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Table 8.II.B

New York City's General Fund - Surplus

(in $ millions)

 
  Particulars Fiscal Year as of June 30th  
  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012  
  Mandatory transfers to the
General Debt Service Fund
672 1,043 766 356 65  
  Discretionary transfers to
the General Debt Service Fund
2,401 244 2,122 2,428 1,275  
  Future years net bond refunding 10 3 4 4 23  
  Debt service prepayments
for lease purchases
46 95 - - -  
  Interest prepayments for
the Municipal Assistance Corporation
- - - - -  
  Grant to Transitional
Finance Authority
546 646 371 790 879  
  Grant to HYIC¹ - 15 - - 156  
  Advance cash subsidies
to the Public Library system
225 264 164 164 64  
  Advance cash subsidies
to the Transit Authority
275 294 219 - -  
  Advance cash subsidies
to the Housing Authority
- 85 - - -  
  Payment to RHBT² 460 - - - -  
  Payment to PLAN³ - 225 - - -  
  Total Expenditures
andTransfers
...a 
4,635 2,914 3,646 3,742 2,462  
  Reported Surplus
...b
5 5 5 5 5  
  Total Surplus
...a+b
 
4,640 2,919 3,651 3,747 2,467  
 

Notes:

¹Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corporation
²Retiree Health Benefits Trust
³Postemployment Benefits Plan


See Table 8.I for an explanation of the term General Fund.

The above table represents the details of the tranactions effected in order to reduce the actual surplus to the reported surplus.

 
 

Source: 

Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports of the Comptroller
 

 

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