Multiyear Financial Planning
Local Government and School Accountability
Multiyear Financial Planning
A Tutorial for Local Government Officials
Resources
Local Government Data
Office of the State Comptroller - Open Book New York is an easy-to-use website that gives users the ability to easily retrieve up to 11 years of financial information for counties, cities, towns, villages, schools, and fire districts. Users can also compare revenue and expenditure trends with those of similar local governments.
OSC also has historical data on all local government revenues, expenditures, and debt, as well as some demographic data, on the Local Government and School Accountability website.
New York State Agencies
- Labor Department website - Data and analysis on unemployment and private sector jobs.
- Department of Taxation and Finance website - Data and analysis of sales and use tax revenues, rates, and bases by county.
- Division of the Budget website - Budget documents, including financial plan, as well as economic reports and AIM legislation information.
Economic Data
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website - Data on consumer price index (CPI-U), employment, unemployment, wages, productivity, and many other things related to workforce issues.
- U.S. Census Bureau website - Data on demographics and economic census (payroll, establishments by sector).
Membership Organizations:
Financial Planners
Government Finance Officers’ Association (GFOA) websites
Municipal and County websites
- New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC)
- New York State Association of Towns
- New York State Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials (NYCOM)
