On December 1, 2021, New York City’s unrestricted cash balance reached a seasonal low of $1.338 billion, compared to $2.143 billion in FY21 and $1.769 billion in FY20.
The Preliminary Budget closes the $2.88 billion budget gap projected in November, on the strength of an expected $2.77 billion surplus in FY 2022, derived primarily from $1.60 billion in additional tax revenues and savings of $866 million from the Program to Eliminate the Gap (PEG).
New York City’s current property tax system is notoriously opaque, unfair, and regressive. For the past four decades, rather than dealing with its structural flaws, New York State has layered on a patchwork of exemptions and abatements to lower tax rates for various owners.
The purpose of bail is to ensure that a person who is arrested returns to court for trial. However, in practice, the impact of bail has been to detain tens of thousands of New Yorkers, presumed innocent, before trial and cost low-income families tens of millions of dollars every year.
Advancing the vision of a smaller, safer and fairer jail system remains one of the City’s most pressing challenges and will necessitate collective action on the part of all criminal legal system stakeholders.
Fiscal Year 2023 begins in a period of significant economic uncertainty. There are meaningful signs of continued recovery from the pandemic, with jobs at 96% of pre-pandemic levels, tourism and Broadway rebounding, record numbers of new business applications, and tax revenues coming in...
A quarterly cash report for New York City. At the close of FY 2022 (on June 30, 2022), the City recorded the end-of-year cash balance of $8.159 billion, compared to $8.469 billion a year ago. Daily cash balances during FY22 averaged $7.524 billion, $831 million below the prior year’s number.
The City began 1Q22 with $8.469 billion in cash-on-hand, compared to $6.627 billion opening balance last year. Total receipts in the quarter rose 9.3%, while expenditures increased 10.8%. Overall, cash receipts exceeded cash expenditures by $333 million in 1Q22.
FY22 began with $8.469 billion in cash-on-hand, compared to $6.627 billion in the beginning of FY21. However, the gap between current cash balances and prior year cash balances quickly disappeared, and FY22 cash balances have been running close to year-ago levels ever since.
This report details allocations to MWBE asset management firms managing assets for the New York City Retirement Systems, the status of “emerging manager” programs, the MWBDVE Brokerage Program for the Retirement Systems, the efforts of the Bureau of Public Finance to expand work with diverse firms.
In accordance with New York City Charter §93(l), the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) is published within four months after the close of each fiscal year.
Challenges to a full economic recovery remain. New York City was hit earlier and harder by the pandemic and has experienced a disproportionate share of the impact.
This analysis of business improvement districts (BIDs) identified four financial matters, which potentially point to increased financial risks and may decrease the availability of services to districts.
The Popular Annual Financial Report provides an accessible overview of the financial details contained in our 500-page Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.
The Comptroller’s Annual State of the City’s Economy and Finances Report, released each year in December, is designed to provide a grounding for analysis as the City prepares to begin its annual budget process early in the new year.
New York City’s economy faces perhaps some more difficult challenges than the nation at large, as the city’s highest paying sectors have been undergoing some job-reducing restructuring over the past year
NYC Department of Finance Commissioner Jacques Jiha, Ph.D. Testimony on the FY'20 Preliminary Budget Hearing before the City Council Finance Committee.
This report presents statistical information for tax year 2000 for the three New York City
business income taxes: the Banking Corporation Tax (BCT), the General Corporation Tax
(GCT), and the Unincorporated Business Tax (UBT).
The Mayor’s latest budget plan adds $23 million over the years 2020-2023 for his LeadFreeNYC initiative, and brings the total amount of funds budgeted for the program to $39 million. But that still leaves the program’s funding well short of the original commitment.
The city has committed more than $4 billion over 10 years that can be used to meet the terms of the settlement with federal officials for repairs at public housing developments across the city. Yet the full cost of the settlement is unclear, and may require additional city funds.
The Governor’s budget proposes that New York City—and just New York City—pay 10 percent of annual Family Assistance costs, a program that has been funded completely with federal dollars in the past.
In a 2015 plea agreement, BNP Paribas bank paid $8.9 billion in criminal penalties, including nearly $900 million to the city. Much of those funds remain unused.
Under the Mayor’s plan, the budget for summer jobs for youth would increase by more than $30 million, but the number of slots for participants would fall.
The fiscal condition of the city’s public hospitals may be looking better than in the recent past, but a prognosis of modest shortfalls remains for the years ahead.
IBO presents an overview of our analysis of the Mayor’s Preliminary Budget for 2020 and financial plan through 2023. The report includes our projections of city budget gaps and surpluses, highlights of our latest economic forecast, and re-estimates of revenue and spending under the Mayor’s plan
We project that NYC tax revenue will grow from $61.0 billion this year to nearly $70.6 billion in 2023. Get the details behind the numbers in our projections for individual taxes.
While there’s been much attention to the de Blasio Administration’s expansion of pre-k and 3-k, after-school programs for elementary and middle school students also have substantially increased. We track the rise in enrollment and spending since 2014.
In recent years annual revisions to federal labor force data for New York City have been large and hard to anticipate. These revisions have been further complicated by some unusual recent trends in local employment. We take a closer look.
Our data detailing school spending since 1990 has been updated and now features interactive charts and graphs. It includes information on per pupil spending, revenue sources, and school debt service and pension costs.
In this new report we present the details of our latest economic forecast & projections of tax revenue and spending based on the Mayor’s Preliminary Budget for 2021 and financial plan through 2024.
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: Seven years after Hurricane Sandy swamped the city’s coastal neighborhoods, the programs aimed at restoring damaged homes and apartment buildings linger on. More money has been added to the city’s budget to finish the job.
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: Although the Governor’s budget would increase state aid for schools by over $800 million, the city’s share is less than the Mayor had expected in the Preliminary Budget for 2021.
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: Over the past three years, the state has forced New York City to shoulder an increasing amount of annual child welfare and juvenile justice costs. The Governor’s budget for 2021 would continue this pattern.
PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOCUS: Just hours before the Mayor released the 2022 Preliminary Budget he learned that the Federal Emergency Management Agency was increasing its reimbursement rate to the city for Covid-related costs. How much more can the city expect and what does this mean for city spending?
PRELIMINARY BUDGET REPORT: In this new report we present our latest economic forecast and analysis of the Mayor’s 2022 Preliminary Budget and Financial Plan through 2025. In the form of a chart book the report presents our key findings on the local economy and projections of tax revenues & spending.
REPORT: IBO remains cautiously confident about NYC’s fiscal outlook. Read our latest economic forecast and projections of revenue and spending through 2023.
A report on the number of small procurement contracts, as defined by New York City Housing Authority procurement rules, 2 awarded during the prior calendar year.