Have you heard of PILOTs? Not the ones that fly planes - Payments In Lieu Of Taxes. 💡

IBO explains in a report from last year... buff.ly/Q7c405A

Advocates call on mayor to fully fund Right to Counsel — Queens Daily Eagle Outside Brooklyn Housing Court on Monday morning, tenant organizers and legal aid attorneys led a rally on the courthouse sidewalk in support of expanding the city’s Right to Counsel program, as…

"According to the IBO report, eligibility for RTC representation grew by 110 percent from 2022 to 2024, but government funding for RTC only grew by roughly 33 percent in that same time."

NYC IBO releases curbside composting program analysis In 2025, the city’s organics collections increased to 2.4 percent of residential waste, compared to 1.4 percent in 2024.

@WasteTodayMag looks at our latest report on the City’s curbside composting program, detailing current trends in NYC’s organics collection.

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IBO’s Evaluation of Economic Trends and Tax Revenue Projections For New York City Analysis of the 2027 Preliminary Budget and 2027-2030 Financial Plan

It's Tax Day! Read IBO's latest evaluation of economic trends and tax revenue projections for New York City:

JUST PUBLISHED:
NYC's #TaxLien Sale: History, Outcomes, and Alternatives. IBO dives into the City's main mechanism to enforce payment of taxes and other property-based charges, examining trends from 2015-2025, particularly in light of 2024 reforms.

📌FULL REPORT: on.nyc.gov/4tevZ0X

PBNYC - Cast Your Ballot Vote on local projects to improve your NYC neighborhood. Vote Week: March 29 - April 6.

🚨 IT'S PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING WEEK! 🚨 New Yorkers in 22 participating City Council districts have the chance to decide how $22 million in capital funding will be spent. You have until Sunday, April 19 to vote online or in-person:

From Fair Fares to free fares? City Council proposes free subway, bus trips for over 1 million New Yorkers | amNewYork The City Council wants to offer free subway and bus fares to over one million New Yorkers living at or below at least 150% of the federal poverty level, a

ICYMI: City Council is proposing an expansion of the #FairFares program by offering free subway and bus fares to New Yorkers living at or below 150% of the federal poverty level. The current program is baselined at $96 million.

Did you know that we break down common NYC budget terms on our website? 🤠 Check out our Budget Glossary! buff.ly/njhjumP #nycbudget #nycgovernment

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Did you know that April is Records and Information Management Month? 📚️ View the fiscal history of the NYC Department of Records and Information Services on IBO's website:

TODAY AT 10 AM: IBO's Environmental Budget & Policy Analyst Ryan Dougherty testifies to the New York City Council Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management regarding the City's curbside organics collection program.

♻️ Read the full testimony: buff.ly/xWNu2u2

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ICYMI: Last week, IBO highlighted trends in New York City's mandatory composting program enforcement and compliance. 🌎️ Check it out!

New Yorkers stopped composting after city stopped giving them fines, report shows New Yorkers set out triple the amount of compost last April compared to the month before.

These insights suggest that fine-based enforcement is effective at increasing compliance with citywide organics sorting.
📌Read the report: on.nyc.gov/3O3097Y
📌Read @gothamist.com's take: gothamist.com/news/new-yor...

After effectively pausing enforcement, organics collections plateaued in May and then declined for the rest of the year. By December 2025, weekly collections had decreased by 43%.

IBO’s analysis finds that the 3 week period in 2025 where fines were actively enforced had a large impact on the volume of organic material collected.

In April 2025, the rate of organics collection increased by 435 tons per week, representing a 192% increase over the month.

Organic waste makes up ~36% of the City’s residential waste stream, yet organics collections were just 2.4% of residential waste collected in 2025.

IBO has published a report looking at 12 yrs of @nycsanitation.bsky.social curbside collection data to highlight trends
on.nyc.gov/3O3097Y

📌 UP NEXT: The @nycbudget.bsky.social #ExecutiveBudget is due on MAY 1.

However, negotiations at the state level are still ongoing, delaying the finalization of NY State spending by its April 1st deadline. This in turn may impact the City's ability to deliver a timely budget plan.

Earlier this year, we published a report on New York City's B-HEARD program, which dispatches mental health professionals, rather than a traditional police response, to City residents experiencing a mental health crisis. Read the full report: buff.ly/61B2Ca4

Today at 1:00PM ET, join IBO's Assistant Director of Budget Review as he walks participants through the basics of how the City’s budget works and how to use publicly available data to better understand the City’s financial position.

RSVP: opendataweek.nyc/event/making...

In case you missed it: earlier this month, we explained how federal changes to vaccination policies would impact New York City. Check out the report! 💉 on.nyc.gov/4skBOZR

PUBLISHED THIS WEEK:
IBO's independent analysis of the @mayor.nyc.gov's FY27 Preliminary Budget, including a snapshot of our projections next to @nycbudget.bsky.social

Read our full report including our evaluation of economic trends and tax revenue projections here: on.nyc.gov/4s4MLPn

#OnThisDay last year, we explored the accessibility, age, and air conditioning of school buildings in NYC! 🏫 Read the report: buff.ly/GDw2gzB

Today we’re quizzing Simon, the Dog Mayor of NYC, on the City budget! 🐾

Follow @nycibo.bsky.social for more budget and policy information… we’re paw-sitive you’ll learn something new 🐶 #nycbudget

The City's June 2025 Adopted Budget was over $115 billion. That's larger than most US states! To make the City's budget more digestible, we've broken the budget down into a scale of $100 to help explain how New York City plans its spending. Take a look: buff.ly/RK8pFN8

#OnThisDay in 2024, we analyzed the length of stay and population demographics at NYC jails.

Between 2014 and 2023, New York City jails saw a decrease in the number of people incarcerated, but an increase in the average length of time they stayed. buff.ly/d9HbXtF

Join IBO at #OpenDataWeek by @beta.nyc, @schoolofdata.nyc

📌 MAR 27, 1:00PM with Assistant Director of Budget Review Logan Clark
"Making Cents of It All: The City’s Budget, Its Data, and Why It Matters to You!"
RSVP: buff.ly/knELMU1

Happy St. Patrick's Day! We're feeling lucky that we get to analyze the New York City budget! ☘️

Join IBO at #OpenDataWeek! @beta.nyc, @schoolofdata.nyc

📌 MAR 25, 2:00PM with Budget & Policy Analyst Jan Luis Mendez Garcia
"How NYC Open Data Guided a Review of Initiatives to Improve Bus Speeds in New York City"
RSVP: buff.ly/gW4yXsY

Join IBO at #OpenDataWeek! @beta.nyc, @schoolofdata.nyc

📌 MAR 24, 3:00PM with Valerie Gudino, MPA
"Exploring an Independent Perspective on Emergency Response Times"
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Thanks for having us on Brian, and to callers for their questions! Our inbox is always open for more at info@ibo.nyc.gov

To the extent that this could cause the finance sector's physical presence (and number of employees in the city) to decrease, that is a major risk to Personal Income Tax #PIT revenues. IBO last published a report on this tax in 2003, which you can view here: ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/s...