City Budget

"A quick tribute to the Citizens Budget Commission....you're a great model of public policy institutions like this across the country; no more important time than today for this kind of work."
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner

Fast Facts

$7,746

Cost per Medicaid beneficiary in New York State; 67% higher than the national average.

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78th Annual Award Dinner Honoring Lawrence H. Summers

Pocket Summary

Five-Year Pocket Summary, 62nd Edition, March 2010

Mar 05, 2010

Collection of financial data relating to New York City and New York State government in FY 2006-2010.

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Op-Ed

How to Save $2B Without Slashing City Services

Mar 04, 2010

Research Director Chuck Brecher outlines 5 alternative solutions for saving up to $2 billion in Mayor Bloomberg's preliminary budget. Each of these proposals would avoid widespread layoffs and the reduction of other vital services.

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Op-Ed

City, State Budget Woes

Jan 17, 2010

CBC President Carol Kellermann writes a letter to Crain's urging the City to not avoid cost cutting in the face of better-than-expected tax revenue.

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Op-Ed

New Priorities for Mayor Bloomberg's Third Term

Nov 16, 2009

CBC President Carol Kellermann outlines the fiscal priorities that need to be addressed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his third term.

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Video

CBC Comptroller Candidates Forum, 2009: "The Buck Stops Here"

Sep 09, 2009

David Weprin (Opening Statement)

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Press Citation

Pension Reform Dogs Labor Deal Between Bloomberg and Municipal Labor Committee

Jun 10, 2009

Daily News

Lisa Colangelo

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Press Release

CBC Outlines New Fiscal Strategy For City’s FY2010 Budget

Jun 10, 2009

Carol Kellermann, President of the CBC, wrote the following letter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Speaker Christine Quinn, and Council Finance Chairman David Weprin outlining a new fiscal strategy that would address the structural imbalance in the City’s budget for fiscal year 2010.

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CBC Urges the Mayor, Speaker, and Chairman of the Finance Committee to adopt a new fiscal strategy for the City's FY2010 Budget

Jun 10, 2009

The CBC outlines a new fiscal strategy that would addres the structural imbalance in the City's budget for fiscal year 2010.

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Letter

Letter to the Mayor, Speaker, and Chairman of the Finance Committee outlining a new fiscal strategy for the City's FY2010 Budget

Jun 10, 2009

This letter from the CBC outlines a new fiscal strategy that would address the structural imbalance in the City's budget for fiscal year 2010. The key elements of the new fiscal strategy should be: 1) no new or higher taxes that harm prospects for economic recovery and growth; 2) reduce operating expenditures in ways that lower the cost of producing services rather than the availability o

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Press Citation

Cash Of Characters

Jun 08, 2009

New York Post

Chuck Bennett

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