The Independent Budget Office (IBO) is a publicly funded agency that provides nonpartisan information about New York City's budget to the public and their elected officials.
IBO presents its budgetary reviews, economic forecasts, and policy analyses in the form of reports, testimony, memos, letters, and presentations. IBO also produces guides to understanding the budget and provides online access to key revenue and spending data from past years.
After Four Years, New York/New York III Pact Has
Produced Less Housing Than Planned
February 9, 2010;
Fiscal Brief, 9 pages
Understanding the Budget: A Guide to the Capital Budget
February 5, 2010;
Budget Guide, 16 pages
Comparisons between Schools Slated for Closing and All
Other Schools
January 25, 2010; Memo and Tables, 35 pages
New Yorkers on the Move 1989-2007: Where They Came From,
Where They Went
December
23, 2009; Fiscal Brief, 11 pages,
plus supplemental tables
Testimony to the New York State Senate Select Committee on Budget and Tax Reform
December
17, 2009; Testimony, 3 pages
Drilling For Natural Gas in the Catskills Could Lead to Higher
Water Bills in the City
December
17, 2009; Fiscal Brief, 7 pages
Testimony to the New York City Council On the Amendment
to the 2010-2014 Capital Plan for School Construction
December
16, 2009; Testimony, 3 pages
A Cautiously Better Outlook: Fewer Job Losses, Higher
Tax Revenues
December 3, 2009;
Fiscal Outlook, 12 pages
Understanding New York City's Budget: A Guide
October
28, 2009; Guide, 16
pages
Estimated Costs of Language Access Policies in New York
City Agencies
October 8, 2009;
Letter, 3
pages
The Proposed Arena at Atlantic Yards: An Analysis of
City Fiscal Gains and Losses
September 10, 2009;
Fiscal Brief, 8 pages
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