About New York City public sector finance. The other way is to delineate the problem. We should use data to show a problem, and then analyze the environment in which budgeting takes place to suggest, based on study of this issue, a few things in the hope to improve fiscal discipline.

Possible topics include and of course not limited to:

- What is the status of fiscal health of City X (County Y) during the past 10 years? Is fiscal health really at the mercy of economic cycles?

- How does City A conduct performance informed budgeting? What are the challenges?

- How does the debt level evolve in the jurisdiction in NYC?Do debt management practices matter?

- What is the impact of government fiscal difficulties on non-profit organization?

This writing should be based on whether the problem is clearly identified and stated? In other words, it relates to the budget/finances in the public sector. Whether the proposed solution(s) are relevant and reasonable in a way that showcases research efforts? Whether the project uses financial/budgetary information to support problem identification and proposed solutions?