Comptroller Stringer and NYCHA Announce Final Phase of NYCHA Checkbook Integration Project

 

Budget and revenue data to become publicly available as part of continued rollout of transparency, accountability and public disclosure in NYCHA

 New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) announced that NYCHA budget and revenue data will now be publicly available and accessible, making the NYCHA Checkbook integration project complete. NYCHA contracts, spending, and payroll data has been publicly available since March 2020, when the first phase of this project was completed. Through Checkbook NYC — an award-winning, first-of-its-kind online tool that provides near real-time data on the City Mayoral agencies’ budget, revenue, spending, contracts and payroll — New Yorkers will now be able to view how the largest public housing authority in the country generates income and prioritizes and allocates its spending.

“We are proud to announce that NYCHA budget and revenue data will finally be made public, marking the final phase of our Checkbook NYC integration project. This would not have been possible without Chair Russ and NYCHA working closely with our office over the past several months,” said Comptroller Stringer. “Today’s announcement brings us another step closer to achieving an open government that is accountable, approachable and accessible to everyone — but there is more to do. Public disclosure helps build public trust — and NYCHA residents and all New Yorkers deserve nothing less.”

The addition of this information will enable the general public, good government groups and government officials to review the agency’s revenue and how dollars are allocated within NYCHA. The Comptroller’s Office will upload NYCHA budget and revenue data from NYCHA’s ORACLE Financial system on a daily basis. NYCHA is categorized within the Checkbook NYC application as “Other Government Entities” along with the New York City Economic Development Corporation.

“Now NYCHA residents and all New Yorkers can use Checkbook NYC to make sure that funds are being spent wisely,” said NYCHA Chair and CEO Greg Russ. “An open, more transparent NYCHA is one main objectives of our Transformation Plan, and this tool goes a long way towards achieving that goal.  I want to thank Comptroller Stringer and his staff for their partnership and hard work over the past year.”

Since Comptroller Stringer and NYCHA came to an agreement, Checkbook NYC now contains NYCHA financial information on budget and revenue data dating back to January 1, 2018.

In 2010, the New York City Comptroller’s Office launched the beta version of Checkbook NYC, an online transparency tool that for the first time placed the City’s day-to-day spending in the public domain. The updates announced today by Comptroller Stringer and NYCHA are the fourth update to Checkbook NYC since he took office. Previously, the Comptroller’s Office added detailed sub-vendor spending, data from the City’s Economic Development Corporation, and included information about minority- and women-owned businesses.

To see the update or view other contracts, spending, payroll, budget and revenue data, visit Checkbook NYC here. To view NYCHA data in Checkbook NYC, visit www.CheckbookNYC.com and go the drop-down, “Other Government Entities”.