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.
Looking for Savings: Has The Switch to Dual-Bin Trucks
For Some Recycling Pickups Increased Productivity?
January 25, 2012; Fiscal
Brief , 7 pages pdf
Where the
Jobs Are Growing the Money Isn’t Always So Good
January 18, 2012; IBO
Weblog Post
New York City Annual Debt Service Expense
January 11, 2012; Excel
Table
New York City Debt Outstanding
January 11, 2012; Excel
Table
Boom & Bust: Commercial Property Taxes Are a Key to
Revenues From Property Transfer Taxes
January 5, 2012; Fiscal
Brief, 13 pages
At A Fiscal Crossroads: While Moderate Economic Growth
Helps
Shrink Budget Gaps, Reasons for Concern Remain
December 22, 2011; Fiscal
Outlook, 12 pages
Understanding the Budget: A Guide to the Capital Budget
February 5, 2010;
Budget Guide, 16 pages
Understanding New York City's Budget: A Guide
October
28, 2009; Guide, 16
pages
