New Debt Issuance for State Authorities contains records of new debt issuances reported by public authorities in New York State. The dataset covers 8 fiscal years, including the most recently completed calendar year. It is published by data.ny.gov based on reports mandated by Section 2800 of the Public Authorities Law.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in 'New Amount' and 'Total Amount' of debt issued by 'Authority Name' over the 8-year period.
- Model 'True Interest Cost' based on 'Term Years', 'Interest Type', and 'Taxable Status' for different 'Type Of Debt'.
- Identify authorities with high 'Refunding Amount' to study debt refinancing strategies using 'Fiscal Year End Date'.
- Cluster 'Project Name' entries by 'Program' and associated debt characteristics to categorize capital spending.
Strengths
- Covers 8 consecutive fiscal years of debt issuance data.
- Contains 19 specific columns detailing financial and administrative aspects of each issuance.
Limitations
- Unknown total row count prevents assessment of data completeness.
- Sample data is unavailable for preliminary inspection of data quality and formatting.
Provenance
- Source
- data.ny.gov, based on annual reports submitted to the Authorities Budget Office.
- Collection Method
- Collected via mandated annual reports from State Authorities under Public Authorities Law Section 2800.
- Time Range
- 8 fiscal years, ending in the most recently completed calendar year.
- Freshness
- Updated through the most recently completed calendar year, with a metadata last updated date of 2025-12-01.
- Geography
- State authorities within New York State, USA.