Each year the Center for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
This biennial Compliance Report dated May 2014, is submitted to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) in accordance with the provisions of NYCRR Title 6 Part 360-15.12.
Citywide, the average high school student’s commute to school—by subway, bus, or foot—in school year 2011-2012 was estimated to take 32 minutes. In comparison, the commutes for city residents to jobs in the five boroughs averaged 39 minutes in 2012.
More than half (51.3 percent) of the state’s lowest income part-time workers—those with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level—resided in New York City in 2012
The report examines the veteran business community in New York City, and highlights ways to better identify veteran businesses,support the growth of these businesses, and better prepare those businesses for City procurement opportunities.
IBO used the address of each student attending a New York City public high school in the 2012-2013 school year to identify the census tract in which each student lived and the median household income for households residing in the tract.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of the Economic Development Corporation's employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of the Office of Payroll Administration's employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of the Campaign Finance Board's employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development's employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of the Office of Management and Budget's employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of the Department of Records and Information Services' employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of the City Council's Equal Employment Opportunity Program and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
Although students with disabilities comprised about 18 percent of the overall student body in school year 2012-2013, they made up about 30 percent of the suspended student population (defined as the population of students who have been suspended at least one time).
Audit, analysis and evaluation of the Department of City Planning's employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of the Landmarks Preservation Commission's employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of the Board of Correction's employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
Local Law 11 of 2012 requires City-managed data be made available to the public through a single web portal. This document defines the Citywide policies, standards, and guidelines required to support that legislation as amended.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of the Queens County Public Administrator's employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of Queensborough Community College's employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of the Teachers' Retirement System's employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of the Department of Design and Construction's employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
The Annual Report of the New York City Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee, 2016, which was established through Local Law 61 of 2005. The FRC reviewed aggregate data obtained from the NYPD regarding domestic violence-related homicides that occurred between 2010 and 2015.
Cases of sexually transmitted diseases—chlamydia, gonorrhea, and (primary and secondary) syphilis—have reached their highest reported levels in 30 years in NYC and record levels nationwide.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of the Fire Department's employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of the Richmond County Public Administrator's employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of the Kings County Public Administrator's employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of the New York County Public Administrator's employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
Audit, analysis and evaluation of LaGuardia Community College's employment practices and procedures and its efforts to ensure fair and effective equal employment opportunities for employees and applicants seeking employment.
The city’s diminishing stock of rent-stabilized apartments is highly sought after by prospective tenants because these regulated units often rent at below-market rates and offer a variety of tenant protections including the right to lease renewal.
The number of students in the city’s public schools who lived for some part of the school year in New York’s homeless shelters during school year 2015-2016 rose by more than 4,000, or 15 percent, over the preceding year to nearly 33,000.
The number of hospitalizations at public and voluntary hospitals in New York City has been declining for some time, falling from 1.3 million hospitalizations in 2009 to 1.1 million in 2014.
As part of our recent report on the cost of subway disruptions to riders and the city, which IBO produced at the request of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, we needed to estimate how much time subway commuters lose to delays.
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.
This report summarizes data on treatment for opioid use disorders among NYC residents, including demographic characteristics of those receiving methadone and buprenorphine treatment.
The Annual Report of the New York City Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee, 2017, which was established through Local Law 61 of 2005. The FRC reviewed aggregate data obtained from the NYPD regarding domestic violence-related homicides that occurred between 2010 and 2016
Vital Statistics data on pregnancies among 15- to 19-year-olds and Youth Risk Behavior Survey data on sexual activity and contraceptive use among high school students are detailed in this brief.
This Vital Signs report describes alcohol-related injuries that resulted in emergency department visits or hospitalizations among New York City residents in 2015.
The New York City Community Air Survey: Neighborhood Air Quality 2008-2016 report fulfills the reporting requirement of Local Law 103 of 2015 which requires that the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conduct community air quality surveys and publish the results annually.
Pursuant to Local Law 115 of 2005 governing the formation and activities of the New York City Child Fatality Review Advisory Team, this report summarizes injury deaths among children in New York City.
In 2015,552 suicides were reported in New York City (NYC); approximately two-thirds occurred among males and one-third among females. While the suicide rate among males has been consistently and markedly higher than among females, the gap has narrowed in recent years due to an increase among females
This report details a study of transition-age youth age 18-21 who exit from DYCD, DHS, and ACS. It describes three-year outcome trajectories for youth and their patterns of service use by distinct groups.
Data Brief contains count the number of intimate partner homicides and homicide-suicides that occurred in New York City from 2010- 2017 and provides demographic and location information in aggregate. Also includes suicide and domestic violence hotline and resource information.
This report details the methods and results of a study to determine whether imputation could be a feasible analytic option for improving validity of race and ethnicity variables in the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS).
Over the past two decades, the state has been moving recipients into managed care plans
with the goals of providing better health care and reducing costs.
This report by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene examines trends, demographic characteristics, and methods of suicide among males.
TheNew York City Community Air Survey (NYCCAS) is the largest ongoing urban air monitoring program of any U.S. city. NYCCAS is a collaboration between the Health Department and Queens College of the City University of New York and tracks changes in air quality over time.