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Testimony to the New York City Council Oversight Hearing on Immigrant Students in New York City Public Schools

Date Published:: 2023-11-29
Description:: IBO's testimony to the New York City Council Oversight hearing on immigrant students in New York City Public Schools, with a focus on English Language Learner status.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Schools, Education, and Immigration
Report Type:: Other

Raindrops Keep Falling On New York: Potential Implications Of a Stormwater Fee In New York City

Date Published:: 2023-11-27
Description:: Around the country, policymakers and environmental advocates have been lobbying and pursing legislation that allows jurisdictions to address excessive stormwater through the enactment of stormwater fees. IBO examined the fiscal impact of a potential stormwater fee in New York City.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Environment and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

What are Stormwater Fees?

Date Published:: 2023-11-27
Description:: A two-page paper explaining what stormwater fees are and why many jurisdictions across the country are adopting them.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Environment and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Food for Thought: Recent Trends in City Council-funded Allocations for Food for New Yorkers

Date Published:: 2023-11-21
Description:: At the request of the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, IBO analyzed City Council Schedule C funding levels in the past six years to assess allocations for food. The analysis provides information on trends in grants to food initiatives, food-adjacent initiatives, and all food-related initiatives.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance and Food
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Budget Building Blocks: Units of Appropriation

Date Published:: 2023-11-20
Description:: 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.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Late Notice - Quarterly Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Plan Implementation

Date Published:: 2023-11-17
Description:: A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph 19 (annual plan) of Section 815(a), including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Compliance
Report Type:: Delinquent Report Notice

Highlights from IBO’s Updated Tables on New York City Residents’ Income & Income Tax Liability in 2021

Date Published:: 2023-11-08
Description:: Highlights from IBO's updated tables on New York City Residents personal income tax liability and income/
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Taxation
Report Type:: Other

IBO’s Updated Tables on New York City Residents’ Income & Income Tax Liability in 2021

Date Published:: 2023-11-08
Description:: A series of tables showing the tax year 2021 income and income tax liability for full time New York City residents.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Taxation
Report Type:: Other

IBO's Testimony on Performance Indicators in the Mayor's Management Report

Date Published:: 2023-11-01
Description:: Testimony at a City Council hearing on the 2023 Mayor’s Management Report and identify key indicators that speak to the City’s challenges to provide housing, cash and food assistance, and other services in a timely manner.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Data and Communications
Report Type:: Other

Education Indicators-2023

Date Published:: 2023-10-17
Description:: IBO has updated all education indicators including summary statistics on student enrollment, demographics, and academic performance, school-level teacher and principal characteristics, and building capacity and utilization in traditional public schools.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Schools and Schools - Charter
Report Type:: Other

Employees of Human Service Nonprofits Under Contract with New York City Set to Receive Less Than Half the Raises of NYC Employees Over 5 Years

Date Published:: 2023-10-13
Description:: IBO has found the most recent budget initiative for government-funded nonprofits providing human service programs to New Yorkers will pay less than half of the cumulative raises provided to unionized City employees.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Labor and Employment
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

IBO Analysis Reveals Details about the Federal Paycheck Protection Program and Its Effectiveness in Preserving Jobs Among New York City Small Business

Date Published:: 2023-10-12
Description:: Press release for IBO's "The Paycheck Protection Program in New York City: Jobs Saved, at What Cost?" report.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: COVID-19
Report Type:: Press Releases

The Paycheck Protection Program in New York City: Jobs Saved, at What Cost?

Date Published:: 2023-10-12
Description:: An Independent Budget Office (IBO) analysis evaluates the employment effects of the $30.3 billion in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans distributed to New York City employers in 2020 and 2021.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Labor and Employment and COVID-19
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

IBO Finds Drop in NYC Public School Teacher Headcount Due to Lower Retention

Date Published:: 2023-09-20
Description:: Press Release for "Roll Call: Recent Trends in Teacher Retention & Hiring in New York City Public Schools" report.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Schools
Report Type:: Press Releases

Roll Call: Recent Trends in Teacher Retention & Hiring in New York City Public Schools

Date Published:: 2023-09-20
Description:: A NYCIBO analysis of NYC Schools teacher hiring and retention showed that city schools ended the last school year (2022-2023) with 2,500 fewer K-12 teachers than four years prior.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Schools
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

How Much Did New York City Pay to Nonprofit Cultural Organizations in 2022?

Date Published:: 2023-09-12
Description:: A brief Infographic focused on a less evident support for NYC's arts and culture sector—payments to cultural nonprofits made by a wide array of city agencies as a contracted vendor through the city’s procurement process to provide goods or services.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Culture and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Other

IBO Lens on New York City Payments to Nonprofit Cultural Organizations

Date Published:: 2023-09-12
Description:: Press release for IBO's report "Money, Money, Monet Identifying New York City Payments to Cultural Nonprofit Organizations."
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Culture and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Press Releases

Money, Money, Monet Identifying New York City Payments to Cultural Nonprofit Organizations

Date Published:: 2023-09-12
Description:: The IBO released an analysis of City payments to nonprofit cultural organizations that may be the first such accounting of municipal investment in the cultural sector. The report details $727 million in payments made from the Expense Budget in Fiscal Year 2022.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Culture and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Underlying Data for Public Use: IBO Analysis of New York City Payments to Cultural Nonprofits

Date Published:: 2023-09-12
Description:: Details about the Data: NYCIBO Analysis of New York City Payments to Cultural Nonprofit Organizations
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Culture and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Other

How High—And How Soon? Projecting the Growth of the Legal Cannabis Market in New York City

Date Published:: 2023-08-24
Description:: High expectations: if it can overcome initial growing pains, the NYC legal cannabis market could bring in $1.2 billion in taxable tales and $47 million in annual revenue for the city
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Taxation
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

New York City Legal Cannabis Market Could Eventually Generate $1.2 Billion in Taxable Sales and $47 Million in Annual Revenue, According to IBO Analys

Date Published:: 2023-08-24
Description:: Press release for IBO's report "How High—And How Soon? Projecting the Growth of the Legal Cannabis Market in New York City"
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Taxation
Report Type:: Press Releases

Cost of Running NYC for a Day

Date Published:: 2023-08-23
Description:: Want to take a deeper dive into average daily spending by specific agencies? IBO has you covered. Download IBO’s new NYC Spending in a Day tool to select specific NYC agencies and types of expenditures to come up with your own cost to run NYC for a day.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Other

New IBO Tool Lets Users See the Cost of Running New York City for a Day

Date Published:: 2023-08-23
Description:: A new interactive tool released by the Independent Budget Office (IBO) reveals details about the average daily cost of running the city.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Press Releases

IBO Releases Study of Rent Stabilized Vacant Apartments: Most Do Not Remain Vacant Year-to-Year

Date Published:: 2023-08-21
Description:: With concerns about rent stabilized apartments sitting vacant making headlines, the New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO) today released its study of apartment vacancies using New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) data from 2017 through 2022.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Housing
Report Type:: Press Releases

Most Rent Stabilized Apartments Do Not Remain Vacant Year-to-Year

Date Published:: 2023-08-21
Description:: To find out how many rent stabilized apartments are vacant, NYCIBO released its study of NYSHCR data from 2017-2022. On average, less than five percent of rent stabilized apartments were vacant, and of those, the majority were rented within a year.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Housing
Report Type:: Other

Late Notice - Quarterly Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Plan Implementation

Date Published:: 2023-08-18
Description:: A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph 19 (annual plan) of Section 815(a), including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Compliance
Report Type:: Delinquent Report Notice

How Would The New Limits To Class Sizes Affect New York City Schools?

Date Published:: 2023-07-12
Description:: IBO analyzed the impact of the state’s new reduced class size rules on NYC schools. We found it would require hiring of 17,700 teachers at a cost of at least $1.6 billion annually for full compliance
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Schools
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

New Class Size Law Could Have Unintended Consequences for NYC Schools

Date Published:: 2023-07-12
Description:: Press release about IBO's report "How Would The New Limits To Class Sizes Affect New York City Schools?"
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Schools
Report Type:: Press Releases

An Examination of The Madison Square Garden Property Tax Exemption

Date Published:: 2023-07-11
Description:: 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.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Taxation - Exemption from and Taxation - Real Property
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

IBO Reviews the Madison Square Garden Tax Exemption

Date Published:: 2023-07-11
Description:: The Independent Budget Office's press release for its report examining Madison Square Garden's tax exemption.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Taxation - Exemption from and Taxation - Real Property
Report Type:: Press Releases

One Percent for Parks? A Historical and Current Overview of the Parks Budget

Date Published:: 2023-06-22
Description:: A new IBO analysis shows that the last time spending for the Parks Department was close to one percent of the City budget—a baseline sought by advocates—was 1977. In recent years, Parks spending is less than 0.6 percent of the total budget.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Parks and Recreation and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Demystifying School Budgets

Date Published:: 2023-06-07
Description:: The New York City Independent Budget Office released a new video series( it developed to enable students, parents, and advocates to navigate New York City public school budgets.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Schools and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Press Releases

Late Notice - Quarterly Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Plan Implementation

Date Published:: 2023-06-02
Description:: A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph 19 (annual plan) of Section 815(a), including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Compliance
Report Type:: Delinquent Report Notice

Testimony of the New York City Independent Budget Office To the New York City Council Regarding the Mayor’s Executive Budget for FY 2024

Date Published:: 2023-05-24
Description:: Testimony of IBO Director Chafee on the Mayor's Executive Budget for FY 2024 and Financial Plan through 2027
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Other

Where Are Cultural Development Fund Awards Distributed Throughout New York City?

Date Published:: 2023-05-23
Description:: The Independent Budget Office examined Cultural Development Fund (CDF) awards made by the Department of Cultural Affairs for fiscal years 2019 through 2023 and identified award amounts by fiscal year and borough.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Culture
Report Type:: Other

IBO Examines the NYC Public School System’s Capacity to Support Language Acquisition as More Than 13,000 New Arrivals Enrolled This Year

Date Published:: 2023-05-22
Description:: Press release for IBO's report "Met With Open Arms: An Examination of the Teachers & Programs Available to English Language Learners in Schools"
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Schools
Report Type:: Press Releases

Met With Open Arms: An Examination of the Teachers & Programs Available to English Language Learners in Schools

Date Published:: 2023-05-22
Description:: With thousands of asylum seekers arriving in New York City, an IBO report tracks the distribution of $26.7 million in Project Open Arms education funds and looks at NYC Schools language acquisition programs for children.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Schools
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Modest Economic Recovery, With Persistent Budget Challenges

Date Published:: 2023-05-14
Description:: An analysis of the Mayor's Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 and financial plan through Fiscal Year 2027
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Annual

Snapshot: New York City Spending For Asylum Seekers

Date Published:: 2023-05-08
Description:: An Independent Budget Office analysis says that costs of assisting asylum seekers will be between $600 million and 1.7 billion less than the Executive Budget projection for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Public Welfare and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Other

Union Contracts to Increase Personnel Costs, Partially Offset by Low Headcount

Date Published:: 2023-04-10
Description:: In this brief, IBO estimates the total cost of the city’s labor contracts under two scenarios that explore differences in contract terms and the timing of their ratification, as well as the impact of changes in the size of the city’s labor force.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Labor and Employment and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Cost of Unpaid Fines, Charges, and Penalties in New York City

Date Published:: 2023-04-05
Description:: IBO calculated how much the city is owed in unpaid balances. IBO examined three primary sources of unpaid balances: parking and camera-generated violations, lienable property charges, and penalties adjudicated by the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings that were incurred in CYs 2017-2022.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Other

Description of Public Subsidies for Madison Square Garden, Yankee Stadium, Citi Field & Barclays

Date Published:: 2023-03-29
Description:: IBO has compiled a descriptive overview of the financing deals and public subsidies for Madison Square Garden and the three most recently constructed major league sports stadiums within New York City: Yankee Stadium, Citi Field, and Barclays Center.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Finance
Report Type:: Other

DOE Needs Additional City Funding to Continue Programs Funded with Covid Aid, For Carter Cases, & More

Date Published:: 2023-03-15
Description:: IBO analysis of shows that the DOE requires additional city funding to continue programs funded with federal Covid aid, for Carter Cases, charter schools and more.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance and Schools
Report Type:: Other

Budget Eliminates Hundreds of Vacant School Safety Positions, Following More Than 20 Percent Decline in Safety Agent Staffing in City’s Public Schools

Date Published:: 2023-03-14
Description:: 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.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance and Schools
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

How Have City Costs for Homeless Shelters Changed With Shifts in State and Federal Support?

Date Published:: 2023-03-10
Description:: In this report , IBO examines Department of Homeless Services (DHS) shelter spending from 2013 through 2022 to show how state and federal decisions, as well as shifts in homeless populations over time, have impacted the funding of the city’s shelters over the past decade.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance and Homeless Persons
Report Type:: Other

IBO Testimony on the Mayor’s Preliminary Budget for FY 2024

Date Published:: 2023-03-06
Description:: IBO's testimony to New York City Council Budget and Oversight Hearing on the Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2024.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Other

IBO Testimony at NYS Senate Hearing on MTA Budget and Penn Station Revitalization

Date Published:: 2023-03-03
Description:: Testimony focused on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s deficit relief as proposed in the New York State 2024 State Executive Budget and on the financing of the Penn Station Revitalization Plan
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: State of New York
Report Type:: Other

Late Notice - Quarterly Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Plan Implementation

Date Published:: 2023-02-28
Description:: A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph 19 (annual plan) of Section 815(a), including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Compliance
Report Type:: Delinquent Report Notice

Money for NYCHA? Examining the Public Housing Preservation Trust & Other Strategies in NYCHA’s Blueprint for Change

Date Published:: 2023-02-23
Description:: In this report, IBO explores the potential roadblocks to the Trust’s success, and its benefits and risks, as well as other operational reforms contained in NYCHA’s greater reform plan, A Blueprint for Change.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance, Public Authorities, and Housing
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Estimating the Cost of Fare-Free Local Bus Service

Date Published:: 2023-02-22
Description:: At the request of Council Member Chi Ossé, the IBO estimated the annual cost of introducing fare-free local bus service in New York City under three scenarios: waive bus fares for all riders, riders who are 65 or older or who have disabilities, and New Yorkers who are low income.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance and Transportation
Report Type:: Other

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