Reports

The technology sector in New York State has grown rapidly since the end of the Great Recession, adding more than 57,000 jobs.

How is the economy treating New Yorkers? Monthly governmental reports on employment tell us how many jobs have been added or lost, and which industrial sectors are expanding or shrinking.

Data analytics involves collecting, organizing and analyzing large sets of data. It can be used for many purposes. At the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC), it holds potential for building on the agency’s record of detecting and preventing fraud, waste and abuse in State government contracting and spending.

The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the State of New York for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017.

This report highlights the Finger Lakes region’s geography, demographics, municipalities, economy and labor markets, and includes a discussion about what the future may hold for the region.

For the first half of calendar year 2017, local sales tax collections were $8.0 billion, a 3.3 percent increase over the same period last year. This is a slight improvement over the last several half-year periods. Economic factors supporting these results include continued low unemployment and high consumer confidence. Sales taxes were also boosted by growth in collections from sales of motor fuels.

On June 6, 2017, the City of New York adopted a budget for fiscal year 2018, the earliest the City has adopted a budget since 1992. The next day, the City submitted a modification to the FY 2017 financial plan and a new four-year financial plan covering fiscal years 2018 through 2021 (“the June Plan”) to the New York State Financial Control Board. The June Plan reflects the adopted budget for FY 2018 and other technical changes.

As our nation enters its ninth year of economic expansion, New York State faces some signs of increasing fiscal challenges.

Federal aid is a critical component of local government revenues. Proposed changes to federal education policy, expanded military spending and the Executive Order declaring "sanctuary jurisdictions" ineligible for some federal grants could also affect New York's local governments. This report and the accompanying interactive data use information reported by local governments to help local officials and citizens understand how they could be affected by such changes. 

The President and leading members of Congress are pushing to enact major changes in our federal tax code. Before any such measures become law, we need to make sure that taxpayers and policy makers understand the implications for New Yorkers.

This report on the use of overtime by New York State agencies examines patterns over the past ten calendar years. The total cost of overtime in calendar year 2016 was more than $694 million, covering roughly 16.2 million overtime hours worked.

It’s easy to take clean, safe drinking water for granted. However, as incidents of contamination in our public water supplies in recent years have reminded us, strong regulatory oversight is essential to assure the quality and safety of our water.

State agencies reported that 2,603 (59 percent) of contracts were processed late, after their start or renewal dates, continuing a three-year decline in the percentage of late contracts from 77 percent late in 2014.

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 providers with the opportunity to offer services to fiduciary-controlled entities established by New York State law.

In the 2016-2017 fiscal year, State agencies paid interest totaling $1,536,275, representing an increase of $73,440 from the prior year.

On April 26, 2017, the Mayor released his proposed budget for FY 2018 and the associated financial plan (“the April Plan”) covering fiscal years 2017 through 2021. The April Plan incorporates changes since the FY 2017 budget was adopted in June 2016.

This year’s Enacted Budget for New York State provides increased resources for education, clean water, affordable housing and other essential programs. The Budget also enacts important policy changes, including raising the age of criminal responsibility and taking other steps to improve the State’s justice system.

Beginning in the 1990s, the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) has gradually transformed its residential treatment services for people with severe mental illness into supportive housing programs that are integrated in the community rather than institutional settings.

On the 47th Anniversary of Earth Day, now more than ever, we should celebrate the progress we have made and recommit ourselves to the work that needs to be done.

The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is the largest commuter railroad in the nation. In 2016, the LIRR carried 89.3 million riders, the most since 1949.