Reports

As previous reports by the Office of the State Comptroller have pointed out, the terms city, town and village have more to do with history than they do with present day governmental function. This report looks at urban villages as one type of municipal government that has been impacted by these historic designations.

Debt is an essential financing tool for State and local governments. The infrastructure citizens rely on—roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, universities, housing and mass transit—is made possible through the issuance of debt.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates the largest and most diverse transportation system in the nation, and keeping it secure entails significant challenges.

Average Wall Street bonuses in 2007 declined 4.7 percent from record levels in the prior year to $180,420 even though the credit crunch and market turmoil battered profits.

In order to facilitate the timely adoption of a State budget for the next fiscal year, Chapter 1 of the Laws of 2007 revised the existing “quick start” budget process to require the staff of the Governor, the Legislature and the Comptroller to separately prepare reports detailing receipts and disbursement estimates for the current and ensuing fiscal years.

New York State and its local governments maintain an extensive infrastructure critical to the economy, including roads, bridges, educational facilities, water and sewer systems and medical facilities. Most of this capital investment is financed through the issuance of long term debt. Investment in such infrastructure maintains and improves the vitality and economic well being of our communities. 

This report provides an overview of their finances, including data for School Districts fiscal years ending in 2004 and 2005.

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, 2007.

New York faces considerable fiscal challenges that will require the State’s leaders to find creative and effective solutions in order to chart a positive course for the future. A well-planned, collaborative effort will help the State reverse patterns of unsustainable spending, rising debt levels and structural budgetary imbalances.

The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the State of New York for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007.

This report provides an overview of their finances, including data for Fire Districts fiscal years ending in 2004 and 2005.

This report provides an overview of their finances, including data for Villages fiscal years ending in 2004 and 2005.

This report provides an overview of their finances, including data for city fiscal years ending in 2004 and 2005.

This report provides an overview of their finances, including data for county fiscal years ending in 2004 and 2005.

Lead poisoning continues to be the number one environmental poison for children in New York State. Lead is highly toxic and is most harmful to children in their early years.

This report provides an overview of their finances, including data for Towns fiscal years ending in 2004 and 2005.

The appropriation and Article VII bills adopted by the Legislature pursuant to the final budget agreement represent the underlying authorization of a State budget. 

Under legislation passed in 2005, which established a cap on local Medicaid costs, counties needed to decide by September 2007 to either keep the Medicaid cap or exchange a percentage of their sales tax revenues.

The purpose of this report is to help shed light on how town special improvement districts are structured, how they operate, and what fiscal burden they impose on property owners. 

New York has embarked on a new era. For the first time in more than a decade the people of this State are represented by all new statewide officials— Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Comptroller and Attorney General.