Fiscal Impacts Tracker

Costs vs. Revenue

Charts in this tracker: Bill Table Fiscal Impact by Agency Fiscal Impact by Sponsor By Year Legislated Costs vs. Revenue Methodology
NYCuriosity Data › NYC Council Fiscal Impacts › Costs vs. Revenue
Diverging Bar Chart

Which bills cost the city the most — and which generate revenue?

201 of 219 bills impose a net cost on the city. Only 16 generate net revenue, most of them tax extensions or fine amnesty programs. This chart puts both sides side by side.

Tracker home
Bills shown per side
Filters
—
Bills in filtered set
—
Bills with net cost
—
Bills generating revenue
—
Total net cost (all cost bills)
—
Total net revenue (all revenue bills)
Net Fiscal Impact: Biggest Costs vs. Revenue Generators
Bars extending left = net cost to the city. Bars extending right = net revenue gain. Only the top N bills per side are shown; use filters to narrow the dataset.
Net cost (bars extend left)
Net revenue (bars extend right)
Net fiscal impact of NYC Council legislation (2014–2026). Net = total revenue − operational expense − capital expense. Negative values are net costs; positive values are net revenue gains. Source: NYC Council Legistar fiscal impact statements, processed by NYCuriosity.
Created by Tal Roded · NYCuriosity 219 total records · 2014–2026

Methodology

  • Net fiscal impact = total revenue − total operational expense − total capital expense. Negative = net cost to the city. Positive = net revenue gain.
  • Only the top N bills by absolute net impact are shown per side. Use the "Top 5 / 10 / 15" selector to adjust. The stat pills above always reflect the full filtered dataset.
  • Revenue-generating bills in this database are predominantly tax extensions (e.g., hotel occupancy tax, property assessment extensions) and fine amnesty programs, one-time or existing revenue streams, not new structural revenue sources.
  • Bills assessed as part of a legislative package (e.g., the 2023 DSS rental assistance package) are shown with the cost attributed to the primary bill only, to avoid double-counting. See bill table for package details.
  • Source: NYC Council Legistar fiscal impact statement documents, extracted and structured by NYCuriosity using the Legistar REST API and Claude AI.