Reports

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.

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).

This Report on Estimated Receipts and Disbursements for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2011-12 through SFY 2013-14, issued pursuant to Chapter 1 of the Laws of 2007, is intended to facilitate continuing discussion of the State’s economic condition and the State Budget.

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, 2011.

New York State has shown resilience in challenging times. While New Yorkers have been hit hard by the Great Recession, our past investments in infrastructure, facilities for culture, education and recreation, a well-educated workforce, innovative businesses, progressive human services organizations, and a world-leading financial sector provide a sound foundation for a return to prosperity.

The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the State of New York for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.

For many years, budgets in New York State, in addition to being enacted after the start of the fiscal year, have been characterized by overly optimistic revenue estimates, unrealistic spending targets, and excessive reliance on temporary or non-recurring revenues.

The federal government has been operating under Continuing Resolutions since the start of the new federal fiscal year that began October 1, 2010. Despite ongoing efforts between the President and Congress to reach agreement on a federal budget, taxpayers face the threat of the first federal government shutdown since 1996.

The budget process for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2011-12 is well underway, with several milestones reached. On March 1, the Executive and the Legislature reached consensus on an economic and revenue forecast for the current year and the next, and on March 3, the Executive submitted final amendments to the proposed budget.

The State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2011-12 Executive Budget makes significant progress in addressing the State’s structural deficit by bringing recurring spending into better alignment with recurring revenue.

Over the past ten years, New York has spent $63.2 billion to support its capital program. Despite this significant investment, there are many critical capital needs across the State that remain unmet, calling into question the adequacy and effectiveness of the current capital planning and financing process.

This Report on Estimated Receipts and Disbursements for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2010-11 through SFY 2012-13, issued pursuant to Chapter 1 of the Laws of 2007, is intended to facilitate continuing discussion of the State’s economic condition and the State Budget.

The United States is slowly recovering from the worst recession in decades, which was precipitated by high-risk lending practices.

New York State's Farmland Protection Program was created in 1992 to preserve high quality working farmland and to reduce pressures on farm families to sell their lands and leave the farming industry. Counties and towns receive financial support from the program to develop farmland protection plans and to purchase development rights on farmland.

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, 2010.

New York continues to struggle with the fiscal challenges associated with the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. 

As with other states, New York State has struggled with the lasting effects of the nation’s longest recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the State of New York for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.

The 2010-11 State Fiscal Year (SFY) began more than 100 days ago, but the State budget is still incomplete. Since March, the Executive has proposed and the Legislature has enacted 12 temporary spending bills to allow governmental functions to continue during the budget delay.

In 2009, the Division of State and Local Government Accountability in the Office of the State Comptroller audited State agency and municipal government implementation of programs funded by the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF or Fund), a dedicated fund that provides support for State and municipal parks, municipal recycling programs and control of water pollution, as well as the majority of State support for conservation of open space and other important environmental programs.