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Budget & Finances

September 2013 —

New York State has had a long history of structural budgetary imbalance and multibillion dollar out-year deficits. However, progress toward long-term budget balance has been made over the last three years.

Budget & Finances

September 2013 —

The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the State of New York for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013.

Budget & Finances

July 2013 —

The State’s All Governmental Funds tax collections through the first quarter of the 2013-14 fiscal year were $321 million higher than projected in this year’s Enacted Budget Financial Plan.

Budget & Finances

July 2013 —

After many years of structural budgetary imbalance, New York State has made strides toward achieving equilibrium between recurring revenues and ongoing expenditures.

Budget & Finances

April 2013 —

State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2012-13 brought serious budgetary challenges, including the second most expensive storm to hit the United States and a still-slow recovery from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

Budget & Finances

April 2013 —

This is the second annual report by the Office of the State Comptroller on overtime use by New York State agencies. This statistical overview covers the past six years and expands the types of information presented in our first report.

Budget & Finances

April 2013 —

New York State's Enacted Budget for the 2013-14 State Fiscal Year (SFY) reflects a continuing effort by the Executive and the Legislature to restrain spending, while holding projected gaps for the next three years to more manageable levels than has been the case over most of the past decade.

Budget & Finances, Federal Issues

March 2013 —

The Executive Budget for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2013-14 was released by the Executive on January 22, 2013. On February 21, the Executive submitted final amendments to the proposed budget, to supplement the 21-day amendments previously released.

Budget & Finances

February 2013 —

The State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2013-14 Executive Budget continues the State’s effort to move toward long-term structural balance.

Budget & Finances

January 2013 —

Longstanding concern over New York’s high debt levels, debt service costs, and imprudent use of borrowing led the Legislature to impose limits on State debt and enact related reforms in 2000.

Budget & Finances

November 2012 —

This Report on Estimated Receipts and Disbursements for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2012-13 through SFY 2014-15, issued pursuant to Chapter 1 of the Laws of 2007, is intended to enhance analysis and discussion of the State’s economic condition and the State Budget.

Budget & Finances

October 2012 —

Midway through the current fiscal year, tax revenue trends in New York State are running below projections, signaling the need for careful monitoring by State officials and policy makers over the next six months.

Budget & Finances, Pension & Retirement

September 2012 —

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, 2012.

Budget & Finances

September 2012 —

In the past few years, New York State has made important progress toward achieving long-term budget balance. The State has enacted significant changes in its three largest expenditure categories — Medicaid, school aid and agency operations — and created a new cap on local property taxes, ushering in a new era of State and local fiscal policy.

Budget & Finances

September 2012 —

The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the State of New York for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012.

Budget & Finances

June 2012 —

New York is embarked on a new era of State and local fiscal policy. The State is working to resolve longstanding budgetary problems through ambitious policy changes, the full impacts of which will become clear only over time.

Budget & Finances

April 2012 —

Cost containment actions in the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2011-12 Enacted Budget, including spending caps for State-funded Medicaid and school aid, have greatly reduced the structural deficit that has long plagued the State.

Budget & Finances

March 2012 —

An era of tight budgets has sparked renewed interest in reducing government costs and identifying ways for State agencies to function more cost effectively. To help identify opportunities to achieve more efficient State operations, the Office of the State Comptroller has prepared this statistical overview of overtime use by State agencies over the past five years.

Budget & Finances

February 2012 —

As Chief Fiscal Officer for the State of New York, the Comptroller annually examines the Executive Budget proposal and the Enacted Budget, as well as issues monthly reports on the State’s cash position. This report provides an analysis of the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2012-13 Executive Budget.

Budget & Finances

November 2011 —

The Office of the State Comptroller maintains extensive data on receipts and disbursements, which reflect the flow of revenues and expenditures through the State’s Central Accounting System (CAS).