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CBC News
CBC Releases "7 Facts about the Adams Administration’s Prior Savings Plans"
April 12, 2023
When Mayor Eric Adams’ Administration directed City agencies to implement a PEG (Program to Eliminate the Gap) last week, many were concerned about the potential service impact since the Administration had already implemented three savings plans.
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Energy & Environment
Keys to a Cap-and-Invest Design That’s Earth- and Economy-Focused
Recommendations for a Cost-Effective Program to Meet New York's Ambitious Climate Goals
November 28, 2023
While NYCI provides a great opportunity to reduce emissions in a cost-effective manner and fund critical investments strategically, its success depends on it being well designed and implemented.
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City Budget
PEGs In Perspective
NYC FY 2024 Executive Budget
May 23, 2023
The vast majority of these actions will have no impact on services, thus far providing savings primarily by saving money that would not have been spent anyway.
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City Budget
What to Look for in the New York City November 2023 Financial Plan
November 14, 2023
When New York City adopted its fiscal year 2024 budget in June 2023 without addressing underlying structural imbalances, it virtually guaranteed that major fiscal challenges remained on the horizon.
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CBC News
CBC Releases "Making Hay While the Sun Shines"
June 28, 2023
CBC recommends five additional reforms needed to ensure the State builds sufficient savings.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "4 Fast FHEPS Facts"
May 08, 2023
CBC's new blog finds that spending on New York City's rental assistance programs is expected to reach $636 million in fiscal year 2023.
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CBC News
CBC Releases "Keys to a Cap-and-Invest Design That’s Earth- and Economy-Focused"
November 28, 2023
New York’s forthcoming Cap-and-Invest program provides a critical opportunity: to cost effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help meet the State’s goal of reducing emissions by 85 percent by 2050
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CBC News
CBC Releases "11 Billion Reasons to Rethink: New York's Increasing Economic Development Spending"
July 20, 2023
CBC's new policy brief reveals that New York's State and local economic development spending continues to increase without sufficient evidence that these programs cost-effectively create jobs.
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Economic Development
11 Billion Reasons to Rethink
New York's Increasing Economic Development Spending
July 20, 2023
Despite improved disclosure about individual projects, State and local economic development spending continues to increase without sufficient evidence that these programs cost-effectively create jobs or are more beneficial than alternative uses of the funds.
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State Budget
Making Hay While the Sun Shines
A Plan to Strengthen New York State’s Rainy Day Fund
June 28, 2023
Today we are left playing catchup with the threats of storm clouds looming on the horizon.
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State Budget
The Mid-Year Check-in
Six Takeaways from the NYS Financial Plan Update and Quick Start Budget Report
November 20, 2023
The fiscal news of the last three weeks makes one thing clear: This year’s budget process will be unlike those of recent years.
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Housing
Uncertain Future, Urgent Priority:
Fix NYCHA's Operating Budget Now
May 19, 2023
rapidly rising costs and flagging rent collections have combined to widen budget gaps, leaving NYCHA increasingly reliant on City subsidies and other non-operating resources to fund its basic operations.
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Education
School Spending, Enrollment, and Fiscal Cliffs 101:
The NYC Department of Education Budget Before, During, and After the Pandemic
April 11, 2023
Decisions about the DOE’s budget should consider enrollment declines and the City’s precarious fiscal condition.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "5 Myths and Facts about the NYC FY 2024 Budget"
August 15, 2023
A lot has been said about the NYC's fiscal year 2024 budget—from its size to the cuts to its manageability—but these claims are not supported by the facts.
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CBC News
CBC Releases "Spending In Perspective" and "PEGs In Perspective"
May 23, 2023
As City Council Executive Budget hearings wrap up, signaling the next stage of New York City budget negotiations, the CBCs two new releases, Spending in Perspective and PEGs in Perspective, reveal that:
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City Budget
7 Facts About the NYC Department of Buildings
April 25, 2023
CBC’s review of the agency’s budget presents trends in spending, revenues, staffing, and outputs.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases Letter to Mayor and Speaker on FY 2024 Budget Adoption
June 26, 2023
Today CBC sent a letter urging Mayor Adams and Speaker Adams to adopt a fiscal year 2024 budget that not only provides critical services to New Yorkers in the upcoming year but stabilizes the City’s precarious fiscal and service outlook.
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CBC News
CBC Releases "No Extension without Evaluation"
February 23, 2023
CBC's newest blog, No Extension without Evaluation, recommends rejecting the proposed extensions.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC's Op-Ed "New York Is Teetering on a Fiscal Cliff"
November 08, 2023
It's time to sound the alarm on the City's looming budget gaps.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "What to Look for in the New York City November 2023 Financial Plan"
November 14, 2023
CBC’s What to Look For finds that fiscal year 2024 now has a budget gap of $839 million.