CBC quoted in NYP editorial on NYC FY2018 Preliminary Budget

Preliminary FY2018 budget was written with the presumption of profound challenges from Washington

Mayor de Blasio acknowledged five major areas of concern on Tuesday

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday unveiled an $84.7 billion budget proposal for New York City that outlined his spending priorities as he starts his run for re-election; CBC comments.

The tax break has its critics, but politicians have so far been unwilling to scale back or end the program

The Citizens Budget Commission is listening — and now, New Yorkers, it’s up to you.

An independent budget watchdog says Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s new spending and borrowing proposals would add as much as $15.5 billion to the state budget and to the state’s debt.

As transit workers cheer a tentative contract agreement that would give them higher wage increases than the MTA wanted, a budget watchdog group warns the contract could mean higher fare increases for riders.

The MTA raises fares by 4 percent every other year, for an average of 2 percent a year, in line with cost-of-living increases.

ALBANY – The 2017 state budget, facing a multi-billion dollar deficit, will still provide at least a 4 percent hike in state aid to public schools, free public college tuition for some New Yorkers and big borrowing for infrastructure projects, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo proposed Tuesday.

Helping to pay for all the added spending: millionaires who will see the continuation of a two-year, $4 billion income tax surcharge on their New York earnings.

Governor Andrew Cuomo is due to release his budget Tuesday. Revenues are down, and the repeal of the Affordable Care Act could cost the state billions of dollars. So what should residents expect?

Five things to watch Governor Cuomo's roughly $150 billion spending plan, with analysis and comment from CBC

From school board oversight to lawsuits over funding for persistently failing schools and now possible changes to SUNY tuition, there is a lot going on in education right now. And there will likely be even more as the legislature returns.