With the city's 2011 operating budget recently approved -- and the $46 billion, five-year capital plan up for review in the coming months -- it is worth asking how well current budgets provide for repair and maintenance of our roads, bridges, tunnels, parks and other public infrastructure. The answer is disappointing.
New York City's extensive public infrastructure creates an important and expensive responsibility on the part of public officials to repair, maintain and enhance these assets. Generally, regular maintenance is funded in the City's operating budget, while repairs and improvements are funded in the capital budget.
This analyzes the MTA’s effectiveness at managing its five-year capital plans. It does so by examining the capital projects scheduled by the MTA for work in the three-year period from January 2005 to December 2007.
This report analyzes the MTA’s effectiveness at managing its five-year capital plans. It does so by examining the capital projects scheduled by the MTA for work in the three-year period from January 2005 to December 2007.
CBC released today a new report on the MTA’s effectiveness at managing its five-year capital plans. The report is especially timely, since a new five-year plan is being developed for the 2010-2014 period.
CBC statement opposing the New York State Transportation Infrastructure Bond Act for relying too heavily on borrowing and for making too little progress in upgrading transportation infrastructure.
This press release calls on the members of the New York City Board of Education to adopt the recommendations of the Year-Round Education Task Force. These recommendations include the creation of a program of year-round education for all newly constructed high schools in New York City's five-year capital plan, the designation of those schools as "schools of choice" for all students, faculty, and staff, and the capping of enrollment at those schools.
