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Letter
Economic Development
Governor Should Sign Bill Authorizing OSC Oversight of LDCs
A Letter to Governor Cuomo
December 18, 2019
CBC urges Governor Cuomo to sign A7476/S5445, which will authorize the Office of the State Comptroller to audit local development corporations.
Letter
Capital Spending
CBC Urges Governor to Authorize Design-Build for NYC Agencies
November 27, 2019
CBC urges Governor Cuomo to sign A7636B/S6293A, which would authorize NYC to use design-build and other innovative capital procurement methods.
Testimony
Economic Development
Testimony on Industrial Development Agencies and Local Development Corporations
November 22, 2019
CBC has long advocated for increasing accountability and improving the performance of all entities engaged in economic development spending.
Letter
Capital Spending
CBC Urges Governor to Sign A4880/S1673 to Improve Capital Planning
A Letter to the Governor
November 11, 2019
The CBC recommends that the Governor sign A4880/S1673, which would improve capital planning for transportation infrastructure in New York State.
Statement
Health Care
Statement on Medicaid Payment Delays in the New York State Budget
October 03, 2019
CBC President Andrew S. Rein released this statement on the Medicaid Payment Delays in the New York State Budget: "The State making an end of fiscal year 2019 Medicaid payment a week late was no mere delay. It was an obfuscation of the State’s fiscal condition, allowing the State to avoid addressing a deep and recurring problem."
Testimony
Health Care
Testimony on the New York Health Act (A5248/S3577)
Submitted to The Joint Senate and Assembly Standing Committee on Health
May 27, 2019
Although NYHA’s goals are laudable, it is not feasible currently and would have significant unintended and possibly negative impacts on the State budget and some New Yorkers.
Testimony
Capital Spending
Testimony on Intro. No. 113
For an Online Database of Pending Construction Projects
February 12, 2019
Intro. No. 113 would require the City of New York to produce an online database of all pending construction projects that includes initial and current completion dates and costs.
Statement
Health Care
Statement on the New York Health Act
February 11, 2019
The revised version of the New York Health Act (NYHA) released today is a well-intentioned proposal to continue to increase access to insurance coverage and reduce barriers to quality health care for New Yorkers, but currently it is not a feasible measure.
Statement
Economic Development
Watchdogs to Governor: Keep Your Campaign Promises to Create Database of Deals and Prohibit Vendor Campaign Contributions
January 03, 2019
After Biggest Bid-Rigging Scandal in State History, Governor and Legislature Must Act on Clean Contracting in 2019
Op Ed
State Budget
Priorities for Governor Cuomo's Next Budget
December 17, 2012
Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature have successfully tackled serious budget issues in recent years, but important challenges remain. These must be addressed in his next budget in order to improve the state's fiscal condition and give local governments better tools to manage their structural deficits.
Op Ed
City Budget
Cleaning Up NY's Garbage Disposal
June 03, 2012
New York City generates more than 25 tons of garbage per minute. That's 14 million tons per year, and the city's Department of Sanitation spends $2 billion annually to collect and dispose of about a third of it.
Statement
City Budget
Statement on the CityTime Settlement
March 14, 2012
The $500 million CityTime settlement announced today is welcome news to New Yorkers. It is important that the recouped funds be used, not for short-term budget relief and restorations, but to help defray the costs of the City’s capital program.
Testimony
Economic Development
Testimony to the Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Economic Development
January 31, 2012
First, the legislature should not authorize additional funds for another round of regional competition until the “hydra” of economic development is tamed. And second, they should improve the accountability and transparency of all expenditures in this area.
Op Ed
State Budget
Budget Busters
August 18, 2008
CBC President Carol Kellermann discusses Governor David Paterson's offer of a menu of more than $1 billion in savings proposals from which he challenged legislators to select $600 million worth when they convened in Albany for a special session.
Op Ed
Pensions & Benefits
Paterson Must Veto Pocket-Picking Mandate
June 26, 2008
The Legislature recently passed a bill -- A9393A/S6457A -- that would prevent local officials from achieving savings in the skyrocketing cost of providing health insurance for government retirees and their dependents by prohibiting any reduction in benefits.
Op Ed
State Budget
Overhaul Prisons to Cut Costs
February 18, 2008
One place where the State can extract savings is in its prison system, an option that this op-ed discusses. New York simply does not need all 69 of its correctional facilities.
Op Ed
State Budget
An Easy Trim
December 15, 2007
This op-ed states that if State leaders want to avoid tax increases in what is already one of the most heavily taxed states in the nation, they will need to find savings of about $6 billion to $7 billion per year over the next three years.