{"id":83,"date":"2016-06-13T18:11:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T18:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.council.nyc\/budget\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2018-01-19T20:00:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T20:00:15","slug":"agency-funding-conditions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/budget\/agency-funding-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Agency Funding Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For example, as a condition of funding in the Fiscal Year 2015 and Fiscal Year 2016 budgets, the Council requires the City\u2019s Department of Correction to provide information about violent incidences in their facilities to receive funding for things like salaries.<\/p>\n

In Fiscal Years 2015, 2016, and 2017, the Speaker and the Council successfully negotiated with the Mayoral Administration for a record number of 30 funding conditions so the public can better understand spending by agencies. With this data, the Council achieves the transparency needed to perform its oversight of city spending and also make informed policy decisions.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Examples of Conditions for Agency Funding<\/h3>\n
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The Council has sought transparency through agency funding conditions with the Department of Correction and the New York City Police Department.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Because of concerns about violence in correctional facilities, especially as it relates to younger inmates, for the past two years the Council required the Department of Correction to submit quarterly numbers on violence in their facilities, broken down by age. In addition, to determine whether the Department of Correction\u2019s uniformed staff reflects the dynamics of the City as a whole, the Council has negotiated for demographic info for the first time in Fiscal Year 2017.<\/p>\n

Department of Correction must report:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • New in Fiscal Year 2017:<\/b> Demographics of uniformed personnel, dis-aggregated by rank, gender, and race <\/li>\n
  • Fiscal Year 2015 and 2016: Use of force, Inmate-on-inmate violence, and Inmate-Staff violence<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n
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    Similarly, as a result of apprehension that the police force does not reflect the demographic makeup of the City as a whole, in Fiscal Year 2016 the Council required the NYPD report gender and race for the 1,300 new police officer hires. In Fiscal 2017, this term and condition will be expanded to include the entire Department.<\/p>\n

    New York Police Department must report:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • New in Fiscal Year 2017:<\/b> Gender, race, and rank for all uniformed officers. <\/li>\n
    • Fiscal Year 2016: Gender, ethnicity, and country of origin of new hires<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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      What the data shows<\/h3>\n
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      New York Department of Correction<\/h6>\n

      Violence at the City\u2019s correctional facilities greatly increased from July 2014 and peaked in September 2015, with 3,032 violent incidences in a 3 month period (nearly 33 violent incidences per day). The level of violence has decreased since that time, but still remains higher than when the Council first began requesting this information with terms and conditions.<\/p>\n

      New York City Department of Correction Violent Incidents 2014-2016<\/small><\/h6>\n
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