Reports

The State ended the first half of State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2014-15 in an improved cash position, due largely to unanticipated settlement revenues and tax receipts.

The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the New York State and Local Retirement System (the System or NYSLRS) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014.

New York State has made progress toward aligning revenues with expenditures in recent years by limiting spending growth and holding potential budget gaps to comparatively manageable levels. 

The New York State Common Retirement Fund has a powerful, far-reaching impact on the economy of New York State.

The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the State of New York for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014.

The State’s All Governmental Funds tax collections through the first quarter of the 2014-15 State Fiscal Year (SFY) were $1.3 billion higher than projected in this year’s Enacted Budget Financial Plan, primarily due to increased business tax and Personal Income Tax (PIT) collections.

New York State ended State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2013-14 in its strongest financial condition since the Great Recession. Indications of the State’s improved fiscal footing included a $175 million deposit in the Rainy Day Fund, the first since 2008, and General Fund reserves of $2.2 billion, effectively the highest level since the end of SFY 2007-08.

The New York State Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) Asset Management and Financial Institution Strategy (Chapter 171, Laws of 2010) was enacted to codify and replicate best practices for providing MWBEs that are asset managers, investment banks and financial and professional service firms with the opportunity to offer services to fiduciary-controlled entities established by New York State law.

In 2013-14, vendors were paid interest totaling $1,714,825 representing an increase of $837,466 above the prior year. 

In 1966, New York State voters approved an amendment to the New York State Constitution to authorize creation of the modern State Lottery. The Lottery now is an important contributor to State revenues, generating more than $3 billion last fiscal year.

Although U.S. and New York State economic growth softened in State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2013-14, tax collections showed signs of real improvement.

The Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) continues its efforts to promote sustainable government practices.

The State ended SFY 2013-14 in its most favorable financial position in years. The General Fund’s end-of-year balance, more than $2.2 billion, was $432 million over February projections.

Asthma is a major public health problem in New York State and nationally.

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Investment in capital assets – roads, bridges, water and sewer systems, school buildings and other infrastructure – is essential to New York’s economy and its quality of life.

The percentage of New York State households with housing costs above the affordability threshold, as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), rose for both homeowners and renters from 2000 to 2012, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

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The State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2014-15 Executive Budget holds the promise that New York State can achieve ongoing budgetary balance after decades of nearly continuous structural gaps.

This is the third report released by the Office of the State Comptroller on the State’s Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund.

This is the third annual report by the Office of the State Comptroller on overtime use by New York State agencies. It covers overtime patterns over the past seven years.

More than a decade ago, New York became the fourth state in the nation to extend in-state college tuition rates to undocumented immigrant students. Today, approximately 8,300 such students attend public institutions of higher education throughout New York.

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