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Local Government and School Accountability
Aid and Incentives to Municipalities (AIM)
(formerly known as General Purpose Local Government Aid)
The 2011-12 Enacted Budget provided $714.7 million for the AIM program, with aid payments reduced for all cities, towns and villages. The reductions to individual municipalities amount to 2.0 percent of SFY 2010-11 AIM payments. The amount of the AIM payment for each municipality is available from the New York State Division of the Budget.
Though cities are no longer required to certify completion of multiyear financial plans as a condition of receiving AIM, municipal officials are still encouraged to use multiyear financial plans as a long-term budgeting tool. The Office of the State Comptroller provides assistance to all local governments interested in or in the process of creating multiyear financial plans. For more information, please visit our multiyear planning page.
State law requires every municipal corporation in New York State to make copies of its most recent annual financial report, current year budget, most recent independent audit report and/or most recent fiscal performance plan or multiyear financial plan available to the public through its official web site.