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• The Independent Budget Office (IBO), an office that supports New York City Council and the city’s residents. Its perspective is generally neutral.
• The Citizens Budget Commission (CBC), a private organization that provides external comment, mostly on budgetary matters. Its perspective is generally pro-small government.

This item will be relevant for a long time:

• IBO Budget Guide 

The most current post is at the top. Some items are downloadable pdf files:

• IBO: What the Budgeted Expansion Means for the City’s Summer Youth Employment Program & What Questions Remain
• IBO: Federal Covid Relief Spending Dashboard
• IBO: Adams Increases Funds for Homeless Shelters, But More Needed for Shelters & Other Program
• CBC: Recommendations for Legislative Action on the Fiscal Year 2023 NYS Executive Budget
• IBO: A Full Accounting: An Analysis of the Mayor’s Proposed Headcount Reduction
• CBC: Testimony on New York City’s Preliminary Fiscal Year 2023 Budget
• IBO: Analysis of the Mayor’s 2023 Preliminary Budget (part 2)
• IBO: Analysis of the Mayor’s 2023 Preliminary Budget (part 1)
• CBC: The Record on Reserves: New York City Fiscal Year 2023 Preliminary Budget Reserves
• IBO: Unpacking the Enrollment Declines: How Did the Pandemic Impact the Retention of New York City Public School Students?
• CBC: A Budget Baker’s Dozen: 13 Questions to Ask About NYC’s Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
• IBO: A forecast in uncertain times
• IBO: Has the de Blasio Administration Made the City’s Capital Commitment Plan More Realistic?
• CBC: Spending in Focus: NYC Fiscal Year 2022 Adopted Budget Obligations Total $103 Billion
• IBO: Proposed Pension Changes Would Bring Near-Term Savings But Higher Future Costs
• CBC: New York State’s Hard Choices: Next Steps to Address Fiscal Stress
• CBC: Balancing Act Alternatives that Balance the NYS Budget without Raising Income Taxes
• IBO: Outlook for the City’s Economy: A Slow and Fragile Recovery
• IBO: Homeless Services Sees Shift in Shelter Populations and Influx of FEMA Funding
• IBO: Economic Development Tax Expenditure Evaluation: IDA’s Industrial Program (PDF file)
• CBC: What to Look for in the February Update to the MTA’s Financial Plan
• CBC: NYS Should Not Borrow for Operations Without Spending Restraint, Fiscal Stability Plan, Enhanced Oversight, and Transparency
• CBC: Balancing Act: Alternatives that Balance the NYS Budget without Raising Income Taxes
• IBO: FEMA increases to COVID reimbursement means over $1 billion more for the city
• IBO: Snapshot: Key Findings From IBO’s Latest Economic Forecast and Review of the Mayor’s 2022 Preliminary Budget and Financial Plan
• Ten Years On, How Has the Federal Performance System Performed? – Government Executive (govexec.com)
• CBC: NYCHA’s Operating Outlook: More Uncertainty Amid Pandemic and Repair Needs
• CBC: What to Look for in the NYS FY 2022 Executive Budget
• How does New York make – and spend – its money?
• Do cities defund the police?
• IBO:  Hard Times Ahead?: While Projected Budget Gaps Are Modest, the Economic and Fiscal Risks NYC Faces Are Not (PDF download)
• CBC: Federal Aid – Needed,  but unlikely to to solve New York State’s and New Your City’s Fiscal Problems
• Bloomberg: Politics: Rich States Uncover Tax Windfall, Undercutting Push for Aid
• IBO: Digging Out: How Different Is the City’s Snow Removal Spending From What Gets Budgeted?
• IBO: Digging Out: How Different Is the City’s Snow Removal Spending From What Gets Budgeted?
• IBO’s list of budget options
• Why States and Localities Should Increase—Not Decrease—Spending
• CBC: FY2021 Agency Budget Realities Increases vs. Decreases in City-Funded Spending
• IBO:Why Has the Cost of Correctional Health Services Increased in the Last Decade?
• IBO:Estimating the Additional Costs for School Reopening
• An IBO PDF report on IBO’s Updated Economic and Revenue Forecast and Review of the Adopted Budget for 2021
• Aligning Crossed Policy Wires Can Help Achieve CLCPA Goals (CBC)
• Authority for NYC to Borrow for Operating Expenses Should Be Provided Only with Strict Conditions and Oversight (CBC)
• CBC:Strategies to Boost Housing Production in the New York City Metropolitan Area
• How to Make $1 Billion in Labor Savings Real & Recurring (CBC)
• Budgeting in a Time of Pandemic (Citizens Budget Commission)
• New York Taxes: Layers of Liability (CBC)
• Flipping the Switch Difficult Fiscal Decisions Compound as State Shifts from Spending Growth to Cuts (CBC)
• City Support for the Library Systems Has Grown, Did Public Use Rise Too?