At the request of the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, IBO analyzed City Council Schedule C funding levels in the past six years to assess allocations for food. The analysis provides information on trends in grants to food initiatives, food-adjacent initiatives, and all food-related initiatives.
A brief Explainer on Units of Appropriation, the most granular level of detail City Council approves in the budget resolutions. IBO also highlights the inherent tension between the Mayor and City Council over them.
Over the past decade, Citi Bike has become a vital part of New York City’s transportation landscape. As the nation’s largest bikeshare system, Citi Bike enables millions of trips each month and has a network of over 1,800 stations and 26,000 bikes
the DOE is choosing to base the new weight allocation for students experiencing homelessness on enrollment as of December 31, 2022. If this decision stands, schools will not receive funding this school year for changes in STH enrollment that have occurred since then.
The wellbeing of a city of more than eight million people rests upon an extensive array of municipal infrastructure and services. Fire stations, police precincts, and EMS bases to respond to emergencies. Sanitation garages and waste transfer stations to dispose of our trash.
As required by New York City Administrative Code, Title25, Section 318 report containing the October 2023 Staff Level Reports of the Landmarks Preservation Commission
This is our effort under Comptroller Lander’s Administration to provide the public with a straightforward guide to the basics of the City’s contracting workflows, and essential solicitation methods.
IBO has found the most recent budget initiative for government-funded nonprofits providing human service programs to New Yorkers will pay less than half of the cumulative raises provided to unionized City employees.
An Independent Budget Office (IBO) analysis evaluates the employment effects of the $30.3 billion in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans distributed to New York City employers in 2020 and 2021.
As the flooding New York City experienced from the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia last week demonstrated, the “new normal” of intensified storms requires a whole of government focus on emergency preparedness and climate resilience.
As required by New York City Administrative Code, Title 25, Section 318 report containing the September 2023 Staff Level Reports of the Landmarks Preservation Commission
A NYCIBO analysis of NYC Schools teacher hiring and retention showed that city schools ended the last school year (2022-2023) with 2,500 fewer K-12 teachers than four years prior.
The IBO released an analysis of City payments to nonprofit cultural organizations that may be the first such accounting of municipal investment in the cultural sector. The report details $727 million in payments made from the Expense Budget in Fiscal Year 2022.
As required by New York City Administrative Code, Title 25, Section 318 report containing the August 2023 Staff Level Reports of the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
High expectations: if it can overcome initial growing pains, the NYC legal cannabis market could bring in $1.2 billion in taxable tales and $47 million in annual revenue for the city
Since January 2022, at least twenty-six people have died in custody in New York City’s jails, underscoring the persistent dysfunction and violence of the jail system and accelerating calls for more oversight of jail operations.
As required by New York City Administrative Code, Title25,Section 318 report containing the July 2023 Staff Level Reports of the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act marks one of the largest infusions of federal funding into the nation’s infrastructure of the last century. This legislation will invest $550 billion of new federal funding in transportation, clean energy, water quality, and broadband Infrastructure
This report highlights how DEP’s teams of skilled engineers, scientists, and other experts are exploring techniques and technologies to better manage current and future challenges and protect and improve the health, environment, and the quality of life for all New Yorkers
IBO analyzed the impact of the state’s new reduced class size rules on NYC schools. We found it would require hiring of 17,700 teachers at a cost of at least $1.6 billion annually for full compliance