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City Budget
Statement on the New York City Fiscal Year 2025 Preliminary Budget
January 16, 2024
While Mayor Adams leveraged strong revenues and wisely implemented two rounds of PEG savings to balance the Preliminary Budget, many more hard choices are still needed to stave off a fiscal reckoning.
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State Budget
Statement on Late NY State Budget for FY 2025, Need for Another Extender
April 11, 2024
Late budgets should still be good budgets. This final stretch should be short and produce a budget that is good for New Yorkers now and in the long run.
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State Budget
Statement on State One-House Budget Proposals
March 12, 2024
The Legislature's one-house proposals shift the budget discussion in the wrong direction. Both houses propose tax increases that would weaken New York’s already precarious competitive position.
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State Budget
NYS Late Budget Fails to Reduce Structural Gap
$237B of Spending Approved without Providing Financial Plan Tables
April 20, 2024
Three weeks late, State lawmakers finally approved the budget and again have failed to publish basic financial plan tables that show New Yorkers essential details about how their money is being spent this year and the budget’s future impacts.
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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.
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State Budget
Statement on Medicaid/Managed Care Tax Proposal in NYS Budget Talks
March 26, 2024
The proposal to levy a new tax on Medicaid and other managed care plans to leverage $4 billion of federal money relies on speculative, temporary revenue to seed permanent spending increases.
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State Budget
Statement on the New York State Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2025
January 16, 2024
While the budget takes some important initial steps to reduce spending growth, significant additional restraint will still be needed to close the State’s structural budget imbalance.