"By promoting financial and ethical responsibility for all elected officials and committing to meaningful change, Citizens Budget Commission has enriched our democratic society and the quality of life for all citizens." State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli
This testimony by CBC President Carol Kellermann, written in response to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s modification to the fiscal year 2009 budget, urges the City Council to not vote to increase the property tax without simultaneously pursuing from the State Legislature reforms to make this tax more equitable and economically efficient.