New York City Capital Project Financial Commitments and Spending

New York City's Capital Projects Database details discrete capital investments from the Capital Commitment Plan, with each row representing a unique project identified by a Financial Management Service ID. The dataset is provided by the NYC Department of City Planning and was last updated in January 2026. It tracks financial metrics like commitments, allocations, and spending across city and non-city funding sources.

Use Cases

• Analyze spending patterns by agency using `magencyname` and `spent_citycost` columns.
• Track project lifecycle financial changes by comparing `plannedcommit_total` with `commit_total` and `spent_citycost`.
• Model allocation of federal and state funds across projects using `allocate_ccexempt`, `adopt_nccfederal`, and `adopt_nccstate`.
• Identify projects with significant budget revisions by examining variance between `plannedcommit_citycost` and `commit_ccexempt` or `commit_ccnonexempt`.

Strengths

• Project-level granularity with unique identifiers (`maprojid`, `FMS ID`) for tracking.
• Contains over 25 distinct financial columns tracking commitments, allocations, adoptions, and spending.

Limitations

• Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting assessment of coverage.
• Temporal coverage (`mindate` range) is unspecified, preventing trend analysis over defined periods.
• Geographic scope is explicitly limited to New York City, not generalizable to other regions.

Provenance

Source

NYC Department of City Planning via data.cityofnewyork.us.

Collection Method

Administrative reporting from the Capital Commitment Plan.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated on 2026-01-26, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA.