Schools No Longer Lag Rest of the State

Date Published:: 2016-02-24
Description:: PDF, 4 pages
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Education
Report Type:: Report

About the Tables on New York City Residents' Income and Tax Liability

Date Published:: 2016-03-29
Description:: 2 pages, pdf
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Report

PIT Data, 2012

Date Published:: 2016-03-29
Description:: Excel Spreedsheet
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Report

PIT Data, 2013

Date Published:: 2016-03-29
Description:: Excel Spreedsheet
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Report

Advanced Courses & Regents Exams in Middle School: Demographics of the Students Who Take Them & Their Schools

Date Published:: 2016-03-26
Description:: PDF, 37 pages
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Education
Report Type:: Report

Analysis of the Mayor's 2017 Preliminary Budget and Financial Plan Through 2020

Date Published:: 2016-03-24
Description:: PDF, 70 pages
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Report

City's Subsidized Child Care System Faces Rising Costs, Shrinking Funds

Date Published:: 2010-10-01
Description:: An article investigating the Child Care System.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Budget Report

Alternative Enforcement: Program to Push Landlords to Make Repairs Has Mixed Results

Date Published:: 2010-12-08
Description:: Following with the City Council's Safe Housing Act, the Alternative Enforcement Program was implemented by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. The purpose of this program was to improve the conditions of the city's rundown apartment buildings. Landlords have four months to fix their rundown apartments. After those four months, the city will reinspect the building, repair it, and send the bill to the owner, who will have to repay the city.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Budget Report

Supplement to Alternative Enforcement: Program to Push Landlords to Make Repairs Has Mixed Results

Date Published:: 2010-12-08
Description:: Maps of the locations of buildings in the Alternative Enforcement Program in Brooklyn and Bronx.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Budget Report

Re-estimating the Mayor's Executive Budget and Financial Plan Through 2020: A Slowing Local Economy But a Stable Budget Outlook

Date Published:: 2015-03-16
Description:: 15 pages, pdf
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Government Policy
Report Type:: Report

Detailing the Changes: New Initiatives, Funding, and Program Shifts For the City's Homeless Services

Date Published:: 2015-05-20
Description:: 3 pages, pdf
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Government Policy
Report Type:: Report

Mayor Plans to Sink Rental Payment for Water System: But Only One- to Three-Family Homeowners Will See Savings This Year

Date Published:: 2015-05-25
Description:: pages, pdf
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Government Policy
Report Type:: Report

More Funding for Child Welfare: Mayor Aims to Expand & Enhance Preventive Services, Reducing Foster Care Placements

Date Published:: 2016-06-01
Description:: 3 pages, pdf
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Government Policy
Report Type:: Report

Equity and Excellence Initiatives: Mayor Proposes Added Funding for Three Programs

Date Published:: 2016-06-02
Description:: 2 pages, pdf
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Government Policy
Report Type:: Report

Stabilizing Revenue Collection During the Downturn: How Assessment Phase Ins and Caps Affect the City's Property Tax

Date Published:: 2011-02-10
Description:: This report explains the features that contribute to the stability of the property tax system. It shows how caps on growth in assessed value can lead to higher assessed values and how assessments move through the pipeline and how the pipieline grew through 2008, the year of the downturn.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Budget Report

Budget Challenges Ahead: While Tax Revenues Improve, Cuts in State Aid Could Widen Gaps

Date Published:: 2010-12-20
Description:: 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.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Budget Report

Demographics, Performance, Resources: Schools Proposed for Closing Compared With Other City Schools

Date Published:: 2011-01-26
Description:: This report compares schools proposed for closing against other schools. The schools proposed for closing are found to be low performing, with below average student performance. However, there is no guarantee that a closing school will be replaced by a more successful one.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Budget Report

Analysis of the Mayor?s Preliminary Budget for 2012: IBOs Reestimate of the Mayors Preliminary Budget for 2012 and Financial Plan Through 2015

Date Published:: 2011-03-18
Description:: 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.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Annual Report

Budget Options for New York City - April 2011

Date Published:: 2011-04-05
Description:: This report lists the budget options the City faces after the recession. The recession caused the loss of a significant amount of state aid and federal cutbacks, as well as growing pension and health expenditures, debt service, and other costs. These problems must be rectified and the options listed are potential solutions.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Budget Report

Not Reaching the Door: Homeless Students Face Many Hurdles on the Way to School

Date Published:: 2016-10-11
Description:: For school-aged children living in temporary housing--homeless shelters, doubled up, or other transitory situations--getting to and succeeding in school can be a greater challenge than for their classmates. This report explores those challenges, with a particular focus on the high absentee rate among students living in shelters and some of the factors contributing to their low attendance. In addition to IBO's usual quantitative emphasis, this report includes the perceptions and insights of homeless families; teachers, principals, and other school staff; and central and district education department administrators captured through roughly 100 interviews and 10 focus groups.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Human Services
Report Type:: Report

Investigating Reports of Child Abuse & Neglect: Has NYC Met Its Goals Set 10 Years Ago to Increase Investigative Staff and Lower Caseloads?

Date Published:: 2016-10-27
Description:: Ten years ago, following the public outcry after the death of Nixzmary Brown, the Administration for Children's Services undertook an effort to increase staffing and lower caseloads among the caseworkers responsible for investigating reports of child abuse and neglect. In this report IBO examines staffing, caseloads, length of time on the job, funding and spending, and other aspects of this effort in the years since its implementation.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Government Policy
Report Type:: Report

New York City Public School Indicators: School Enrollment Trends

Date Published:: 2016-11-02
Description:: Supporting tables for IBO's 2016 New York City Public School Education Indicators: Demographics & Student Achievement Sections
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Government Policy
Report Type:: Report

New York City Public School Indicators: A Snapshot of Student Demographics

Date Published:: 2016-11-02
Description:: Supporting tables for IBO's 2016 New York City Public School Education Indicators: Demographics & Student Achievement Sections
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Government Policy
Report Type:: Report

New York City Public School Indicators: Attendance and Grades 3-8 Achievement

Date Published:: 2016-11-02
Description:: Supporting tables for IBO's 2016 New York City Public School Education Indicators: Demographics & Student Achievement Sections
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Government Policy
Report Type:: Report

New York City Public School Indicators: Comparing Characteristics of Traditional Public School Students & Charter School Students

Date Published:: 2016-11-02
Description:: Supporting tables for IBO's 2016 New York City Public School Education Indicators: Demographics & Student Achievement Sections
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Government Policy
Report Type:: Report

New York City Public School Indicators: Regents Performance

Date Published:: 2016-11-02
Description:: Supporting tables for IBO's 2016 New York City Public School Education Indicators: Demographics & Student Achievement Sections
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Government Policy
Report Type:: Report

New York City Public School Indicators: Grades 3-8 Achievement by Charter Network Affiliation November 2016

Date Published:: 2016-11-02
Description:: Supporting tables for IBO's 2016 New York City Public School Education Indicators: Demographics & Student Achievement Sections
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Government Policy
Report Type:: Report

At A Fiscal Crossroads: While Moderate Economic Growth Helps Shrink Budget Gaps, Reasons for Concern Remain

Date Published:: 2011-12-22
Description:: 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.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Housing and Buildings
Report Type:: Annual Report

Web Tables for Fiscal Outlook 2011

Date Published:: 2011-12-22
Description:: Includes IBO Expenditure Projections, IBO Revenue Projections, Pricing Differences Between IBO and the Bloomberg Administration, and IBO versus Mayor's Office of Management and Budget Economic Forecasts
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Annual Report

A Forecast in Uncertain Times: Only Modest Budget Shortfalls Ahead Despite a Slowdown in Local Economic Growth

Date Published:: 2016-12-15
Description:: FISCAL OUTLOOK: IBO's annual report on the city's outlook for the years ahead features our latest economic forecast and includes projections of job growth as well as updated tax revenue estimates for this fiscal year and through 2020. In addition, the report presents IBO's re-estimates of city expenditures based on the Mayor's November financial plan and our projection for budget surpluses and gaps in 2017 through 2020.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Government Policy
Report Type:: Report

Budget Buster: For MTA , Tax & Fee Revenues Not Always on Track - New York City Independent Budget Office Fiscal Brief

Date Published:: 2011-08-05
Description:: 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.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Budget Report

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