Publications
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Estimates of
Average Fares and Tolls Based on MTA and Ravitch Commission Revenue Proposals (PDF Format)
December 9, 2008; Two letters, 7 pages
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The School
Accountability Initiative: Totaling the Cost (PDF Format)
November 13, 2008; Fiscal Brief, 6 pages, plus supplement
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Department of Buildings
Expenses and Revenues for Fiscal Years 2004-2009 (PDF Format)
October 16, 2008; Letter, 3 pages
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With Changes to Commercial
Property Tax Program, Breaks Will Not be as Costly for the City (PDF Format)
August 28, 2008; Fiscal Brief, 13 pages, plus supplement
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E-Commerce: Eroding City's Sales
Tax Revenue
(PDF Format)
August 21, 2008; Fiscal Brief,
6 pages
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Fiscal Impact: Eliminating
Professional Certification
(PDF Format)
August 20, 2008; Letter,
4 pages
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MTA Wants More Public
Subsidies, But How Much Does It Get Now? (PDF Format)
August 14, 2008; Newsfax, 3 pages
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Has the Rise in
Homelessness Prevention Spending Decreased the Shelter Population? (PDF Format)
August 7, 2008; Newsfax, 4 pages, plus supplement
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How Much Will the
Proposed Early-Retirement Bill Cost the City? (PDF Format)
June 18, 2008; Newsfax, 4 pages, plus appendix
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Analysis of the Mayor's Executive Budget for 2009 (PDF Format)
May 20, 2008; Mandated Report, 6 pages plus supplementary tables |
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Federal Medicaid Changes
Pose Major Budget Risks to the City's Hospitals (PDF Format)
May 13,
2008;
Newsfax, 3 pages |
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Water and Sewer Rates:
Factors Driving the Increases and Options for Reductions (PDF Format)
May 5, 2008;
Fiscal Brief, 13 pages |
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311 Customer Service Center:
More Calls and a Growing Budget (PDF Format)
April 16, 2008;
Fiscal Brief, 5 pages |
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Analysis of the Mayor's
Preliminary Budget for 2009 and Financial Plan through 2012 (PDF Format)
March 24, 2008; Report, 60 pages |
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Capital Spending by Community
Board and Project Type (PDF Format)
March 24, 2008; Memo, 4 pages, plus supplemental tables
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Higher Costs, Delays in
Amended School Construction Plan (PDF Format)
March 18, 2008; Fiscal Brief, 8 pages, plus supplemental
tables
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School Funding
Since 1990 (PDF Format)
March 13, 2008; Table, 1 page
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Larger City Subsidy Saves Public Hospitals, For
Now (PDF Format)
March 11, 2008; Fiscal Brief, 6 pages
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Mapping the Mayor's Housing Plan: Units
by Location and Program (PDF Format)
March 4, 2008; Maps, 9 pages
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Budget Options for New York City
February
13, 2008; (74 pages, Report - PDF Format)
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421a Expiring Exemptions
February 8, 2008; (4 pages, Letter - PDF Format)
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Fiscal Impact of Implementing a Tax Abatement for the Installation of Grab Bars
February 5, 2008; (3 pages, Letter - PDF Format)
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IBO Analysis of Senior Options Pilot in the Bronx
February 4, 2008; (4 pages, Letter - PDF Format)
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Most Food Stamp Recipients no Longer Also Welfare Recipients
January 16, 2008; (5 pages, plus supplemental tables - PDF Format)
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Tax Revenues Slip, Labor Costs Rise: City’s Fiscal Outlook Dims
January 7, 2008; Fiscal Outlook (5 pages, plus supplemental tables - PDF Format)
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Home Care for Seniors: Trends In Service Levels and Costs (PDF Format)
January 3, 2008; Fiscal Brief, 5 pages
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The Rising Cost of the City’s Juvenile Justice System (PDF Format)
December 18, 2007; Fiscal Brief, 13 pages
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Updated: Croton Filtration Plant Budget Summary (PDF Format)
December 13, 2007; Tables, 3 pages
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Behind the Wheel: Who Drives Into The Proposed "Congestion Zone?" (PDF Format)
December 11, 2007; Newsfax Article, 3 pages
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The Mayor’s New Housing Marketplace Plan: Progress to Date And Prospects for Completion (PDF Format)
November 9, 2007; Fiscal Brief, 14 pages
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Mayor’s Housing Plan: Progress to Date; Prospects for Completion (PDF Format)
November 9, 2007; Newsfax Article, 3 pages
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Dawn of a New Era: New York City Fiscal Policy After(?) the Financial Emergency Act (PDF Format)
November 8, 2007; Background Paper
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Higher Cigarette Tax Has Led to More Tax Revenue, More Tax Evasion (PDF Format)
October 19, 2007; Newsfax Article |
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New Funding Formula Seeks to Alter School Budget Disparities
(PDF Format)
October 10, 2007; Fiscal Brief, 11 pages |
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Contributing Factors: Disparities In 2005 Classroom Spending
(PDF Format)
October 10, 2007; Background Paper, 13 pages |
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Croton Filtration Plant Budget Summary (PDF Format)
September 2007; Table, 1 page
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Class Sizes in Grade K-8 in School Years 2006-07 and 2005-06
(PDF Format)
September 24, 2007; Tables, 1 page |
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Atlantic Yards Tax Exempt Financing (PDF Format)
September 21, 2007; Letter, 2 page |
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The Shelter Allowance Increase–How Will it Affect NYCHA's Budget?
(PDF Format)
September 20, 2007; Testimony, 2 pages |
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Foregone City, State, and Federal Revenue from Use of Tax-Exempt Bonds for New Yankee Stadium (PDF Format)
August 9, 2007; Letter, 1 page |
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Are City Vocational Education High Schools Being Left Behind? (PDF Format)
August 9, 2007; Fiscal Brief, 8 pages
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Library Funding: Subsidies Rebound, Disparities Remain (PDF Format)
July 12, 2007; Fiscal Brief, 6 pages
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New Welfare Rules May Be Costly for the City (PDF Format)
July 3, 2007; Fiscal Brief, 6 pages |
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City Spending on Domestic Violence: A Review (PDF Format)
June 18, 2007; Fiscal Brief, 8 pages |
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Using Taxi Vouchers to Lower the Cost of Paratransit Service (PDF
Format)
June 18, 2007; Letter with attachment, 11 pages |
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Proposed Child Care Credit Would Erase City Tax Burden for Some Families (PDF Format)
June 12, 2007; Newsfax Article |
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A Review of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Financial Outlook and Options for Closing the Gaps (PDF Format)
June 2007; (14 pages)
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Analysis of the Mayor's Executive Budget for 2008 (PDF Format)
May 15, 2007; Mandated Report, 9 pages plus supplementary tables |
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More Recycling Needed to Help Lower City’s Trash Costs (PDF Format)
May 1, 2007; Newsfax, 3 pages |
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Estimating the Cost of the Equal Access to Housing Services Act (PDF Format)
April 24, 2007; Letter, 5 pages |
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Analysis of the Mayor's Preliminary Budget for 2008 and Financial Plan through 2011 (PDF Format)
March 23, 2007; Report, 160 pages |
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Staten Island Ferry: Rising Costs
Lead Spending to Double (PDF Format)
March 6, 2007; Newsfax Article |
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Update on City Homelessness Prevention Spending (PDF Format)
February 26, 2007; Letter, 3 pages
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Does City Capital Spending Match the 10-Year Strategy? (PDF Format)
February 2007; Fiscal Brief, 13 pages
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Comparing State and Local Taxes in Large U.S. Cities (PDF Format)
February 2007; Fiscal Brief, 21 pages
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Budget Options for New York City (PDF Format)
February 9, 2007; Report, 66 pages |
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The Status of NYCHA's "Plan to Preserve Public Housing"
(PDF Format)
January 10, 2007; Testimony, 2 pages |
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City's Fiscal Picture Continues To Brighten (PDF Format)
January 2007; Fiscal Outlook Report
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Parks: Private Funding (PDF Format)
December 13, 2006; Letter, 5 pages
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Twenty-Five Years After S7000A: How Property Tax Burdens
Have Shifted in New York City
(PDF Format)
December 2006; Report, 61 pages |
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Estimate of Revenues and Costs of Staten Island Ferry "Tourist" Fares
(PDF Format)
November 6, 2006; Letter, 5 pages |
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Recent Hudson Yards and Number 7 Extension Agreements
(PDF Format)
October 10, 2006; Testimony, 3 pages |
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Access-A-Ride: With More Riders, Costs Are Rising Sharply
(PDF Format)
September 2006; Fiscal Brief, 5 pages |
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The Cost of Reducing Class Sizes in Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grades
(PDF Format)
July 31, 2006; Letter, 4 pages |
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Alternative to Jail Programs for Juveniles Reduce City Costs (PDF Format)
July 11, 2006; Newsfax Article |
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Tuition a Rising Share of CUNY Revenue as State Share Falls
July 2006; Fiscal Brief (5 pages, plus supplemental tables - PDF Format)
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Since 2000, Funding Changes Cause Annual Uncertainty for
Summer Jobs Program (PDF Format)
June 2006; Fiscal Brief, 5 pages |
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Capital Construction Contracts and the Bidding Proccess, Changes, and Defaults (PDF Format)
June 19, 2006; Letter, 5 pages |
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NYCHA's Plan to Preserve Public Housing (PDF Format)
June 13, 2006; Testimony, 3 pages
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City's Payout for Lawsuits Continues to Rise Rapidly (PDF Format)
June 13, 2006; Newsfax Article |
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Examining NYCHA's Plan to Preserve Public Housing (PDF Format)
June 8, 2006; Letter Attachment, 18 pages |
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Several Years After, City’s Housing Rehabs Are Still in Good Repair
(PDF Format)
June 5, 2006; Fiscal Brief, 6 pages |
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Analysis of the Mayor's Executive Budget for 2007 (PDF Format)
May 23, 2006; Mandated Report, 4 pages plus supplementary tables |
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Budget in Staten Island (PDF Format)
April 17, 2006; Letter, 6 pages |
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How Much Is Too Much? Debt Affordability Measures for the City
(PDF Format)
April 2006; Fiscal Brief, 17 pages |
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Analysis of the Mayor's Preliminary Budget for 2007 (PDF Format)
March 27, 2006; Report, 133 pages |
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Fees at City Recreation Centers: More Pay, Fewer Play (PDF Format)
March 2006; Fiscal Brief, 6 pages |
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The Need for Office Space and Rebuilding the World Trade Center Site (PDF Format)
March 13, 2006; Letter, 6 pages |
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Analysis of the Mayor's Preliminary Budget for 2007 (PDF Format)
March 6, 2006; Overview, 9 pages |
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Parking Violations Hearing-by-Mail Dispositions (PDF Format)
March 6, 2006; Letter, 2 pages |
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Budget Options for New York City (PDF Format)
February 16, 2006; Report, 69 pages |
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New Federal Telecom Bills Could Tune Out Millions of Dollars for the City (PDF Format)
February 9, 2006; Newsfax Article |
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First Year Finds Lead Paint Law Not as Costly as Predicted (PDF Format)
January 20, 2006; Fiscal brief, 6 pages |
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As City Plans Child Care Improvements, Funding Tightens (PDF Format)
December 29, 2005; Report (6 pages and supplemental table)
Supplementary Table:
New York City Child Care Funding by Program Source
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An Improving Fiscal Climate Presents New Challenges (PDF Format)
December 2005; Fiscal Report
Supplemental Tables
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Will the City's Property Transfer Taxes Remain Flush? (PDF Format)
December 13, 2005; Newsfax Article |
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Adoption Subsidy Spending Grows, But City Saves (PDF Format)
December 6, 2005; Fiscal Brief |
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President's Tax Panel May Have Costly Plan for the City (PDF Format)
October 28, 2005; Newsfax Article |
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Progress Report: The Mayor's Social Services Streamlining Plan (PDF Format)
October 27, 2005; Newsfax Article |
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City Faces New Community Development Block Grant Cuts (PDF Format)
October 11, 2005; Newsfax Article
Supplementary Table:
City's Use of CDBG Funds by Program
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State Saves as City Bears Added Jail Costs for Felony Cases (PDF Format)
September 29, 2005; Fiscal Brief, 6 pages
Supplementary Table:
Selected statistics on arrests, felonies, jail time, and related data
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Follow the Money: Were School Construction Dollars Spent as Planned? (PDF Format)
September 22, 2005; Fiscal Brief, 9 pages
Supplementary Table:
Detailed Table on Planned vs. Actual School Construction Spending
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Average Class Sizes in Grades K-3, Updated Data (PDF Format)
September 7, 2005; Tables |
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Atlantic Yards: A Net Fiscal Benefit for the City? (PDF Format)
September 2005; Fiscal Brief, 12 pages
Supplementary Table:
Detailing annual fiscal impact over 30 years
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City's AIDS Services Caseload Growth Slows (PDF Format)
August 10, 2005; Newsfax Article |
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Lawsuit Remains Unsettled, But School Spending Continues to Rise (PDF Format)
July 20, 2005; Newsfax Article
Supplementary Table:
Details of 15-Year School Spending
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Under New Plan Cost of Disposing Curbside Waste Grows, For Now (PDF Format)
June 3, 2005; Newsfax Article
Supplementary Table:
The Changing Economics of Recycling
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East 91st Street Marine Transfer Station (PDF Format)
May 27, 2005; Letter, 4 pages |
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Update on City Homelessness Prevention Spending (PDF Format)
May 17, 2005; Letter, 3 pages |
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Analysis of the Mayor's Executive Budget for 2006 (PDF Format)
May 15, 2005; Mandated Report, 4 pages plus supplementary tables |
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The Alternative Minimum Tax Takes A Rising Toll on the City
(PDF Format)
April 26, 2005; Report, 10 pages |
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Analysis of the Mayor's Preliminary Budget for 2006 and Financial Plan through 2009 (PDF Format)
March 23, 2005; Mandated Report, 154 pages |
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Letter to the New York Jets Objecting to the Team's Newest TV Ad (PDF Format)
March 17, 2005; Letter, 1 page |
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Evaluating the Fiscal Impact of the Housing Stability Plus Program (PDF Format)
March 1, 2005; Fiscal Brief, 12 pages |
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Budget Options for New York City (PDF Format)
February 15, 2005; Report, 80 pages |
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The Long-Term Costs and Benefits of the New York Sports and Convention Center (PDF Format)
February 10, 2005; Background Paper, 7 pages |
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City Labor Costs: Growth Rate Slows, For Now (PDF Format)
January 25, 2005; Newsfax Article |
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Financing of Hudson Yards (PDF Format)
December 15, 2004; Testimony, 2 pages
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While Fewer in City Receive Welfare, Many More Get SSI (PDF Format)
December 2, 2004; Newsfax Article |
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A Brighter Fiscal Picture, But Reasons for Caution (PDF Format)
December 2004; Fiscal Report - 4 pages and supplemental tables |
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Update: The Waste Stream Managed by the Department of Sanitation, 2000-2004 (PDF Format)
November 19, 2004; Report, 5 pages
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Heating Home Assistance Program Provides Little Comfort for Many City Residents (PDF Format)
November 9, 2004; Newsfax Article
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Running on Empty: The MTA’s 2005 Budget and Financial Plan (PDF Format)
November 2004; Fiscal Brief, 8 pages
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Go Figure: How a Bigger Education Budget Became Less Money for Schools (PDF Format)
October 26, 2004; Newsfax Article |
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Cost of Implementing Lead Poisoning Prevention Act (1 pages -PDF Format)
October 18, 2004; Letter
Attachment (7 pages -PDF Format)
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The City’s Changing Uses of HOME Funds (PDF Format)
October 2004; Background Paper, 4 pages
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Three Years After: Where Is the $20 Billion in Federal WTC Aid? (PDF Format)
August 11, 2004; Newsfax Article |
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Despite Recession, Welfare Reform and Labor Market Changes Limit Public Assistance Growth (PDF Format)
August 2004; (6 pages) |
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West Side Financing's Complex, $1.3 Billion Story (PDF Format)
August 2004; Fiscal Brief, 13 pages
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Supply & Demand: City and State May Be Planning Too Much Office Space (PDF Format)
August 2004; Background Paper, 6 pages
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A Closer Look at the New Housing Opportunities Program (PDF Format)
July 2004; Background Paper, 5 pages
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Analysis of 2003-2004 School Year K-3 Class Size Data (3 pages -PDF Format)
July 19, 2004; Letter
Supplemental Tables (3 pages -PDF Format)
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Estimating the Economic and Fiscal Impacts of the New York Sports and Convention Center (PDF Format)
July 1, 2004; Background Paper, 11 pages
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West Side Stadium: Touchdown for the City? (PDF Format)
July 1, 2004; Newsfax Article |
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The Road to Adopting New York City's Budget (PDF Format)
June 2004; Illustrated Guide, 2 pages
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Settling School Finance Suit May Cost City Millions (PDF Format)
May 27, 2004; Newsfax Article |
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The City's Use of Battery Park City Authority Funds (PDF Format)
May 26, 2004; Letter and Attachment, 7 pages
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Analysis of the Mayor's Executive Budget for 2005 (PDF Format)
May 15, 2004; Mandated Report, plus supplementary tables, 4 pages
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The Future of Enhanced Vouchers: Cost and Considerations for a City
Program to Supplement Federal Section 8 Rental Assistance (PDF Format)
May 11, 2004; Memo, 12 pages
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City's $17 Billion Water & Sewer Plan—Balancing Risks and Costs (PDF Format)
May 5, 2004; Fiscal Brief, 7 pages
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Police Overtime: Tracking the Big Growth in Spending (PDF Format)
April 29, 2004; Fiscal Brief, 7 Pages |
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As Federal Aid Drops, City's Cost for Policing Public Housing
Climbs (PDF Format)
April 15, 2004; Newsfax Article |
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With Welfare Surplus Shrinking, City Could Face $80 Million Aid Loss (PDF Format)
April 6, 2004; Fiscal Brief, 6 pages
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Child Health Clinics Face Budget Cuts, Again (PDF Format)
April 1, 2004; Newsfax
Appendix: Name and Location of Child Health Clinics
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Can Schools' ESL and Bilingual Programs Make the Grade? (PDF Format)
April 1, 2004; Newsfax Article |
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Evaluation of the Performance of the Department of Design and Construction in Improving the Speed and Cost-Efficiency of Capital Construction Projects (PDF Format)
March 29, 2004; Memo, 6 pages
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Aging Out: From Foster Care to Homeless Shelters? (PDF Format)
March 24, 2004; Newsfax Article |
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Analysis of the Mayor's Preliminary Budget for 2005 and Financial Plan
through 2008 (PDF Format)
March 15, 2004; Mandated Report, 123 pages |
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Budget Options for New York City (PDF Format)
February 12, 2004; Report, 76 pages
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Refuse and Recycling: Comparing the Costs (PDF Format)
February 2, 2004; Report
Appendix
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Clause in Medicare Bill Blocked Hundred | |
