This morning, the New York
City Independent Budget Office released data showing charter schools housed in private space receive 16 % less funding per student than district schools.
This morning, the New York City
Independent Budget Office released data showing charter schools housed in private space receive 16 % less funding per student than district schools.
Mr. de Blasio also intends to punish well - endowed co-located charters like Eva Moskowitz's Success Academy schools by charging rent, which the city's
Independent Budget Office says could raise $ 92 million.
The city
Independent Budget Office found last week that in New York City, such funding leaves students at the worst - funded charter schools with 24 % less funding than their district school peers — just $ 15,215 per pupil, versus $ 20,078.
«Today's
Independent Budget Office report once again confirms that Mayor Bloomberg and his partner in the budget, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, continue to kick the fiscal can down the road and push tough economic decisions into the next mayor's term,» said Mr. Thompson in his statement.
An October report from the
NYC Independent Budget Office found that straphangers lost a combined 35,000 hours every weekday for an entire year during the morning rush because of delayed trains.
«In Focus» Host Cheryl Wills talks to Daniel Dromm, a Queens city councilman and the head of the council's Finance Committee, and New York City
Independent Budget Office Director Ronnie Lowenstein, about an item not mentioned in Mayor Bill de Blasio's budget proposal: the MTA.
After a review from the city's
Independent Budget Office highlighted steadily shrinking funding toward the MTA signal system — the ancient, frequently failing traffic lights of the subway — Cuomo pledged an extra billion in state money toward the $ 32.5 billion MTA capital plan.
The renewed effort comes after the city
Independent Budget Office recently issued a report on the difficulties of navigating the public school system and temporary housing.
MANHATTAN — A new report from the city's
Independent Budget Office suggests the budget deficit may not be as dire as the Mayor's Office has predicted, though it warns the shrinking shortfall «could be thrown off course» by the Eurozone crisis and cuts in federal and state aid.
The city budget is awash in cash, with Mayor de Blasio poised to end the current fiscal year with a $ 744 million surplus, a report from the city's
Independent Budget Office revealed Tuesday.
The New York City
Independent Budget Office today released the 16th edition of its Budget Options for New York City, which presents more than 90 ways to cut costs or raise revenues.
Roughly 70 percent of NYC students who entered high school in the 2011 - 2012 academic year never took a single Advanced Placement exam, according to
new Independent Budget Office data.
,» posted by the New York City
Independent Budget Office on January 23, 2014, shows that per pupil spending has steadily risen in the past two years and now exceeds the previous high.
The report claimed a 2010 study done by the city
Independent Budget Office severely under - counted the full value and liability of pension and retiree health costs of the district public schools.
De Blasio has long been an ally to labor but has not pledged to deliver retroactive raises, which would cost billions of dollars, according to the
nonpartisan Independent Budget Office.
Lawrence Mishel of the Economic Policy Institute and Joydeep Roy of Columbia University and New York City's
Independent Budget Office argue that Richwine and Biggs are off the mark, and that teachers deserve a raise.
The red line shows the actual attrition rates as calculated by theNew York City
Independent Budget Office for the 9,437 teachers who began teaching in New York City in the 2001 - 2 school year, the most recent time period for which we have 10 years of data.
The city's
Independent Budget Office estimated in early 2002 that one reason billions of dollars» worth of school construction wasn't making a dent in the crowding issue was that it cost 400 percent more to build new schools in New York City than in other parts of the state and across the Hudson River in New Jersey.
A report from the city's
Independent Budget Office found Staten Island homeowners face a higher tax burden relative to actual property value last year compared with the other boroughs.
Daniel Dromm, a Queens city councilman and the head of the council's Finance Committee, and New York City
Independent Budget Office Director Ronnie Lowenstein, join «In Focus» Host Cheryl Wills to dig a little deeper into Mayor Bill de Blasio's budget plan and the programs that might be impacted by the federal tax bill and the possible loss of millions of dollars in state revenue.
Last October, the city's
Independent Budget Office published a report that revealed just how much subway delays are costing the city and the number equated to a shocking $ 864,000 a day when translated into lost work time.
A report that will be released by the NYC
Independent Budget Office today focuses on students in shelters, who tend to face the tallest educational obstacles.
The New York
City Independent Budget Office found that, over the past three years, 86 percent of home sales for more than $ 2 million were in Manhattan, which comes after NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed adding a 2.5 percent tax on such sales.
The blows to the federal bottom line will come from several sources,
the independent budget office said.
Mr. Musuraca was also a member of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Board and was the labor representative to the Advisory Board of the New York City
Independent Budget Office.
After an extensive review, the Committee recommended the establishment of
an independent budget office, reporting directly to Parliament.
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance held a series of meetings in late 2004 and 2005 to discuss the issue of establishing
an independent budget office.
In the 2006 election, the Conservative Party proposed the creation of
an independent Budget Office to oversee the government's finances.
At 10:30 a.m.,
the Independent Budget office releases its analysis of Bloomberg's executive budget for 2014 and his financial plan through 2017.
New York City's richest residents gained most in the recovery from the 2007 financial crisis, while the bottom half lost ground, according to a study by
the Independent Budget Office.
At 10 a.m., NYC Council preliminary budget hearings will begin with a general overview, featuring representatives of the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Finance, Comptroller Scott Stringer, and
the Independent Budget Office, among others.
A FRED - like website would be a boon for the state comptroller, Division of the Budget, State Health Department, Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Labor, and
Independent Budget Office, among other data intensive agencies.
A report published earlier this month by City Comptroller Scott Stringer concluded that the economic impact on the city from subway delays could range from $ 170.2 million to $ 389 million and an independent study conducted by the city's
Independent Budget Office (IBO) seems to back that up, taking an even deeper look at how much delays are costing commuters.
The subway system's decline has had an appreciable effect on the city's economy — a study by
the Independent Budget Office last fall found that the constant delays cost residents about $ 864,000 per day in lost wages, and a study by Comptroller Scott Stringer's office noted that the figure could add up to $ 389 million per year if the transit system is not brought into a state of good repair.
Under a new bill introduced at the NYC Council,
the Independent Budget Office would have to prepare annual reports tracking job numbers and wages at businesses impacted by the extended paid sick leave law and failure rates for small businesses.