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.
Study of congestion caused by truck deliveries as required by LL 189/2017, requiring DOT to conduct a study of traffic congestion due to truck deliveries during daytime hours in Manhattan
Study investigates the feasibility of using alternative fuels and propulsion technologies in the ferries owned and operated by the City (specifically the Staten Island Ferry and the NYC Ferry) & recommends near- and long-term implementation options. Study is pursuant to Ad Code 19-307(k).
Report to the City Council on first quarter impacts of LL 147 (cap on vehicle licenses). LL 147 requires DOT and TLC to report to the Council quarterly on the impact of the moratorium on vehicle ridership throughout the city.
The Hail Market Analysis was created to bring safe, convenient, and legal street-hail service to all five boroughs of NYC. This is the second TLC analysis of the green taxi market, released in 2015
Second quarterly report to the City Council regarding impact of Local Law 147. Local Law 147 requires TLC to submit quarterly reports on the impact of the year long moratorium on the new for hire vehicle licenses on vehicle ridership throughout the City.
The HAIL Market Analysis examines issues including green taxi service, demand, market conditions, and the effectiveness of TLC enforcement and regulations.
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.
Pursuant to LL22/2008, this report shows NYC's performance of greenhouse gas emission reductions under the measurements in the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emmission Inventories
The City of New York (City) contracted with MGT Consulting Group (MGT) to conduct a minority- and women-owned business enterprise (M/WBE) Disparity Study. The objective of this study was to conduct a disparity analysis of the utilization of M/WBEs in City contracting, as compared to the availability
SBS, with support from Citi Community Development, commissioned a study to understand the state and needs of women entrepreneurs in New York City. The study was conducted in collaboration with global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney.
During fall 2012 and spring 2013, DSNY conducted a waste characterization study of the curbside waste stream (2013 study). DSNY periodically conducts these studies to see what has changed in the composition of material collected by DSNY in order to inform future waste management planning.
A summary of the Sector Assessment Project, which investigated challenges faced by the reuse sector and ways to facilitate more effective and efficient reuse programs in New York City.
A survey undertaken as part of the Transporting Reusables Using Commercial Carriers (TRUCC) project, which is researching how the NYC reuse sector can have better access to adequate and affordable transportation resources.
White paper explaining rationale for rapidly increasing recycling citywide in the 1990s, and to propose supporting legislative and policy initiatives. Outlines policies and programs needed to attain a 15% recycling goal by 1991.
I am pleased to submit the attached Status Report on Materials Recycling Activities in New York City, which documents the steps taken by the Department of Sanitation during the past year to address the City's pressing waste disposal needs through a program of recycling initiatives.
This Preliminary Report presents data on commercial waste in 2000, collected from handlers in the metro New York region. The subsequent comprehensive study will analyze & assess the adequacy & impacts of the siting, permitting, operations, and regulation of the City's waste infrastructure.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Hotel Report consolidates research related to rent stabilized hotels into a single report. The report includes information on Certifications of No Harassment for SROs, illegal hotel violations, and additional data related to hotels.
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.
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.
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.
Study analyzes the cost of operating and maintaining rental housing, examining the conditions that existed in the NYC rent stabilized housing market in 2021 and also the extent by which these conditions changed from 2020.
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.
Study analyzes the cost of operating and maintaining rental housing, examining the conditions that existed in the NYC rent stabilized housing market in 2022 and also the extent by which these conditions changed from 2021.
The Hotel Report consolidates research related to rent stabilized hotels into a single report. The report includes information on Certifications of No Harassment for SROs, illegal hotel violations, and additional data related to hotels.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
The Coney Island Creek Resiliency Study, which began in fall 2014, is an early step in a long-term strategy to protect the life, property, and livelihoods of Coney Island and Gravesend communities from the effects of storm surge and sea level rise.
The Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek Storm Surge Barrier Studies project is a conceptual feasibility
study that may be used in assessing the need to advance to more a detailed and complete feasibility
study and could inform such a study or the project implementation that may follow.
Streetscapes for Wellness includes approximately 30 case studies from New York City and a handful of other communities to suggest ways of reimagining public spaces to further social and environmental justice while enhancing public health.
On February 22, 2017, NYC Parks and the New York City Office of Management and Budget presented an assessment of the conditions and structure of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial.
The Urban Institute conducted an evaluation of the NYC Service Civic Corps program in 2017–2018 to assess how much organizations benefit from the Civic Corps members.
The Urban Institute conducted an evaluation of the City Service Corps program to assess how much organizations benefit from the City Service Corps members’ service, the extent to which members gain valuable skills, and whether they continue to be civically engaged after completing the program.
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.
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.
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.
Report on a study of social and economic conditions in Harlem leading to the disturbances which occurred on March 19, 1935, and recommendations regarding racial discrimination, disparate healthcare, housing discrimination, education and poverty in Harlem, with a foreword letter dated March 19,1936
Local Law 61 of 2017 requires a review of the feasibility of allowing online submission of applications for permits, licenses, and registrations issued by City agencies. The review also requires an evaluation of the feasibility of creating and maintaining a single web portal for this information.
Local Law 66 of 2021 requires an assessment of the 311 service request intake map in order to determine the feasibility of improving the location accuracy of this map. OTI has undertaken an assessment, the results of which are included in this report.
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
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.
This report, the first produced under a 2017 City Council law that turns to IBO to issue periodic reports on New York City economic development tax expenditures, looks at the efficiency and effectiveness of two programs: Commercial Revitalization & Commercial Expansion.
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 summarizes the findings of a survey of 3,105 Muslim, Arab, South Asian, Jewish, and Sikh New Yorkers about their experiences of bias harassment, discrimination, and acts of hate between July 2016 and late 2017, a timeframe that encapsulates the climate pre- and post-election.
The Brownsville Plan is the result of a community-driven process to identify neighborhood goals, form strategies to address local needs, and find resources to fill gaps in service. This will result in the creation of over 2,500 new affordable homes.
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
Issued pursuant to Chapter 283 of the Laws of 2010, this report examines examine the status of building and fire safety issues related to State property in New York City.
Report on findings of the survey at each firehouse detailing upgrades that would facilitate use by a mixed gender workforce, and the feasibility of implementing the upgrades.
24 case studies that tell stories of non-profit community based organizations across NYC who have acquired land; partnered with developers to build affordable housing; worked with the department of city planning to rezone a neighborhood; and conducted due diligence on contaminated land.
On September 22, 1995, Mayor Giuliani signed Local Law 74 authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct a 21- month pilot program to study the potential effects of permitting the use of FWDs in combined sewer areas.
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