Section E: State Government Finances and Employment

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Information on the New York State government — including expenditures; tax revenue; fee revenue; Lottery revenue; space leasing; debt; capital projects; public retirement; and State and local employment.

Highlights

Per capita expenditures by New York State and its local governments has increased 38 percent from $8,233 in 1996-97 to $11,344 in 2003-04.
New York State had $106.3 billion in total receipts in fiscal year 2004.
New York State collected $20.7 billion in personal income tax in fiscal year 2006, up approximately $2 billion, or 10 percent, from fiscal year 2005.
New York State collected $931 million in cigarette taxes in fiscal year 2006, down approximately $5 million, or 46 percent, from fiscal year 2005.
New York State collected $2.3 billion in lottery revenue on approximately $6.6 billion of lottery sales in fiscal year 2007.
New York State paid $194 million in rent for approximately 12 million square feet of leased space during the 2006-07 fiscal year.
New York State had approximately $48.4 billion in state-related debt in fiscal year 2007, up $9.5 billion, or approximately 24 percent, since fiscal year 2001.
The New York State public employee retirement systems held $142 billion in net assets as of March 31, 2006.
New York had approximately 162 thousand state government employees in January 2007.

E-1	Direct Expenditure Per Capita of State and Local Governments, US by State: Fiscal Years 1996-97 — 2003-04
E-2	General Fund Cash Flow, Actual, NYS: Fiscal Year 2005-06
E-3	Relative Contribution to State Government Receipts by Source, NYS: Fiscal Years 1972-73 — 2003-04
E-4	State Goverment Tax Collections, US by State: Fiscal Year 2006
E-5	State Taxes by Tax to Income Ratio and Rank, US by State: Selected Fiscal Years 1992-2001
E-6	General Fund Receipts from Selected Taxes and Fees Deposited to the Department of Audit and Control, NYS: Selected Fiscal Years 1919-20 — 2005-06
Footnotes
E-7	Bank Tax Collections by Type of Bank, NYS: Fiscal Years 1977-78 — 2005-06
E-8	Corporation Tax Liability by Industry, NYS: Corporate Tax Years Ending December 1, 2002-November 30, 2003
E-9	Cigarette Tax Collections, NYS: Fiscal Years 1977-78 — 2005-06
E-10	Estate Tax Collections, NYS by County: Fiscal Year 2005-06
E-11	Motor Fuel Tax Collections and Taxable Gallons by Type of Fuel, NYS: Fiscal Years 1977-78 — 2005-06
E-12	Motor Vehicle Registration Fees, Driver License Fees, and Other Fees — Collections and Net Revenue, NYS: 1975-2006
E-13	Personal Income Tax Liability, Reported Income, Deductions, and Exemptions, NYS: Selected Income Years 1960-2003
E-14	Personal Income Tax Liability, Reported Income, and Taxable Status of Returns Filed, NYS by County of Residence: Income Year 2003
E-15	Full Year Resident Taxable Returns by New York Adjusted Gross Income Class, NYS: Income Year 2003
E-16	Selected Tax Filing, Structure, and Taxpayer Statistics for Resident Taxpayers, NYS: 2002 and 2003
E-17	NYS Earned Income Tax Credit: 1995-2006
E-18	NYS Earned Income Tax Credit Claims by Place of Residence: 2004 Tax Year
E-19	NYC Resident Earned Income Tax Credit Claims by Place of Residence: 2004 Tax Year
E-20	Sales and Use Tax Distributions and Other Locally Imposed Taxes, NYS: Fiscal Year 2005-06
E-21	Real Estate Transfer Tax Collections, NYS by County: Fiscal Year 2005-06
E-22	Mortgage Tax Collections, NYS by County: Fiscal Year 2005-06
E-23	Revenues from Selected Types of Licenses Issued by the Department of State, NYS: 2004-05
E-24	Revenues from Selected Fees Collected by the Department of State, NYS: 2003-05
E-25	Revenue from Use of Selected State-Owned Facilities, NYS: Fiscal Years 2002-03 — 2005-06
E-26	Revenue Generated from Real Estate Development Transactions, NYS: Fiscal Years 2000-01 — 2006-07
E-27	Revenue Generated from Disposition of Surplus State Personal Property, NYS: Fiscal Years 1998-99 — 2004-05
E-28	Lottery Revenue, Sales by Type of Game and Prizes Paid, NYS: Fiscal Years 1976-77 — 2006-07
E-29	Revenues from Summer Recreational Facilities Operated by the Department of Environmental Conservation, NYS: Selected Fiscal Years 1964-65 — 2005-06
E-30	Revenues from State Parks and Historic Sites, NYS by Region: Fiscal Years 1999-2000 — 2005-06
E-31	Revenues from Thoroughbred and Harness Racing, NYS: 2001-06
E-32	Total Bets Placed at Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation Sites, NYS: 2003-06
E-33	Attendance and Betting Dollars at Thoroughbred and Harness Tracks, NYS: 2003-06
E-34	Revenues, Expenditures, and Other Financing Sources (Uses) — All Governmental Funds, NYS: Fiscal Years 1985-86 — 2005-06
E-35	Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance (Deficit) Accounts — General Fund, NYS: Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2006
E-36	Revenues and Other Financing Sources — All Governmental Funds, NYS: Fiscal Years 1996-97 — 2005-06
E-37	Expenditures — All Governmental Funds, NYS: Fiscal Years 1996-97 — 2005-06
E-38	Space Leased by State Government, by Type of Space, NYS by County: 2006-07
E-39	Space Leased by New York State Government by Type of Space, NYS: 1996-2004
E-40	Debt Service Requirements on State-Related Debt, NYS: Fiscal Years 1997-87 — 2007-08
E-41	State-Related Debt Compared to Personal Income and Population, NYS: Fiscal Years 1997-98 — 2007-08
E-42	General Obligation Debt of State Government, NYS: As of March 31, 2006
E-43	Estimated Debt Service Requirements on State-Supported Debt, NYS: As of March 31, 2006
E-44	Capital Projects Financed by Selected Public Authorities, NYS: Specified Dates
E-45	Outstanding State-Related Debt, NYS: 2005-07
E-46	Non-General Obligation Governmental and Business-Type Activity Debt, NYS: Various Years
E-47	Principal and Interest Payments for Governmental Activity Capital Leases, NYS: 2007-31
E-48	Professional Service and Construction Contracts Awarded to Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Business Enterprises by the State Office of General Services, NYS: 2005-06
E-49	Commodity Services and Technology Contracts Awarded to Resident Vendors, Minority Business Enterprises, and Small Businesses by the State Office of General Services, NYS: 2000-06
E-50	NYS Department of Transportation Construction Contract Awards by Major Category, NYS: Fiscal Years 2003-04 — 2005-06
E-51	Public Employees' Retirement Systems — Net Assets, NYS: As of March 31, 2006
E-52	General Obligation Debt, NYS: As of March 31, 2007
E-53	Acreage and Market Value of Taxable State-Owned Lands, NYS by County: 2006
E-54	State and Local Government Employment and Average Earnings, US by State: 1994 and 2004
E-55	Work Force in State Government by Geographic Location, NYS: January 2003-January 2007
E-56	Work Force in State Government by Agency, NYS: January 2007
E-57	New York State and Local Retirement System, Net Assets Available for Benefits, Contributions, and Benefits Paid, NYS: 1999-2006
E-58	Public Employment Relations Board Activities, NYS: Fiscal Years 2002-03 — 2006-07
Figures
E-1	Percent of Resident Taxpayers, NYAGI and Tax Liability by NYAGI Class in 2003
E-2	Total NYS Earned Income Tax Credit Claimants: 2000-04
E-3	Total NYS Earned Income Tax Credit Claimed: 2000-04
E-4	Traditional Lottery Sales Dollars, NYS: Fiscal Year 2006-07
E-5	Video Lottery Credits Played, NYS: Fiscal Year 2006-07
E-6	State Government Employees by Counties and Major Cities, NYS: January 2007
E-7	Employment Trends in the Ten Largest Agencies, NYS: January 1990 and January 2006
Glossary

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