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CBC News
CBC Releases "It's Only Fair: The Urgent Need for Stronger Policies to Stop Fare and Toll Evasion"
April 02, 2024
CBC's new analysis finds that fare evasion has continued to grow, likely exceeding $700 million in 2023—an amount equal to the funding that would be raised by two rounds of fare hikes.
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Housing
CBC Recommends Immediate and Dramatic Changes to Address NYCHA's $32 Billion Capital Needs
July 03, 2018
"Stabilizing the Foundations" is a comprehensive report that details the causes of NYCHA's massive capital needs and presents recommendations that should be adopted to improve tenants' quality of life.
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Energy & Environment
CBC Calls on NYS to Use Flexible, Market-Driven Strategies to Meet its Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Goals
December 09, 2019
CBC Report Finds Massive Needed Scale Up of Renewable Generation Capacity Infeasible in Time to Meet 2030 Goal.
Statement
City Budget
Statement on New York City Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Agreement
June 29, 2023
The City’s leaders announced a fiscal year 2024 budget agreement that will please many stakeholders—for the next year.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases Five Fast Facts About the New York State Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget
February 03, 2023
CBC's preliminary analysis of the fiscal documents identifies these five facts on the overall budget
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.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "NYS Budget Outlook"
March 07, 2024
CBC’s NYS Budget Outlook finds that the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget is buoyed by higher projected tax receipts, but the additional funds still leave large annual budget gaps and a substantial structural budget gap.
Press Release
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 Releases "Building the Housing We Need"
March 01, 2023
Governor Kathy Hochul proposed a package of bills intended to double New York’s housing production rate to create 800,000 new units over the next decade.
Statement
City Budget
Underbudgeting Still Clouds City’s Fiscal Picture, Even with Expanding Economy
April 24, 2024
While an expanding economy brightens the revenue outlook, low-balled expenditures still cloud the City’s fiscal picture.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "Setting the Right Ceiling: Rethinking the City’s Debt Limits and Capital Process"
April 03, 2024
CBC recommends the State reject the arbitrary, lump sum debt limit expansions the City and Executive Budget proposed, and adopt a more analytically grounded, sustainable approach.
Press Release
Health Care
CBC Report Finds NYC H+H Recovered Only 54 Percent of Associated Patient Care Costs from Insurers
Compared to 85 Percent for Safety Net Hospitals
December 16, 2019
Majority of H+H Deficit was due to low revenue for care to Medicaid patients, not uncompensated care for the uninsured.
Statement
City Budget
CBC Statement on NYC FY19 Preliminary Budget: Wait and See All Over Again
February 01, 2018
Before the going gets tough, the Mayor should get going by limiting spending growth, bolstering the savings plan, and adding to reserves
Statement
Taxes
Statement on Property Tax Lawsuit
April 25, 2017
A judicial review based on objective evidence presented in a public forum can be a catalyst for constructive change of the seriously flawed NYC property tax.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on New York State's First Quarterly Update to the Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Plan
August 02, 2022
CBC President Andrew S. Rein released this statement on behalf of the CBC.
Statement
City Budget
CBC Statement on NYC’s November 2021 Financial Plan for Fiscal Years 2022 to 2025
November 30, 2021
While the plan reduces the budget gaps to $2.9 billion for next year, $2.7 billion in fiscal year 2024, and $2.1 billion in fiscal year 2025, in reality the gaps are about $750 million higher annually because the plan includes illusionary labor and attrition savings.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on the Release of New York State’s Financial Plan “July Update”
September 15, 2021
This morning, New York State released its long-awaited First Quarter Financial Plan Update.
Statement
City Budget
Statement on the NYC Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2022
April 26, 2021
The Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2022 includes some commendable components but essentially fails to leverage the historic opportunity enabled by federal aid, state education support, and higher tax revenue to both provide essential services now and stabilize the City’s fiscal future
Statement
Housing
Statement on the New York City Housing Authority's NYCHA 2.0 Plan
December 12, 2018
The New York City Housing Authority's (NYCHA's) NYCHA 2.0 plan can help stabilize the system and deserves support.
Statement
City Budget
Statement on the NYC Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year 2022
June 30, 2021
Despite fiscal year 2021 tax revenues being $2.1 billion more than previously expected and $15 billion in additional federal aid, the budget hamstrings the next Administration with sizable future budget gaps.