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Rent Regulation: Beyond the Rhetoric

Unavoidable School Aid Cuts: Do the Least Harm by Targeting

Mar 01, 2010

In early 2007 newly elected Governor Eliot Spitzer and the State Legislature responded to a court mandate to provide every child in New York with a sound basic education by adopting a plan to increase state school aid by about $7 billion over the next four years.

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Op-Ed

What Mike Must Get From Teachers

Feb 01, 2010

President Carol Kellermann outlines what Mayor Bloomberg must accomplish in his negotiations with the Teachers' Union in order to get the vital reforms needed to fix the school system.

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Is It a Good Deal? How New Yorkers Should Judge The Next Teachers' Contract

Nov 11, 2009

The New York City teachers’ contract expired on October 31, 2009. A new agreement may be reached soon. As the City faces a $5 billion budget gap for the next fiscal year and key educational reforms remain unfinished, here are key questions parents and taxpayers should ask to judge whether the next contract is a good deal for them.

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Press Release

Will The Next Teachers' Contract Be A Good Deal For New York City Taxpayers?

Nov 11, 2009

CBC released today a new report on how New Yorkers should judge the next teachers’ contract with the City of New York. The latest teachers’ contract expired on October 31, 2009, and a new agreement is expected to be reached soon.

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How Public-Private Partnerships Can Help New York Address Its Infrastructure Needs

Dec 11, 2008

This report explores the application of public-private partnership (PPPs) in New York by explaining its definition of such a relationship and offering in-depth guidelines, potential applications (including highway bridges, New York City school buildings, New York City parks, and higher education facilities), examples on a global, national, and local level, and potential missteps and cautions.

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How Public-Private Partnerships Can Help New York Address Its Infrastructure Needs

Dec 11, 2008

This report summary briefly explores the application of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in New York by explaining its definition of such a relationship and offering in-depth guidelines, potential applications (including highway bridges, New York City school buildings, New York City parks, and higher education facilities), examples on a global, national, and local level, and potential missteps and cautions.

Letter

Letter to the Governor Urging Him to Approve a Bill That Would Curb Pension Abuses By Consultants in Public Schools

Aug 20, 2008

This letter from CBC President Carol Kellermann urges Governor David Paterson to approve S8699/A11743—a bill to prevent further abuses of the public school pension system by contract employees and require better reporting on annual compensation within school districts. CBC argues that the measures contained in this bill will help to prevent such abuses in the future by clarifying pension eligibility provisions and helping to shine a light on the public payroll in school districts.

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Is Robin Hood the Good Guy? Moving Toward a More Equitable School Aid System for New York

Sep 28, 2006

This report is based on the work of CBC’s Education Finance Committee, which was created in the wake of the 2003 New York State Court of Appeals decision in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case to help public officials identify the most economically effective sources of revenue to fund the Court’s decision.

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"A" is for Accountability: Making Money Work in New York City's Public Schools

Sep 01, 2006

In response to the State Court’s decision in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case, CBC hosted two expert panel discussions focusing on key issues in education finance reform. Panelists included Anthony Alvarado, Mary Clapsaddle, John Easton, Norm Fruchter and Dennis Walcott. This brief recounts the proceedings from the first of those discussions.

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Can New York Get An 'A' In School Finance Reform?

Jan 01, 2005

The State of New York faces a major challenge stemming from a 2003 ruling by the Court of Appeals, the State’s highest court, which found that the more than one million children in New York City’s public schools were not provided with the sound basic education guaranteed to them by the State Constitution. CBC addressed two fundamental questions: Where should the money come from? What changes other than more money are essential to improving educational outcomes?

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