Financial Data for Local Governments (1996 - 2012) [Query Data] - Comprehensive financial statistics for New York State local governments. The data consists of statistical tables on revenues, expenditures and debt for each municipality, school district, fire district and joint activity in the State. This data is comparable to the data that appears on the Open Book website.

Overlapping Real Property Taxes (2000 - 2012) [Data in PDF and Excel] - Comprehensive statistics and pertinent information concerning overall real property tax rates of the State's municipalities.

How to Apply for Exclusion of Sewer Debt from Municipal Debt Limits (2005) [Sewer Debt - pdf] - Sewer debt exclusions are not automatically granted to municipalities. This 16 page publication describes the procedures for counties, cities, towns, and villages to apply to the State Comptroller for exclusion of sanitary sewer debt from their constitutional debt limits.

How to Apply for Exclusion of Self-Liquidating Debt (1995) - The 19 page booklet (only available in hard copy) describes the procedures for counties, cities, towns and villages to apply, pursuant to Section 123.00 of the Local Finance Law, to the State Comptroller for exclusion of self-liquidating debt from their municipal debt limits (Released January 1995).