The New York City Commission on Human Rights (“The Commission”) submits this Language
Access Policy and Implementation Plan pursuant to Local Law 30 of 2017. This document is
updated as of April 2018.
The guide offers advice on topics such as: signing a commercial lease, navigating government, and understanding the rights of immigrant New Yorkers. The guide is part of the City’s Immigrant Business Initiative, launched by Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2014 to support immigrant entrepreneurs.
For each of IBO’s more than 100 budget options, including the new ones and many that have been recently updated, we outline key arguments for and against the proposals along with estimates of their potential to save or raise city funds.
Budget Options are policy ideas that have the potential to create savings or new revenue for the City. Every year, IBO publishes an updated volume to help spark policy discussions throughout New York City.
The Monumental BRT Central Power Station Engine House is a prominent reminder of the era when Gowanus Canal was a significant inland waterway and the Gowanus neighborhood was a major industrial center.
Designed by George Keister and developed by George M. Cohan, this Italian Renaissance Revival-style theater and commercial building featured Broadway acts in its early “Subway Circuit” years before hosting a succession of
clubs that were central to the Bronx’s innovative and influential Latin music
This report proposes the State adopt legislation that creates a new “Basement Resident Protection Law” to provide immediate physical and tenant protections to New Yorkers living in basement units, with clear rights and responsibilities for basement owners and dwellers...
Under the city’s borough-based jails plan, Rikers Island will be replaced by jails in 4 of the 5 boroughs. The plan aims to create smaller & safer jails that allow people in custody to be closer to the courts where their cases are heard and their communities. IBO examines how these 2 goals overlap
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Application April 16, 2013 - Variance (§72-21) to permit the development of a cellar and fourstory, eight-family residential building, contrary to §42- 10 zoning resolution. PREMISES AFFECTED - 81 Jefferson Street,Block 3162, Lot 42, Borough of Brooklyn. COMMUNITY BOARD #3BK
Warshaw Burstein, LLP 1245 Fulton Street, Brooklyn Special Permit (§73-36) to allow the operation of a physical culture establishment (Planet Fitness) within an existing building. C4-5 zoning district. Community Board #3BK
Rothkrug, Rothkrug & Spector LLP 97 Grattan Street, Brooklyn Variance (§72-21) to allow for a new seven-family residential development, contrary to use regulations (§42-00). M1-1 zoning district. Community Board #1BK
Rothkrug, Rothkrug & Spector LLP 95 Grattan Street, Brooklyn Variance (§72-21) to allow for a new seven-family residential development, contrary to use regulations (§42-00). M1-1 zoning district. Community Board #1BK
A report on the possible installation of bike share near parks. The report includes the examination of regulatory and contractual barriers to such installation and the potential usage of bike share near parks.
This report fulfills the requirements of Local Law 60 of 2018 which mandates that the Mayor’s Office of Operations to study the feasibility of using administrative data to identify New Yorkers who may be eligible for particular benefits and inform those New Yorkers of their potential eligibility.
The Automated Decision Systems Task Force was required by Local Law 49 of 2018. The Task Force's recommendations, which relate to how the City manages these systems, are included in this report.
Designation report for 207 St.Paul's Avenue, the primary residence from 1972 to 1987 of Audre Lorde, the celebrated African-American writer, educator, Poet Laureate of New York, and outspoken advocate for feminism and LGBT rights.
As part of their tuition payments, full-time and part-time students pay $55 and $20, respectively, in student activity fees per semester for student government and other student activities.
The objective of the audit was to determine whether JCDecaux accurately reported its advertising revenue to the City and remitted timely payments, both monetary and in non-monetary “alternative compensation,” due to the City as stipulated in the agreement.
This memorandum provides modifications to the required methodology for the attribution of interest deductions for taxpayers subject to the Business Corporation Tax (BCT), General Corporation Tax (GCT), Banking Corporation Tax (BTX) or the Unincorporated Business Tax (UBT)
Through NYC's “Schoolyards to Playgrounds” program, the public can access some school playgrounds & yards during non-school hours. At the request of CM Gale Brewer, IBO examined how many school buildings are currently participating in the program & the cost to add those that aren't.
NYC BY THE NUMBERS: Subway ridership is way down. Which stations have seen the biggest declines in passenger entrances and what might plummeting ridership mean in terms of lost revenue for NYC Transit?
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).
Preliminary data for fiscal year 2014 indicate the city received about $41 million in revenue from camera-generated redlight, bus-lane, and now speeding summonses, as well as $14 million in ticket revenue from traffic violations written up by police officers.
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
Under federal and state law, families with young children receiving cash assistance and participating in work or training programs are guaranteed vouchers to pay for their choice of child care providers.
Are children born later in the year more likely to be identified as students with disabilities than children born in earlier months? Amy Zimmer of Chalkbeat asked and IBO explored the data.
This evaluation report reflects the findings of a qualitative and impact evaluation of Arches, a group mentoring program serving young adult probation clients ages 16 to 24.
Apartment/ Loft Order #53 establishes the lease guidelines for rent stabilized apartments and lofts effective between October 1, 2021 and September 30, 2022.
The tumbling stock market has inevitably taken a toll on the value of the city’s pension funds. That means the city may have to increase its contributions to the funds by tens of million—if not hundreds of millions--of dollars in the coming years. We look at a few scenarios.
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) of New York Annual report on electricity and fossil fuel use in certain City-owned buildings Local Law 45 (2018) Report Fiscal Year 2021 Report Erratum
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) of New York Annual report on electricity and fossil fuel use in certain City-owned buildings Local Law 45 (2018) Report Fiscal Year 2020 Report Erratum
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) of New York Annual report on electricity and fossil fuel use in certain City-owned buildings Local Law 45 (2018) Report Fiscal Year 2019 Report Erratum 2022
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) of New York Annual report on electricity and fossil fuel use in certain City-owned buildings Local Law 45 (2018) Report Fiscal Year 2019 Report 2022 Correction
The Department of Citywide Administrative Service (DCAS) of New York Annual report on electricity and fossil fuel use in certain City-owned buildings Local Law 45 (2018) Report Fiscal Year 2018 Report Erratum
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) of New York Annual report on electricity and fossil fuel use in certain City-owned buildings Local Law 45 (2018) Report 2022 Correction
The Department of Investigation’s (“DOI”) Office of the Inspector General for the New York City Police Department (“OIG-NYPD”) issued a report examining the New York City Police Department’s (“NYPD”) use of the Criminal Group Database (“CGD”).
This Brief describes NYC Opportunity’s method for estimating the immigration status of noncitizens and presents key economic indicators by immigration status. The results are presented followed by policy implications and future research.
This Brief marks NYC's second release of research on the economic well-being of immigrants in the city. These data are important in evaluating the needs of some of the city’s most vulnerable communities, and for developing programs and strategies to address poverty issues specific to immigration.