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Table 6.III

 

The Surplus of the General Fund of New York City

 

(in $ millions)

 
Particulars 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006  
Mandatory transfers to the General Debt Service Fund 917 509 166 307 341 98  
Discretionary transfers to the General Debt Service Fund 1,180 154 237 662 1,507 3,106  
Future years net bond refunding 46 4 4 3 1 1  
Interest prepayments for lease purchases 56 - 73 71 88 74  
Interest prepayments for the Municipal Assistance Corporation 458 - - - - -  
Grant to Transitional Finance Authority - - 624 400 947 -  
Advance cash subsidies to the Public Library system 131 - 107 112 225 224  
Advance cash subsidies to the Transit Authority 151 14 206 209 248 248  
Advance cash subsidies to the Housing Authority 5 - - 159 172 -  
Total expenditures and transfers...a  2,944 681 1,417 1,923 3,529 3,751  
Reported Surplus..b 5 5 5 5 5 5  
Total Surplus...a+b  2,949 686 1,422 1,928 3,534 3,756   
Note: The above table represents the details of the tranactions effected in order to reduce the actual surplus to the reported surplus.  
               
See item 1 in Table 6.I for an explanation of the General Fund.  
Source:               
Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports of the Comptroller-Basic Financial Statements(Part IIA)/ Financial analysis of Government Funds / Pg 20   
http://www.comptroller.nyc.gov/bureaus/acc/cafr-pdf/cafr2005.pdf  
http://www.comptroller.nyc.gov/bureaus/acc/cafr-pdf/cafr2006.pdf  

 

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