Providing city officials & the public with nonpartisan information on the
NYC budget & economy
Featured Resources
This guide will help any interested New Yorker understand and participate in the city's budget process. It outlines the components of the city's budget, the timelines and processes for adopting it, and provides an overview of how the city raises revenues and how those revenues get spent. Guidance on where to find budget documents and a contact list of key players in the budget process will help readers figure out where to find answers to budget questions.
This guide is designed to help New Yorkers understand and participate in the city's capital budget process. It outlines the components of the city's capital budget, the timelines and processes for adopting it, and provides an overview of how the city raises capital funds and how those funds get spent.
A 5 part video series explaining school budgets: their timeline, how to find them, and how to understand them.
This brochure is your roadmap to how the city sets its spending priorities for the services that affect your daily life. New York City's budget funds public services such as education, sanitation, police, fire, parks, jails, libraries, and cultural institutions.