The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) issued New York City its first citywide Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit, as required under the Clean Water Act, effective August 1, 2015.
HASA 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.
The FDNY coordinates ambulance response to the about one million medical emergencies reported over the 911 system in the city each year. About a quarter of those emergencies are ALS, incidents involving heart attacks and other very serious conditions. IBO analyzes response times of these units.
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.
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?
This has been a difficult school year, perhaps most difficult for students living in neighborhoods hardest hit by Covid. At the request of WNYC we have looked at attendance figures for schools, with a focus on schools in these hard-hit neighborhoods.
New York City By the Numbers: IBO has updated the fiscal history section of our website with new data on New Yorkers’ income and personal income tax liability. The new data, the most recent available, covers the 2019 tax year. See some highlights from our updated tables.
Pursuant to Admin Code Sect. 14-153(c), this quarterly report contains 1) the number of leaving the scene incidents with a critical injury; 2) the number of such incidents the department closed to arrest and closed without an arrest; and 3) the number of notices of violation issued for 19-191
Pursuant to Admin Code Sect. 14-153(c), this quarterly report contains 1) the number of leaving the scene incidents with a critical injury 2) the number of such incidents the department closed to arrest and closed without an arrest 3) the number of notices of violation issued for 19-191
Pursuant to Admin Code Sect. 14-153(c), this quarterly report contains 1) the number of leaving the scene incidents with a critical injury; 2) the number of such incidents the department closed to arrest and closed without an arrest; and 3) the number of notices of violation issued for 19-191
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.
Housing area capacity data summary from January 1 through October 31, 2020, including population changes, housing area capacity, and population trends.
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.
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.
NYC BY THE NUMBERS: Last year, the Mayor suspended the sanitation department’s organics collection program because of budget constraints and too many partially filled trucks. But participation varied throughout the city.
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.
In a series of charts and graphs, IBO compares enrollment changes during the first full school year impacted by the pandemic (20-21) with the second school year that just ended (21-22). We explore the different trends among the city’s traditional public schools and its charter schools.