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“Carter Case” Spending for Students With Special Needs Continues to Grow Rapidly

Date Published:: 2021-03-22
Description:: PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOCUS: City spending on tuition and other supports for special needs students under the rubric of Carter Cases continues to rise rapidly.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Education and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Workforce Savings: The Mayor’s Budget Plan Includes Trimming the Number of City Workers

Date Published:: 2020-06-29
Description:: FOCUS ON THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET: Before the Mayor’s recent announcement that that the city may need to lay off or furlough as many as 22,000 municipal workers, the Executive Budget included the elimination of some vacant positions and a partial hiring freeze.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance and Civil Service
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Will City Support for the Public Hospital System Continue to Increase?

Date Published:: 2021-06-28
Description:: EXECUTIVE BUDGET FOCUS: After years of struggle, NYC Health + Hospitals’ fiscal condition has improved. Part of the elixir has been increased city support. But will this support be able to continue?
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance and Hospitals
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

While Tax Collections Are Stronger Than Expected, Revenue Forecast for 2021 Still Less Than Last Year

Date Published:: 2021-03-02
Description:: PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOCUS: A new brief focusing on our latest estimates for tax revenues based on our recent economic forecast and the Mayor’s Preliminary Budget and financial plan through 2025.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Taxation and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Venture Capital in New York City’s Economy

Date Published:: 2019-04-04
Description:: This report examines New York City’s standing in the global distribution of venture capital activity from 2008 through 2017 and identifies the emergence of industry clusters fueled by venture capital in New York and around the world. Our analysis is informed by data from Crunchbase
Agency:: Comptroller (COMP)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance and Business
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Two Covid-Necessitated Learning Programs Likely To Exceed Their $150 Million Budget

Date Published:: 2021-04-08
Description:: With the parents of thousands of preschoolers needing to go to work and many K-8th grade students doing schoolwork remotely, the de Blasio Administration created the Learning Bridges and Learning Labs programs to provide care, supervision, and help with classes at hundreds of sites across the city.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Youth and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

The Demographics of Detention: Immigration Enforcement in NYC Under Trump

Date Published:: 2019-02-21
Description:: This report from New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer seeks to provide a more complete assessment of the impact of immigration enforcement in New York City by analyzing data from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and immigration court cases.
Agency:: Comptroller (COMP)
Subject(s):: Immigration and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

The Crisis Below: An Investigation of the Reliability and Transparency of the MTA’s Subway Performance Reporting

Date Published:: 2019-02-08
Description:: An investigation by the Comptroller's Office into the accuracy of the MTA's subway performance reporting, and recommendations for more reliable and transparent reporting.
Agency:: Comptroller (COMP)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance and Transportation
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Snapshot: IBO's Updated Economic and Revenue Forecast and Review of the Adopted Budget for 2021

Date Published:: 2020-07-21
Description:: REPORT: Our new economic forecast and projections for tax revenue & spending based on the recently adopted budget for fiscal year 2021 & financial plan through 2024. The report, which includes our latest projection of job losses & gains and estimates of budget surpluses and gaps in the coming years.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Response to Project Initiation, Commitment Plan Report Requirement

Date Published:: 2019-12-03
Description:: Document explaining why the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs does not submit a Project Initiation, Commitment Plan report as required by the New York City Charter, Chapter 9, Section 219(d).
Agency:: Immigrant Affairs, Mayor's Office of (MOIA)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Report of the Lien Sale Task Force

Date Published:: 2016-09-01
Description:: The findings of the Temporary Lien Sale Taskforce, required by LL13/2015, AC 11-356, incl. (i) recommendations for administrative or legislative changes; (ii) any findings or facts that support such recommendations, (iii) evaluation of installment agreements and consideration of prospective changes.
Agency:: Finance, Department of (DOF)
Subject(s):: Finance, Budget and Finance, and Real Property
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Proposed Pension Changes Would Bring Near-Term Savings But Higher Future Costs

Date Published:: 2021-03-30
Description:: PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOCUS: A number of changes have been proposed that would affect how the city’s annual contribution to its pension funds are calculated. We explain the changes and their implications for the city’s budget:
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Pensions and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Progress on the Manhattan Greenway: Nearing the Finish Line?

Date Published:: 2021-06-25
Description:: EXECUTIVE BUDGET FOCUS: The Mayor has allocated funding to complete the Manhattan Greenway. What’s left to do and how much will it cost?
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Parks and Recreation and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Outlook for the City’s Economy: A Slow and Fragile Recovery

Date Published:: 2021-03-01
Description:: PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOCUS: A more detailed presentation of our most recent economic forecast for the city reveals a slow path towards recovery, with some sectors of the economy continuing to trail through 2025.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

New York City Fiscal History Since 1980

Date Published:: 2022-04-06
Description:: IBO updated the Fiscal History section of its website with Fiscal Year 2021 data on staffing and spending. Explore citywide numbers or drill down to the agency, as well as debt service, and revenues.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

New York City Delivers on Covid Emergency Food Budget

Date Published:: 2021-03-17
Description:: As the pandemic swept the city and lead to school closures, job losses, and quarantine, food insecurity grew. New York City spending for emergency food grew too.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Emergency Preparedness, and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Mounting Troubles: Coronavirus Burdens the New York City Housing Authority’s Already-Strained Finances

Date Published:: 2020-06-16
Description:: FOCUS ON THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET: The Covid-19 pandemic has added to the burdens of the city’s fiscally and physically troubled public housing. Does the Mayor’s Executive Budget provide help?
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Letter to Mayor re Capital Budget Requirements

Date Published:: 2019-11-25
Description:: Letter advising that OLR has nothing to report re: Charter § 219(d), requiring each agency to prepare and submit periodic reports in regard to the progress of its capital projects; and Charter § 222(a) requiring a report on the proposed scope of capital projects or explanation of any delay.
Agency:: Labor Relations, NYC Office of (OLR)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Investing in Public Safety: An Examination of the Programs that Did (and Did Not) Receive New Funding in the Mayor’s Budget Proposals

Date Published:: 2022-05-25
Description:: EXECUTIVE BUDGET FOCUS: Mayor Adams has made investing in public safety a top priority of his early administration. IBO examines what programs under this umbrella have received increases in funding in the Mayor’s first two budget proposals, as well as other programs that have not.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance, Criminal Justice, and Mental Health
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Independent Budget Office Fiscal Brief

Date Published:: 2018-09-25
Description:: While lead paint is the primary source of exposure to lead in New York City, tap water can also be a source of lead—and many privately owned small residential buildings in the city have plumbing that contains a much higher level of lead than is allowed in new construction today.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Water, Budget and Finance, and Health
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

How Much Did the 2021 Adopted Budget Reduce Spending For the New York City Police Department?

Date Published:: 2020-08-18
Description:: NYC BY THE NUMBERS: Was $1 billion cut from the New York Police Department budget for this year? And how much of that cut continues next year and beyond in the city’s financial plan?
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Police and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

How Do New Yorkers Perceive Their Financial Security?

Date Published:: 2015-09-29
Description:: This brief, which was commissioned by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs’ Office of Financial Empowerment, examines both sides of people's balance sheets; that is, both their savings and debt levels.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Housing New York: Capital Budget Suggests Delays in Affordable Housing Financing

Date Published:: 2020-06-22
Description:: FOCUS ON THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET: Capital funding for affordable housing preservation and development programs has been shifted and, in some instances, shrunk in the Mayor’s latest budget plan.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance and Housing - Low Income
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Housing Authority Budget Faces Challenges As City Looks to a Post-Covid Future

Date Published:: 2021-04-06
Description:: The city’s public housing authority has to deal with removing lead paint, fixing broken elevators, a backlog of thousands of other repairs—and growing budget gaps. See the details on the housing authority’s fiscal challenges.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Public Authorities and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Homeless Services Sees Shift in Shelter Populations and Influx of FEMA Funding

Date Published:: 2021-02-22
Description:: FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: Over the past year, shifts in the composition of the city’s homeless population, increased spending on rental assistance, and pandemic-related aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency have altered the city’s costs for providing shelter for the homeless.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Homeless Persons, Emergency Preparedness, and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Have NYC’s Cash Assistance Rolls Grown Following The Pandemic-Related Rise in Unemployment?

Date Published:: 2020-07-09
Description:: NYC BY THE NUMBERS: The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a surge in unemployment and an increase in government assistance, including cash assistance grants. How much have New York city’s cash assistance rolls grown in recent months?
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Public Welfare, Poverty, and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Has the de Blasio Administration Made the City’s Capital Commitment Plan More Realistic?

Date Published:: 2021-09-30
Description:: For many years, the city’s capital plans, which outline when funds for capital projects will be committed, have been substantially front-loaded with much of the funds slotted for the first year of each four-year plan—even though it was unlikely funds could or would be committed in that timeframe.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Governor’s Executive Budget Proposes Nearly $50 Million in Human Services Cuts to New York City

Date Published:: 2021-03-18
Description:: Continuing a pattern of cost shifts in recent years, the Governor has proposed a 5 percent cut in state aid for human services programs. See how the reductions would affect aid to the city.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Families, Budget and Finance, and Poverty
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Getting a Read on Library Subsidies: City Support for the Library Systems Has Grown, Did Public Use Rise Too?

Date Published:: 2020-09-29
Description:: In 2016, the Mayor and City Council provided the libraries with a substantial hike in their subsidies with the aim of increasing public access and use of the more than 200 library branches across the five boroughs. How well have those goals been met?
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Libraries and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Federal Assistance: How The Mayor Plans to Use Billions In Covid-Related Aid For Schools

Date Published:: 2021-09-22
Description:: NYC is set to receive $7.3b in federal education aid from the 2 most recent stimulus acts, the CRRSA & ARPA. IBO details their planned uses and examines how much is budgeted for initiatives that will likely continue after federal funding stops.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance and Education
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Federal Aid, Governor’s Proposals Combine for a Complex Funding Picture for the City’s Schools

Date Published:: 2021-03-19
Description:: PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOCUS: Under the Governor’s budget plan, state aid to NYC schools would grow next year. But the outlook for school aid is complicated by an influx of federal pandemic school aid and the Governor’s proposed restructuring and reductions of school support from Albany.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Education and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Executive Capital Plan Builds on Existing Funding for Affordable Housing

Date Published:: 2021-06-09
Description:: The Mayor’s latest capital plan adds more funding for the development and preservation of housing over the next five years. Which programs are getting an increase?
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance and Housing
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Executive Budget Restores Some Organics Funding, But Not Expansion of Curbside Collection Service

Date Published:: 2022-05-31
Description:: The Mayor’s Executive Budget for FY 2023 restored some funding for the city’s organics recycling program, which suffered cuts in the Mayor’s previous budget proposal. However, none of the reinstated funding is for the expansion of the city’s curbside collection program.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance, Recycling, and Sanitation
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Education Spending Since 1990

Date Published:: 2022-04-06
Description:: IBO presents data on Department of Education spending, including pensions an debt service, since 1990.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance and Schools
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Economic and Revenue Forecast: Recovery Continues as New Threats Emerge & Past Risks Remain

Date Published:: 2022-02-02
Description:: In this Budget Brief, IBO provides more details on our latest economic forecast and estimates of tax revenues, as well as a comparison with the Mayor’s tax projections included in the Preliminary Budget.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Department of Sanitation: Using the Infusion of Federal Funds and Rebooting the Organics Program

Date Published:: 2021-06-14
Description:: EXECUTIVE BUDGET FOCUS: With a boost from federal Covid-related funds, the Mayor’s budget plan enables the sanitation department to restart a variety of program cut during the recent budget crunch.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Sanitation and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Budget Options for New York City: New Options, May 2021

Date Published:: 2021-05-04
Description:: Budget Optionbs for New York City: We’ve added more ways the city can save money or raise revenue to our online compilation of budget options.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Budget Options for New York City

Date Published:: 2022-04-20
Description:: IBO presents 10 new ways NYC can cut costs or raise revenue. As with all of our 100+ options, we neither endorse nor reject the ideas. See the descriptions & estimates of revenues/savings, with pros & cons for each option.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Budget Options For New York City

Date Published:: 2020-12-01
Description:: BUDGET OPTIONS FOR NYC: We present 14 more ways the city can cut costs or raise revenue, with some pro and cons for each of the measures. Our compilation now includes more than 100 budget options.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Budget Changes for Vision Zero: A Pandemic-Related Blip or a Backpedal?

Date Published:: 2020-06-23
Description:: FOCUS ON THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET: The Mayor’s budget for Vision Zero includes a relatively small cut in the Department of Transportation’s expense budget but an increase in capital spending.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Transportation, Infrastructure, and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Assessments & Revenue: Explaining the Unusual Swings in Property Tax Revenues for 2022 and 2023

Date Published:: 2022-04-01
Description:: Anticipating a reduction in rental income, NYC sharply reduced the assessments used to calculate ‘22 tax bills. These reductions turned out to be an overestimate & the ’23 tax roll now reflects this as projected growth. IBO examines the reason for the change.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance and Taxation - Real Property
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

A Full Accounting: How Much Does New York City Spend On Its Criminal Justice System

Date Published:: 2021-07-06
Description:: There’s been much attention over the past year to how much the city spends on the police department. But policing is only one part, albeit a large one, of a bigger system that includes the courts, detention & related functions. We look at the full cost of the justice system and how much it has grown
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Budget and Finance and Criminal Justice
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

A Full Accounting: An Analysis of the Mayor’s Proposed Headcount Reduction

Date Published:: 2022-03-02
Description:: A key part of the Mayor Adam's Program to the Eliminate the Gap (PEG) is budgeted headcount reductions. IBO examines how other actions contained within the budget affect the number of headcount reductions the Mayor proposes to make.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Employment, Budget and Finance, and Labor and Employment
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

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