IBO has examined Internal Revenue Service tax filer county to county migration data to track NYC in-migration and out-migration from 1989-2007 as well as moves within the city over that period.
Under the terms of a Fund Agreement and Declaration of Trust with the City, the City makes contributions to the Active Fund, and the Active Fund uses these contributions to provide supplemental
benefits to its members and their dependents.
The NYC Independent Budget Office serves as a publicly funded agency responsible for enhancing official and public understanding of the NYC budget. The IBO's principal responsibilities
include providing nonpartisan budgetary, economic, and policy analysis for elected officials and the residents of the City.
Audit Report on the Financial and Operating Practices of the Municipal Retired Employees Welfare Trust Fund of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 30
With state policymakers now considering whether to allow companies to drill for natural gas in the Catskill/Delaware watershed, many environmentalists and other New Yorkers are concerned about
potential contamination of the water from chemicals used in drilling.
The city's fiscal outlook for 2011 and beyond may be less fraught than previously thought. The IBO has concentrated on updating its economic and tax revenue forecasts.