Data behind the stories

Six charts on labor's share of the City budget, the labor reserve, overtime, pensions and union density ahead of Mayor Mamdani's first bargaining round.

Every weekend the G was shut since 2023, read from turnstile data: 15 of the first 34 weekends of 2026. Plus who rides the G on a Saturday, what CBTC did for the 7's on-time performance, how the Crosstown signal project's schedule compares with the subway's other CBTC lines, weekend bus speeds on the corridor, and the minutes a shutdown weekend costs riders.

COGE studied twelve areas of the City Charter and sent five questions to voters this November. Where each area landed, plus the procurement numbers behind it: a 387-day median RFP, 39% of contracts registered on time, and $105M lent to nonprofits the City had not paid.

Every local law hands agencies work. The standing stack of recurring obligations, up 45-fold since 2014, the 850 reports due at least once a year, and the tracker that extracts all 8,185 obligations from the law text.

The data behind fixing community boards: all 59 board budgets ranked, a decade of underfunding versus City Hall, and a 14-point reform table for the CEC's Better Public Meetings study.

The only station where the IND's two Manhattan trunk lines meet: 94 years of history, the ridership recovery, the station's late-night rhythm, and what subway construction cost then versus now.

238 million federal claim records for NY, TX, and CA, a searchable provider payment lookup, and a replication of the billing behind New York's $9M EyePic fraud indictment.

How AI is already changing what government can do, with the data behind public service delivery, procurement, and federal regulation, each paired with real examples.

Why NYC builds so little and pays so much: subway costs vs. the world, the MTA's expansion wishlist ranked, and the rezonings that could change it.

Side-by-side comparison of the QueensLink M-train extension proposal and the MTA's 2018 Rockaway Beach Branch feasibility study, capital cost, ridership projections, service design, and economic impact across 22 metrics.

Federal funding changes, AI driving uncertainty, and cultural shifts creating opportunities, data from the April 2026 transition team panel covering Rikers, subway expansion, school funding, and DOT.

Annual breakdown of 7,134 MCB3 resolutions across 10 topic categories from 2004 to 2025, plus a comparison to 377,536 CB3 311 complaints revealing where board attention diverges from resident concerns.

Agency-by-agency breakdown of NYC's Chief Savings Officer savings plans for FY26 and FY27, with FY25 budget context and sortable table.

Fiscal impact, compliance tracking, and program-level cost breakdowns from NYC's 10-year streets plan. Includes CSV downloads and methodology.