7 Things New Yorkers Should Know About Municipal Labor Contracts

May 20, 2013

Municipal government is the largest employer in New York City, employing almost 300,000 people to provide the services on which businesses, residents and visitors rely. This is an expensive enterprise: personnel costs, including salaries, health insurance and pensions, make up more than half of the City of New York’s $72 billion budget.

Competitiveness Scorecard: Assessing NYC's Competitiveness as a Home for Human Capital

Feb 07, 2013

The future econonomic prosperity of the New York City metropolitan area depends on attracting and retaining a highly-educated workforce. In coming years, economic growth will be driven by industries that require highly-skilled workers with specialized knowldge, technical expertise and an ability to innovate.

Competitiveness Scorecard
Scorecard Analysis
Press Release

Policy Brief: Better Targeting New York’s Pupil Transportation Aid

Dec 13, 2012

Public education from preschool to grade 12 in New York is a $60 billion enterprise, accounting for one in three state and local tax dollars. Per pupil spending in New York is well above national norms and ranks second among states behind Connecticut. But recent years have not been easy for school districts.

Policy Brief: Better Targeting New York’s Pupil Transportation Aid
Interactive Map: Transportation Spending Per Pupil and State Aid Ratios
Press Release: CBC Unveils New Interactive Map Showing How Transportation Spending Per Pupil Varies By School District In New York State

A Comparative Analysis of the Pay of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Officers

Dec 03, 2012

This policy brief compares the wages PANYNJ police officers with those of the largest state and local police forces in the region, as well as a federal agency. The major finding of the report is that PANYNJ’s police officers are paid more generously than officers of most other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.

Policy Brief: A Comparative Analysis of the Pay of PANYNJ Police Officers
Press Release: CBC Issues Report on Compensation of PANYNJ Police Officers

Recommendations for the Next Round of Economic Development Council Awards

Oct 11, 2012

This year New York will allocate $762 million in economic development funds through the recently created Regional Economic Development Councils. Although the Councils have improved the effectiveness of the funding within their purview, they still control only a fraction of total economic development spending and their review process still leaves room for improvement.

Press Release
Report

A Better Way to Pay for the MTA

Oct 10, 2012

The MTA plays a vital role in New York City's economy. More than 70 percent of the 3.7 million people who enter New York City’s central business district on a typical weekday come by mass transit. Of those using mass transit, 83 percent or 2.1 million rely on the MTA’s commuter rail, subway or bus services.

Taxes In, Garbage Out: The Need for Better Solid Waste Disposal Policies in New York City

May 31, 2012

This report makes the case for a significant change in New York City's solid waste disposal practices, a shift from heavy reliance on long-distance exporting to landfills to greater reliance on use of local waste-to-energy facilities.

Refunding the MTA's Debt: The Importance of Getting it Right

May 07, 2012

The MTA has $32 billion in long-term debt outstanding – more than 41 states and more than $14,000 for each worker commuting daily into New York’s central business district. That is an impressively large sum, but public authority debt is not inherently a bad thing. Nonetheless, debt has become a problem for the MTA because its revenues are not keeping pace with its debt obligations.

A Troubling Prognosis for HHC's Finances

Apr 24, 2012

The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), a vital component of the health care safety net protecting lower income New Yorkers, faces two significant fiscal challenges in the coming years.

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