In May 2020, a Minneapolis Police Officer killed George Floyd, an unarmed black man. As a result people across the country and New York City engaged in mass protests. Some protests triggered violent confrontations between police and protesters and allegations police used excessive tactics.
Intimate partner elder abuse affects the health and safety of many New Yorkers and their families.
Public awareness of the issue and a coordinated multidisciplinary response are required as the
New York City elder population continues to increase.
This report is provided pursuant to Section 3 of Local Law 220 of 2019, which was adopted on December 15, 2019, and took effect on April 13, 2020. During this period, OSE oversaw no inspections.
In this policy brief, the second in a series on the economic experiences of women of color, the Comptroller’s Office further analyzes U.S. Census Bureau earnings data to examine the scale and impact of the gender wage gap specifically for Latinas in New York City.
Local Law 75 of 2018 (“LL75”), instructs the Mayor’s Office to produce a study on client information management systems used by City health and human services (HHS) agencies and assess the present landscape of information sharing and interoperability among those systems.
Climate change is bringing more intense storms to New York City. We will make the city resilient to these storms through an approach that combines traditional sewers and green infrastructure.
Parent–teacher associations can buy a range of goods and services for their schools. But the associations can also make monetary donations to their school’s budget, as 132 did in school year 2017-2018. How much did the associations contribute and how did it vary by school type, school poverty rate?
IBO has completed its analysis on the duration of stays and demographic breakdown of people in City jails managed by the Department of Correction. There are 3 parts: report, glossary & methodology, and a public dataset.
An overview of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which suspended federal student loan payments without interest or penalties.
Flyer detailing rights of immigrant workers, such as paid safe and sick leave, right to organizer, minimum wage, safe and healthy workplace, discrimination free workplace, overtime, and pay for work as independent contractor, rights with ICE, and resources for legal services and discrimination prote
Provides information to perspective passengers on how they can identify Cabs that are operating illegally. Passengers are also informed of their rights and the rights of their Driver during the trip.
To all licensees and registrants: BIC is updating the Online Portal by adding a new Violation Module that will allow you to see newly issued or pending BIC administrative violations through your existing Portal account. These changes will be introduced today, February 5, 2024.
For every vehicle with BIC-issued Trade Waste Conveyance Plates (“BIC plates”) and a GVWR over
10,000 pounds, you must:
1. Submit proof of side guard installation including photographs through the BIC Online
Portal;
OR
2. Apply for a waiver of the side guard requirement from BIC
BIC is alerting the industry to a phishing campaign designed to steal login credentials. The phishing emails mimic BIC emails, and reference an attached “secure document” from “ webmail@bic.nyc.gov”. These emails are NOT LEGITIMATE.
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.
IBO Assistant Director Sarita Subramanian's testimony to the New York City Council on the city’s Fiscal Year 2023 Adopted Budget’s impact on school budgets.
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
IBO was asked to analyze the costs NYC will incur for services to the city's newly arrived asylum seekers. Based on early Nov. numbers, IBO estimates the city will spend at least $596 million over a year on services such as shelter, public education, & some health-related costs, among others.
REPORT: Washington has enacted four relief bills related to Covid-19. How much of this funding will flow to the city budget and how much to other key local agencies such as the housing authority and public hospitals.
New York City recycles a wide variety of waste, but some materials are more likely to be recycled than others. The city has three solid waste streams: refuse, paper recycling, and metal/glass/plastic recycling. Overall, about 44 percent of recyclable material is “captured” by city recycling programs
The city makes an annual payment to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to support the authority’s capital program. NYPIRG’s Straphangers Campaign asked IBO to review the annual contributions to see if they have kept pace with inflation.
NYC BY THE NUMBERS: The Mayor budget includes the cancelation of this summer’s Summer Youth Employment Program. How much will that mean in lost income for the youth and their families?
Over the past 10 years, New York City’s overtime spending has increased from $928 million in 2006 to $1.659 billion in 2015, an increase of $731 million, or close to 80 percent (about 40 percent after accounting for inflation).
With the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the share of adults in New York City without health insurance dropped from 20.9 percent in 2013 to 13.8 percent in 2014, a 7.1 percentage point decline.
The amount the city budgets each year for snow removal is set by a formula in the City Charter. The formula is the average of spending on snow removal in the five prior years—so the budget for 2014 is based on the actual amounts spent in fiscal years 2008–2012.
There is a great deal of variation in average per pupil allocations across community school districts. In 2013-2014, the last school year in which budgets were set by the Bloomberg Administration, school district allocations averaged $8,255 per student in grades pre-k through 8.
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.
In the 2013-2014 school year, approximately 36,000 students took the test to determine their eligibility for a seat in a New York City public school Gifted & Talented program for the 2014-2015 school year.
Mayor Bill de Blasio is again calling for the implementation of a “mansion tax:” a surcharge on the sale of high-end residences in the city. The Mayor made this one of the featured proposals in his state of the city speech as well as in recent testimony to the state Legislature.
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.
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.
Medicaid trends from 2008 through 2012:
+28.6% increase in the average number of service units per child +7.6% increase in the average cost per service unit
Using an annual sample of 770,000 personal income tax returns, IBO explored the distribution of income among New York City residents during the years 2006 through 2014.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development inspects public housing developments across the country to ensure that they are safe, sanitary, and in good repair.
NYC Transit runs the city’s subways as well as buses in Manhattan and the Bronx and is one of several agencies that comprise the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. NYC Transit employs nearly 50,000 workers and 44,000 of them are union members.
The Covid-19 pandemic caused sharper drops in employment in New York City than elsewhere in the nation – and the jobs recovery has been slower here. IBO examines how the city’s employment losses and recovery differ from the rest of the nation’s.
Earlier we reported that 132 New York City parent-teacher associations granted nearly $13 million to their school budgets in school year 2017-2018. Now we answer the question: how were the funds spent?
Nearly 3 dozen arts and cultural organizations are located on city-owned property and receive operating subsidies. These organizations, known as the Cultural Institutions Group, vary widely in attendance and budget levels.. How dependent are these institutes on their city subsidies?
In light of two recent high-profile school rezoning controversies in which overcrowded schools serving higher income students existed near underutilized schools largely populated by students in public housing, IBO examined the distribution of students from public housing across NYC public schools.
Report analyzes NYC Department of Social Services’ data from July 2013 through June 2018 and assesses existing policies and services to better understand the dynamics within the shelter system, the scope of domestic violence as a driver of housing instability, and identify potential gaps in fundi
The Renaissance Revival-style Hotel Cecil was home to Minton’s Playhouse, the legendary nightclub where the pivotal style “bebop” emerged and flourished in the 1940s, redefining jazz and American music.
In a series of charts and graphs IBO presents some key findings from the data, in particular, how in 2020—the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic—total income reported by full-year New York City residents increased compared with 2019., along with 2020 PIT tables.
The purpose of this project/guide is to help community-based organizations (CBOs) and mental health providers (MHPs) work together to bring accessible, effective mental health support to community members, when and where they need it.
A French Renaissance Revival style skyscraper designed by Warren & Wetmore in 1920-22. It was one of the first skyscrapers in this section of Fifth Avenue and one of the earliest buildings to conform to the groundbreaking 1916 Building Zone Resolution.
In 2009, the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs concluded a multiyear initiative to reform the Cultural Development Fund, the primary source of city funding for hundreds of arts and cultural organizations throughout the five boroughs.
In September 2012, New York City launched a set of juvenile justice initiatives that included the expansion of alternative-to-placement programs for youth ages 7-15 found by Family Court to be juvenile delinquents.
Over the past five years, total federal aid to New York City has declined from $7.9 billion in 2011 to just under $7.0 billion in 2015, a decrease of roughly $933 million, or nearly 12 percent. The change was mainly due to the drop in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act federal stimulus dollars.
Report on 10/14/19 hearing on regarding topics related to public burials in NYC, including but not limited to: burial assistance program; the feasibility of implementation of a cremation assistance program & public burial in new locations; and the plan for the future operation of Hart Island.
OATH staff were at the Queens Borough Hall to assist and educate people about what to do should they have received a summons and to check to determine if someone has an outstanding summons. Materials about remote hearings and other free resources were provided to the public as well.
OATH staff were at the Borough Hall to assist and educate people about what to do should they have received a summons and to check to determine if someone has an outstanding summons. Materials about remote hearings and other free resources were provided to the public as well.
OATH staff were at the Borough Hall to assist and educate people about what to do should they have received a summons and to check to determine if someone has an outstanding summons. Materials about remote hearings and other free resources were provided to the public as well.
This report, using focus group and survey results, details the concerns of New York City’s home-based paid care workers whose voices are too often unheard or disregarded by policymakers or by the wider public.
Join the NYC Hospitality Alliance for a discussion with the NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) and the Mayor’s Office of Nightlife about how to avoid complaints and summonses and what to do if you or your establishment receives a summons from a city enforcement agency.
This report, Housing Manhattanites, lays out a
vision of where and how we can build the housing
we need. We have identified opportunities at
171 sites—ranging from small vacant lots to
underutilized garages to former manufacturing
districts.
This report includes descriptive statistics by field operations location, on: the size and demographics of the client population; levels at which financial assistance and social services are requested and granted; time frames for the provision of services; and data on case closings and re-openings.
This report includes descriptive statistics by field operations location, on: the size and demographics of the client population; levels at which financial assistance and social services are requested and granted; time frames for the provision of services; and data on case closings and re-openings.
This report examines and measures the impact of rising residential property taxes on New York City households over the 2005 -2016 period, providing a detailed analysis of how property tax increases have affected households at different levels of the income distribution.
Gowanus Canal Flushing Tunnel Pumping Station and Gate House was built in the early 20th century to house the mechanical systems needed to flush the Gowanus Canal , it represents one of the most important infrastructure projects in Brooklyn.
The Department of Transportation repairs and maintains the city’s streets. To fulfill this task, the department performs an ongoing street quality assessment and rates sections of every street in the city on an 18-month rolling basis on a scale from 1 to 10.
This booklet illustrates the connections between the Sustainable Development Goals and the visions, goals, initiatives and targets that form One New York: The Plan for a Just and Strong City.
Designation report for Gay Activists Alliance founded in December 1969 "to secure basic human rights, dignity, and freedom for all gay people." 99 Wooster Street served as the organization's headquarters from 1971 to 1974.
This Finance Memorandum contains instructions for reporting GILTI, FDII, and IRC § 965 amounts on New York City General Corporation Tax (“GCT”), Unincorporated Business Tax (“UBT”), and Banking Corporation Tax (“BTX”) 1 returns and attachments.
An summary of MODA's partnership with the Department of Education's Office of School Support Services to expand the free lunch program to all students.
The Frederick Douglass Memorial Park is the only extant, non-sectarian cemetery in New York City that was founded by and for African Americans at a time when discrimination and segregation excluded them from other cemeteries.
Report provides an overview of geologic and natural features, historical development patterns, zoning, land use, infrastructure, demographic and economic profiles, a summary of environmental conditions, flood risk, and a preliminary evaluation of potential strategic properties for redevelopment.
Report provides an overview of geologic and natural features, historical development patterns, zoning, land use, infrastructure, demographic and economic profiles, a summary of environmental conditions, flood risk, and a preliminary evaluation of potential strategic properties for redevelopment.
Report provides an overview of geologic and natural features, historical development patterns, zoning, land use, infrastructure, demographic and economic profiles, a summary of environmental conditions, flood risk, and a preliminary evaluation of potential strategic properties for redevelopment.
Report provides an overview of geologic and natural features, historical development patterns, zoning, land use, infrastructure, demographic and economic profiles, a summary of environmental conditions, flood risk, and a preliminary evaluation of potential strategic properties for redevelopment.
Report provides an overview of geologic and natural features, historical development patterns, zoning, land use, infrastructure, demographic and economic profiles, a summary of environmental conditions, flood risk, and a preliminary evaluation of potential strategic properties for redevelopment.
Report provides an overview of geologic and natural features, historical development patterns, zoning, land use, infrastructure, demographic and economic profiles, a summary of environmental conditions, flood risk, and a preliminary evaluation of potential strategic properties for redevelopment.
Report provides an overview of geologic and natural features, historical development patterns, zoning, land use, infrastructure, demographic and economic profiles, a summary of environmental conditions, flood risk, and a preliminary evaluation of potential strategic properties for redevelopment.
Report provides an overview of geologic and natural features, historical development patterns, zoning, land use, infrastructure, demographic and economic profiles, a summary of environmental conditions, flood risk, and a preliminary evaluation of potential strategic properties for redevelopment.
Report provides an overview of geologic and natural features, historical development patterns, zoning, land use, infrastructure, demographic and economic profiles, a summary of environmental conditions, flood risk, and a preliminary evaluation of potential strategic properties for redevelopment.
Pursuant to Local Law 143 of 2016, a report incorporating the March 2018 recommendations of the Interagency Foster Care Task Force in its initial report, to improve services and outcomes for youth in and aging out of foster care.
An overview of the City's food policy work and provide current metrics on City food programs, including the 19 food metrics that the City is required to report on annually pursuant to Local Law 52 of 2011.
This paper intends to document the details of this program’s development and learnings from the first year, so that economic development practitioners across the country might implement similar models, in food services or other industries, to empower low-income entrepreneurs in their
communities.
A flyer to warn consumers about illegal price gouging for any personal or household good or any service that is needed to prevent or limit the spread of or treat the new coronavirus (COVID-19).