Budget Options

In October 2010,  we published our first Budget Options report. The report contains options to decrease City spending or increase City revenue. For each option, we present an overview and an estimate of the savings or increased revenue that the option would generate. Additionally, we include brief discussions of what proponents might argue in support of the option and, conversely, what opponents might argue against the option.

The report is intended to provide a background and framework for more detailed analysis and public discussion and is modeled after reports done by both the Congressional Budget Office at the federal level and the Independent Budget Office in New York City.

Budget Options will be an ongoing project of our office and a new edition will be published each year before the Mayor’s Budget Recommendations are issued.

For the 2011 edition, we have published both a printable version and an online version.  The online version will be updated as we receive more information, comments, questions, and criticisms of individual options. Finally, we have also published some of the supporting data behind some of the options that we encourage interested parties to use  to further analyze these options.

• 2011 Budget Options – Online Version

Budget Options Reports and Related Information