New York City data provides percentages for various debt burden calculations, updated twice per year in Preliminary and Executive Budgets. The dataset includes nine columns tracking percentages across multiple fiscal years and debt burden types. It is published by the City of New York via its open data portal.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in 'Fiscal Year 1 Percent' to 'Fiscal Year —5 Percent' to model future debt service costs.
- Compare different 'Debt Burden Type' metrics, such as debt relative to taxes or personal income, for budget stress testing.
- Track publication cycles using the 'Publication Date' column to align analysis with official budget releases.
- Incorporate 'Footnotes' for contextual interpretation of reported debt burden percentages.
Strengths
- Data covers nine distinct columns for multi-year fiscal analysis.
- Update schedule is defined as twice per year in official budget documents.
Limitations
- Exact row count, sample size, and historical time range are unknown.
- Data is specific to New York City, limiting geographic generalizability.
Provenance
- Source
- data.cityofnewyork.us
- Collection Method
- Calculations from official city budget documents.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Updated twice per year; last platform update was 2026-02-24.
- Geography
- New York City, USA