Albany, NY vs Yonkers, NY

Yonkers, NY spends 35% more per resident than Albany, NY: $62,907 against $46,595. That gap is large enough to show up across most functional budget categories below.

On the CitySpend Fiscal Health Score the two are level: Albany, NY and Yonkers, NY both land at 63/100 (grade C and C respectively), so the deciding factors sit in the underlying six-factor breakdown rather than the rolled-up grade.

Neither city reports outstanding debt per resident in its current Census filing, which removes debt service as a point of difference between them. Their budgets diverge on where the largest per-resident dollars go: Albany, NY leads with police at $3,815 per resident, while Yonkers, NY leads with education at $34,460.

They also fund themselves differently: other revenue is the largest single revenue source in Albany, NY at 22% of total revenue, whereas Yonkers, NY relies most on intergovernmental transfers at 15%.