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08/28/12
New York continues to be a leading agricultural state with 36,300 farms producing $4.7 billion in products annually, according to a report released today by State Comptroller DiNapoli.
The professionalization of financial counseling
08/27/12
This report by the Department of Consumer Affairs, CUNY, and Columbia University details the city's efforts to provide high-quality, effective financial counseling at scale and professionalize the field itself.
08/21/12
A new water conservation program at the Housing Authority could widen its budget deficit, according to the Independent Budget Office. The bill could rise from $149.9 million last year to about $160 million in 2013. The authority’s five-year operating plan shows a general fund deficit of $61.3 million this year and $63.3 million for 2013.
08/15/12
Crash data analyzed by Transportation Alternatives revealed that most city pedestrians and cyclists killed during a 14-year span died because drivers broke an enforceable traffic law.
08/10/12
New York’s combined state and local sales tax rate is the seventh highest in the nation, according to this new report from the Tax Foundation.
08/08/12
The Citizens Budget Commission's new interactive map documents school aid variation across the state by district.
Early signs of summer surge in NYC homelessness
08/02/12
The number of homeless kids and families has surged since the spring. City data shows the population in shelters grew 2 percent with 43,781 people utilizing shelters at night.
08/01/12
The greater New York metro area is the fifth best large metro in the nation to grow old in, according to this report by the Milken Institute. The ranking is due mainly to a robust transit system, which allows the elderly to easily maintain their independence.
NYC municipal workforce will continue to shrink
07/30/12
According to the Independent Budget Office, the city workforce will decline by 1,697 this year and total 294,961 by June 30, 2013. That’s down from 311,018 in June 2008, just as the recession began to squeeze city tax receipts.
Human rights violations in response to Occupy Wall Street
07/26/12
A report by The Protest and Assembly Rights Project has found a number of human rights violations conducted by law enforcement in across the country in response to Occupy Wall Street protests. Chapter six of the report focuses exclusivley on the eviction of protesters from Zuccotti Park
Immigrant detention and deportation in NYC
07/25/12
From October 2005 through December 2010, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency apprehended over 34,000 New Yorkers, according to this report by the Immigrant Defense Project, Families for Freedom, and the NYU School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic. The agency deports 91 percent of those detained.
Housing affordability gap grows
07/23/12
Last year, 49 percent of all low-income renters in the city paid more than half of their incomes towards rent, according to this report by the Community Service Society.
Demand for temporary foreign workers
07/18/12
The New York metropolitan area has the highest demand for H-1B workers in the nation, according to this report by the Brookings Institution.
07/17/12
According to an analysis by the New York Building Congress, 2010 was the capital investment peak of the Bloomberg Administration, with spending at $10.5 billion. Spending dropped to $9.5 billion in '11, and the city is on target to spend $9.1 billion in the current fiscal year. But the $7.2 billion of projected spending in '16 is a reduction of $3.3 billion from the '10 peak.
Bus stop cleaning and maintenance
07/13/12
Cemusa, the company that built new bus stops for the city, has not been fulfilling their responsibility of cleaning and maintaining them, according to this new audit by the city comptroller.
Assessing the mayor's affordable housing plan
07/03/12
The Bloomberg Administration is on pace to meet its goal of affecting the total number of affordable housing units in the city, according to the Independent Budget Office.
06/28/12
A study by the Natural Resources Defense Council finds a sharp rise in beach closings due to water contamination.
New Yorkers at risk for oral health problems
06/27/12
More than one in three adult New Yorkers are at risk for tooth decay from consuming one or more sugar-sweetened beverages per day, according to this Health Department report. Smoking, heavy alcohol use, and diabetes are other causes of common dental problems – including gum disease and tooth loss – in New York City, which combined with sugary drink consumption, place 59% of New Yorkers at risk for oral health problems.
Price tag of multiple elections
06/26/12
Today's primary will be the second of four elections this year - the most in recent memory - and the price tag for each of them could be as high as $23 million, according to the Independent Budget Office.
Who's behind the Committee to Save New York?
06/20/12
This report by The Public Accountability Initiative takes a deep look into who funds and runs The Committee to Save New York, a group supporting Cuomo's policies that has come under question for its ties to gambling money.
History of the MTA's capital program
06/19/12
This report by the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee gives a history of the thirty-year-old capital program at the MTA.
Jobs for uneducated young adults
06/13/12
Over two dozen occupations in New York City are expected to have ample job openings in the years ahead which pay decent salaries and which are accessible to young adults with low levels of educational attainment, according to this report by the Center for an Urban Future.
06/11/12
Over the past year, the city’s homeless shelter population soared to its highest levels ever, with more than 43,000 homeless New Yorkers – including a record 17,000 children – bedding down each night in municipal shelters, according to this report by the Coalition for the Homeless.
Upgrading Private Property at Public Expense
06/07/12
A study by the Community Service Society finds that the cities J-51 tax abatement that was designed to help improve the city's housing stock has morphed over the years to be applied to a staggering number of projects. The cost of the program has escalated and was one of the cities most expensive programs in 2011.
New Yorkers prevented from saving homes
06/05/12
New York homeowners are being denied access to the court-supervised foreclosure process, according to this report by MFY Legal Services.
06/04/12
This report by the Citizens Budget Commission makes the case that waste-to-energy should be a much larger component of the city's solid waste management strategy.
Losses to Subsidized Child Care
05/31/12
The Independent Budget Office estimates that over 5,500 contracted child care slots will be lost in September once the city implements its redesigned early childhood education, called EarlyLearn NYC. That takes into account the recent announcement that funds would be allocated to create an additional 1,700 slots.
05/29/12
This study by the Health Department finds smoking in parks dropped two-thirds in the year after the city banned it. Smoking-related litter on beaches, such as cigarette butts, also declined by about two-thirds.
05/23/12
This report by Environmental Advocates of New York looks at the state’s current oversight of drilling wastes from its 6,628 active gas wells.
05/21/12
This report by the Regional Plan Association recommends principles and policies for large real estate projects.