This analyzes the MTA’s effectiveness at managing its five-year capital plans. It does so by examining the capital projects scheduled by the MTA for work in the three-year period from January 2005 to December 2007.
This report summary briefly explores the application of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in New York by explaining its definition of such a relationship and offering in-depth guidelines, potential applications (including highway bridges, New York City school buildings, New York City parks, and higher education facilities), examples on a global, national, and local level, and potential misstep
This report analyzes Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s PLANYC, a long-range planning initiative that deserves both praise and effective implementation. The report identifies challenges confronting the initiative and makes four recommendations to overcome them.
In this report summary, CBC lays out six challenges that prevent New York City from making the most of its parks, and six recommendations to address them.
In this report summary, CBC highlights two major weaknesses in the City’s management accountability framework: 1) Money and performance are not connected in the budget; and 2) The City is not focused on achieving results the public desires in every service area. To address these weaknesses, the report makes five recommendations.
In response to the State Court’s decision in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case, CBC hosted two expert panel discussions focusing on key issues in education finance reform. Panelists included Anthony Alvarado, Mary Clapsaddle, John Easton, Norm Fruchter and Dennis Walcott. This brief recounts the proceedings from the first of those discussions.
This is a summary of CBC's "How to Balance the MTA Budget" report, released in 2006. CBC finds that the MTA's financing arrangements resulted in 1) repeated operating deficits and 2) capital investments that were insufficient in bringing its facilities to a state of good repair.
This is the summary of a report that analyzes five problems with New York's public authorities, all of which fall into two categories: 1) problems of transparency and governance, and 2) problems with debt.
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