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Letter
City Budget
Rainy Day Fund Ballot Proposal to Amend the City Charter
A Letter to the Charter Revision Commission 2019
July 05, 2019
Creating a Rainy Day Fun fund would protect New Yorkers from potentially harmful service cuts and tax increases.
Blog
City Budget
When the Smoke Clears
Despite Continued Economic Strength, NYC Spent More Than It Received in 2019
June 30, 2019
The City’s spending obligations in fiscal year 2019 were $255 million greater than the revenues collected. How is this possible when State law and the City Charter require balanced budgets?
Statement
City Budget
Statement on the NYC Fiscal Year 2020 Adopted Budget
June 14, 2019
The FY 2020 Adopted Budget agreement increases savings and reserves; unfortunately, new spending commitments are greater than deposits to the City’s reserves.
Op Ed
City Budget
The Rainy Day Fund New York Needs
The Gotham Gazette
June 10, 2019
Most New Yorkers are unaware they will have the opportunity this fall to vote to dramatically change their city government.
Podcast episode
Housing
6/15, the Rent Regulation Edition
June 07, 2019
6/15 is the date when NYS rent laws are set to expire. Strengthening rent regulation is a top priority for the Governor and state lawmakers in the closing days of the legislative session. Listen to REBNY President John Banks and Assemblymember Harvey Epstein share their perspectives.
Letter
State Budget
Finalize the Pre-Audit Authority Agreement
Letter to the Governor and Comptroller
June 06, 2019
Finalize and make public the details of the agreement to restore the Comptroller’s pre-audit authority over certain contracts.
Special Feature
City Budget
Facts About The NYC Budget
2019
May 13, 2019
A snapshot of NYC's budget, including projections for spending, headcount, savings, liabilities, and revenue shortfalls in case of a recession.
Press Release
Transportation
CBC Releases “Reform At the Bargaining Table”
Report Details the Need to Improve Productivity at the MTA and Recommends “Net-Zero” Wage Increases
April 30, 2019
CBC released a report detailing the critical need to slow the growth of labor expenses if the MTA is to become fiscally sound.
Op Ed
Housing
Build out the NYCHA infill
Use spare land to aid public housing
April 26, 2019
Use spare land to aid public housing
Video
State Budget
Finalizing Tax Proposals for the State Budget
Spectrum News NY1
March 28, 2019
NY1 looked at education, congestion pricing and criminal justice and taxes and the proposal for five year extension of the millionaire's tax, CBC President Andrew Rein joined to help unpack the proposed budget.
Statement
Health Care
Statement on the New York Health Act
February 11, 2019
The revised version of the New York Health Act (NYHA) released today is a well-intentioned proposal to continue to increase access to insurance coverage and reduce barriers to quality health care for New Yorkers, but currently it is not a feasible measure.
Video
City Budget
The Mayor Called on NYC Agencies to Cut Their Budgets, But is the City Saving Enough?
NY1 Inside City Hall
February 08, 2019
CBC President Andrew Rein and IBO Director Ronnie Lowenstein joined Errol Louis on NY1 Inside City Hall to analyze the budget and explain if the city is saving enough for the next economic downturn.
Testimony
Housing
Testimony on the Mayor's Housing Proposals
Submitted to the City Planning Commission
December 17, 2015
Options for increasing the efficient use of land, reducing construction costs, and effectively using cross-subsidies should be explored to maximize the amount of affordable housing that can be produced.
Blog
Housing
The Cost of Affordable Housing
December 15, 2015
How much does it take to build in NYC?
Special Feature
City Budget
Facts About the NYPD
November 17, 2015
Presents total expenses and headcount of New York City Police Department, focusing on overtime costs.
Special Feature
City Budget
Facts About the NYC Budget
2015
October 14, 2015
Facts about the NYC budget in 2015, focusing on recession risk and citywide savings plan.
Blog
Transportation
Who Pays When “The City” Gives Money to the MTA?
May 05, 2015
Calls for “the City” to provide more funding should be clear about who is really being asked to foot the bill: New York City taxpayers already provide most of the MTA's revenue through the combination of local, regional, and state taxes.
Special Feature
City Budget
Facts About the NYC Law Department
March 20, 2015
This infographic presents facts about the NYC Law Department's operations and costs, judgements and claims, and headcount.
Blog
Capital Spending
Don't Block Design-Build
March 15, 2015
New York State's trial with design-build has produced convincing results that merit permanently authorizing and extending design-build authority as a first key step in modernizing the State’s approach to public projects.
Report
Transportation
Sisyphus and Subway Stations
August 31, 2015
This brief examines why the subway stations of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority never reach a state of good repair and recommends how to address the challenge.