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How Much Has the City Spent on Overtime Over the Past 10 Years?
Over the past 10 years, New York City’s overtime spending has increased from $928 million in 2006 to $1.659 billion in 2015, an increase of $731 million, or close to 80 percent (about 40 percent after...
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Do Some City Schools Have an Unusually Large Share of Students Who Live in...
In two recent high-profile school rezoning controversies, overcrowded schools primarily serving higher-income students were located in close proximity to underutilized schools largely populated by...
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Has the Amount of Federal Aid to New York City Changed Over the Past Five Years?
Over the past five years, total federal aid to New York City has declined from $7.9 billion in 2011 to just under $7.0 billion in 2015, a decrease of roughly $933 million, or nearly 12 percent. The...
View ArticleAre Students With Disabilities Suspended at a Higher Rate Than Other Students?
Although students with disabilities comprised about 18 percent of the overall student body in school year 2012-2013, they made up about 30 percent of the suspended student population (defined as the...
View ArticleAre Fewer Child Care Vouchers for 4-Year-Olds Being Used Because of the...
Under federal and state law, families with young children receiving cash assistance and participating in work or training programs are guaranteed vouchers to pay for their choice of child care...
View ArticleHow Much Has the Affordable Care Act Reduced the Share of Uninsured Patients...
With the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the share of adults in New York City without health insurance dropped from 20.9 percent in 2013 to 13.8 percent in 2014, a 7.1 percentage point...
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Has the City’s Expansion of Alternative-to-Placement Programs Reduced the...
In September 2012, New York City launched a set of juvenile justice initiatives that included the expansion of alternative-to-placement programs for youth ages 7-15 found by Family Court to be juvenile...
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How Much of the City’s Curbside Recyclables Get Properly Recycled?
New York City recycles a wide variety of waste, but some materials are more likely to be recycled than others. The city has three solid waste streams: refuse, paper recycling, and metal/glass/plastic...
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Does Firm Size Matter When It Comes to Wage Levels and Employment Shares?
The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages data produced by the New York State Department of Labor shows that there are 226,900 private firms in New York City with about 3.8 million workers on their...
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Which Sections of the City Generate the Most & Least Complaints to...
Graffiti-Free NYC is a city program that removes graffiti at no cost to the owners of residential, commercial, or industrial buildings. Anyone can report graffiti on any property by calling 311. The...
View ArticleHow Much Do Yesterday’s 421-a Tax Exemptions Cost Us Today?
When representatives of the real estate industry and construction unions failed to reach an agreement over wages in January, the 421-a tax benefit program came to a halt for the construction of new...
View ArticleHow Does Sick Leave Usage Vary Across the City’s Workforce?
The use of sick leave by municipal employees varies widely among agencies. Uniformed employees in the fire, correction, and sanitation departments tend to use sick leave at higher rates than other...
View ArticleHow Have New Yorkers Changed the Ways They Use the City’s Libraries in Recent...
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Good, Fair, or Poor: What’s the Condition of the City’s Streets?
The Department of Transportation repairs and maintains the city’s streets. To fulfill this task, the department performs an ongoing street quality assessment and rates sections of every street in the...
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Which New York City Neighborhoods Saw the Most—and Fewest—Tenants Move from...
The city’s diminishing stock of rent-stabilized apartments is highly sought after by prospective tenants because these regulated units often rent at below-market rates and offer a variety of tenant...
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