With the rising number of homeless families and individuals in the city’s shelter system there has been a related rise in the costs of running the shelters.
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.
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.
As of June, the Department of Education had 131,199 full-time employees. More than 119,000 served in jobs under the broad classification of pedagogues, which includes roles such as principals, assistant principals, teachers, and teaching assistants also known as paraprofessionals.
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.