In response to Local Law 37 of 2018, ACS conducted a study regarding language needs of children in foster care. This report describes the language study that ACS conducted, and it provides a summary of key findings from that study. It also outlines ACS's continuing work to respond to language needs.
This study describes the structure of the small venue theater sector including its history, cultural and economic impacts, and operational practices, and concludes with a series of high-level findings that set the stage for future efforts to support the small venue theater industry.
In agreement with the First Amended Nitrogen Consent Judgment (FANCJ), this feasibility study is designed to evaluate the available nitrogen-removal technologies, and optimization techniques for existing infrastructure, to identify potential measures to reduce nitrogen discharges
This report explores the historical relationship between veterans and for-profit institutions, how well for-profit schools serve veterans, and if for-profit schools are a sound investment for veterans looking to pursue higher education.
REPORT: The Governor contends that localities have allowed Medicaid spending to spiral because the state enacted a cap in 2012 that spared them from having to share in the increasing costs. His Executive Budget proposes to counter this.
In this study, the department identified seven locations with significant pedestrian traffic and developed strategies for enhancing pedestrian safety and traffic flow at each location. Before and after photos show implementation of such strategies.
In compliance with Local Law 11 passed by the New York City Council in 2018, ACS submits quarterly reports on preventive services utilization to the Council.
The James Blake CCRB Fellowship program was created to help the CCRB reduce the number of truncated complaints (closed without investigation). The report analyzes the reasons for truncations and makes recommendations aimed at increasing the number of complaints that receive full, fair investigation.
TESTIMONY: IBO’s Elizabeth Brown presented testimony to the NYC City Council on key findings from her evaluation of the IDA’s Industrial Program. See the PowerPoint slides
In compliance with Local Law 44 of 2013 passed by the New York City Council, ACS posts quarterly and annual Incident Reports for Detention, Non-Secure Placement and Limited Secure Placement.
“It is against this backdrop that the Comptroller’s Office and A Better Balance jointly administered a survey to better understand how New Yorkers are navigating professional and personal responsibilities in COVID-19-era New York City.”
The study reports on housing affordability and tenant income in the City's rental market. The study highlights year-to-year changes in many of the major economic factors affecting the City's tenant population.
Study analyzes the cost of operating and maintaining rental housing, examing the conditions that existed in the NYC rent stabilized housing market in 2019, and also the extent by which these conditions changed from 2018.
The report surveys lending institutions that underwrite mortgages for multifamily rent stabilized properties in New York City. It also examines rent stabilized building sales.
The study measures the price change in a market basket of goods and services used in the operation and maintenance of rent stabilized apartment buildings in NYC.
Pursuant to LL 125 of 2018, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is required to develop educational materials regarding drugs and opiates awareness and prevention to be made available by the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) and the New York City
The report examines changes in the overall supply of housing in NYC during the prior year, looking at factors that include the number of permits issued and the number of completed housing units.
The study examines additions and subtractions of dwelling units to and from the rent stabilization system in that year and compares it to changes from prior years.
This report evaluates and describes the economic impact of the 7 key sectors that comprise NYC's film and television industry: motion picture talent, subscription programming, television broadcasting, advertising and media buying, postproduction and other services, and distribution and consumption.
With manufacturing jobs in New York City declining, the New York City Industrial Development Agency, under the Giuliani Administration, created the Industrial Program in 1995. This report looks at the evolution and effectiveness of the program.
This report provides a Façade Inspection Safety Program (FISP) overview, which requires the façades of buildings greater than six stories in height to be inspected periodically [...]
This report evaluates NYC's digital games industry and its six sectors game developers, publisher/developers, retail and arcades, professional and financial services, esports, and non-profits and education. It explores the sectors' economic impacts and their characteristics, dynamics, and trends.
Report created pursuant to Local Law 92 of 2020, the purpose of which is to discuss the state of the
Black Car and Livery industries in New York City and to develop policy recommendations to strengthen
these traditional industry sectors.
This report provides a summary of the outcomes achieved by the two winners of the NYCx Co-Labs Mental Health Challenge: NextStep and Me, Myself, & I. It includes lessons learned for working on open innovation, community engagement, urban pilots as well as policy recommendations for NYC agencies.
This report provides a summary of the outcomes achieved by the two winners of the NYCx Co-Labs Housing Rights Challenge; Heat Seek and JustFix.nyc. It also includes lessons learned for working on open innovation, community engagement, urban pilots as well as policy recommendations for NYC agencies.
Study analyzes the cost of operating and maintaining rental housing, examining the conditions that existed in the NYC rent stabilized housing market in 2020 and also the extent by which these conditions changed from 2019.