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• The amount the city budgets each year for snow removal is set by a formula in the City Charter. The formula is the average of spending on snow removal in the five prior years—so the budget for 2014 is based on the actual amounts spent in fiscal years 2008–2012.

• In some years the formula provides more funding than is needed while in other years, such as 2011 when the city had an extraordinary amount of snow, the formula-driven budget fell $87 million short of need. The formula budgeted $13 million more in 2012 than the city needed for snow removal and $19 million more in 2013.
• If there is unused funding in the snow budget, that money is reallocated or becomes part of the city’s end of year budget surplus. Conversely, if the budgeted amount is short of what is needed, funds are drawn from other parts of the city budget to cover the expense.

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In January 2013 there were 11,249 working payphones in public locations citywide, a decline of almost
50 percent since 2008.

• The Bronx, Brooklyn, and Staten Island have seen decreases of about 60 percent.
• The number of payphones has fallen 33 percent in Manhattan and 52 percent in Queens.

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The city collects 10 percent of revenue from calls placed from payphones and 36 percent of revenue from advertisements on the payphones.

• City revenue from calls has declined steadily since 2008.
• City revenue from advertising has increased sharply since 2010.

SOURCE: Department of Information Technology and Telelcommunications

Prepared by Nashla Salas
New York City Independent Budget Office

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