"...a breakdown from the Citizens Budget Commission – a nonpartisan, fiscal watchdog – suggests NYC public schools are very well funded when considering state and local sources."

"'It's one of the biggest pieces of the state's spending pie so decisions made in school aid really drive what else is possible in the rest of the budget too for the state,' [Patrick Orecki] said."

New York City has been increasing spending on its public schools despite a decrease in enrollment, with costs per pupil expected to reach $39,304 in Fiscal Year 2025, according to a report from the Citizens Budget Commission.

"The Citizens Budget Commission (CBC) released the results of its 2023 Resident Feedback Survey in a new report, Straight from New Yorkers, with responses indicating that borough residents feel significantly less safe than they did during the organization’s past surveys, which took place in 2017 and 2008."

"Sean Campion, the director of housing and economic development studies at the Citizens Budget Commission...said that the number the Council and the mayor agree to typically changes over the course of the year."

"Andrew Rein, the president of the Citizens Budget Commission, a watchdog group, mentioned 2017, when the subway was plagued by delays in what became known as the 'Summer of Hell...We don’t want to return to that — or potentially much worse... If we don’t do this now, we risk the system crumbling around us.'"

"According to a recent analysis by the Citizens Budget Commission, total DOE expenditures are projected to reach $39.8 billion in fiscal year 2024, marking an increase of $5.2 billion or 15.2% since fiscal year 2020."

"The city now projects an increase of 10,355 K-12 students this year and next...But DOE still has 94,019 fewer students than in the pre-COVID-19 era, the CBC report noted."

"Earlier this year, the Citizens Budget Commission released a poll on how New Yorkers feel about their city. Half of those surveyed said they planned to leave in the coming years. Fewer than 30 percent rated their quality of life in the city as good or excellent, down from 51 percent 15 years earlier."

"Approximately 32% of Brooklyn residents rated quality of life in NYC positively, as 'Excellent' or 'Good,' in 2023, down from roughly 52% in 2017, according to Straight from New Yorkers, a recently released report by The Citizens Budget Commission"

"Staten Island had the second-lowest quality of life satisfaction rate of any borough at 23.6%, down from 43.8% in 2017 and 52.9% in 2008. While frustrated with the city as a whole, many residents still view their particular neighborhoods as good places to live, with a citywide rate of 50% and a Staten Island rate of 58.2%."

Approximately 21% of Bronx respondents rate the overall quality of life in NYC as “Excellent” or “Good” in 2023, down from roughly 41% in 2017—according to a recently released report by The Citizens Budget Commission.