Reports

All Funds tax collections totaled $36.9 billion through the first half of State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2016-17, a decline of 3.5 percent, or $1.3 billion, from the first six months of last year.

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, 2016.

After closing deep projected budget gaps just a few years ago, New York State’s short-term financial condition has improved. The State’s General Fund ended SFY 2015-16 with an exceptionally large balance, which enhances budgetary flexibility in the near term and is expected to support increased capital investment and other purposes over multiple years.

The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the State of New York for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016.

Each year when the State’s budget is enacted, much attention understandably is devoted to its immediate impact. But New York’s history shows that we also need to pay attention to the longer term.

New York State ended State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2015-16 in an improved fiscal position, largely reflecting an influx of non-recurring resources.

New York State’s short-term fiscal picture has improved in recent years, thanks to factors that include an extraordinary level of one-time financial settlement resources.

The State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2016-17 Enacted Budget includes a significant increase in school aid as well as a multibillion dollar reduction in personal income taxes to be phased in over nearly a decade.

Growth in tax receipts and lower-than-anticipated spending through the first three quarters of SFY 2015-16 have bolstered the State’s fiscal position as it approaches a new fiscal year.

This report by the Office of the State Comptroller on use of overtime by New York State agencies examines patterns over the past nine calendar years. The total cost of overtime in calendar year 2015 was more than $716 million covering roughly 16.8 million overtime hours worked.

This Report on Estimated Receipts and Disbursements for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2015-16 through SFY 2017-18, issued pursuant to Section 23 of the State Finance Law, is intended to enhance analysis and discussion of the State’s economic condition and the State Budget.

The fiscal relationship between the federal government and the states has been a topic of debate since the founding of our nation.

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The State’s cash position continues to improve, as illustrated by the $10.7 billion balance in the General Fund through the middle of State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2015-16.

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, 2015.

After closing deep projected budget gaps just a few years ago, New York State has continued to improve its short-term financial condition. The State's General Fund ended SFY 2014-15 with its highest closing fund balance in at least two decades, thanks in large part to an extraordinary inflow of one-time resources from financial settlements.

The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the State of New York for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015.

New York spent $143.9 billion in State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2014-15 on an All Governmental Funds (All Funds) basis, an increase of $6.4 billion or 4.6 percent from SFY 2013-14.

In the sixth year of national economic recovery, New York State’s short-term financial condition continues to improve.

Medicaid provides health insurance coverage to more than 6 million New Yorkers and is projected to cost a total of $62 billion from federal, State and local sources in State Fiscal Year 2016.

This report by the Office of the State Comptroller on overtime use by New York State agencies examines overtime patterns over the past eight calendar years. The total cost of overtime in calendar year 2014 was more than $661 million for over 15.9 million overtime hours worked.