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Learn Something, News, Only in NYAugust 27, 2010 9:43am

Deputy Mayor Suggests Plan To Make NYC Government Leaner

Just four months after being appointed by Mayor Bloomberg to head the Office of Operations, Stephen Goldsmith has hit the ground running while gaining the confidence of good government groups and administration critics on the way. The recent praise has come after two recent reports analyzing cost efficiencies in mayoral agencies with a separate report exclusively on the Department of Education. Highlights included a drastically different picture than the top down, highly-organized bureaucracy normally professed by City Hall officials. Surprising many, Deputy Mayor Goldsmith pointed out multiple areas where officials have been wasteful and prescribed belt-tightening adjustments which could save the city $500 millions over the next 4 years. Recommendations focused on operational efficiency and accountability, with suggestions in the … More >>

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Learn Something, NewsMarch 3, 2010 10:46am

IBO Conducts Study On Charter Versus Public Spending

In a request by Patrick Sullivan, the Manhattan Borough president’s appointed representative to the Panel of Education Policy, the Independent Budget Office (IBO) focused their latest audit on per pupil funding allocations of taxpayer dollars to charter versus public schools. The final results, with no surprise, were murky as to whether there is a clean cut winner or loser. Charter school supporters were more than eager to point out that despite claims made by their detractors, children in charter schools actually received less funding per head. The differences ranged from $305 for charter schools students on city owned property and shot up to $3,017 for schools that reside in private buildings. Charter school spending was compared to an average spending … More >>

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