New York, NY — New York City Comptroller Mark Levine today announced that his office has registered more than 1,100 of the early childhood education contracts in record time. These contracts, all received after July 1, help ensure that hundreds of providers receive timely payments for the delivery of vital services to families across the five boroughs. Even though the Department of Education had been unable to submit the vast majority of these contracts before the start of the school...
New York, NY – The Office of New York City Comptroller Mark Levine issued the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. The report contains the City’s audited financial statements, providing the public and policymakers with a detailed assessment of the City’s fiscal performance. This year’s report comes amid growing economic uncertainty in the near-term, due in part to the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), changes in federal economic policy, stricter immigration enforcement,...
New York, NY — The Office of New York City Comptroller Mark Levine today released Tracking the K-12 Student Population in NYC, a report on enrollment, demographic, and district-level trends. This report provides policymakers, families and the public with an understanding of how New York City’s student population is changing, where those shifts are occurring, and how students’ needs are evolving. “Declining school enrollment is not only a challenge for our education system --it raises fundamental questions about affordability, the...
New York, NY — A Comptroller’s Office investigation of the City’s Dining Out NYC program found that more than half of restaurants that have received outdoor dining permits since the program’s launch in March 2024 waited over 19 months for approval. This far exceeds the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) eight-month timeline for approvals. Of the nearly 5,000 applications submitted from 2024 through mid-June 2026, just 28.6% had been approved, and only 1 of 388 submitted in 2026...
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