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Letter
State Budget
CBC Encourages Governor Cuomo to Veto Bill on School Bus Contracts in NYC
November 18, 2016
This bill imposes two unnecessary and costly requirements on the City’s procurement process for pupil transportation.
Letter
Economic Development
CBC Encourages Governor Cuomo to Veto New Tax Credits for Music and Digital Gaming Media Production
November 17, 2016
This bill would create new tax credits for music production and digital gaming media production, with both credits costing $25 million annually for the next three years. The total cost is estimated to be $150 million.
Letter
Economic Development
Watchdog Groups Call for Fundamental Reforms
Change Needed in the Aftermath of Massive State Bid Rigging Scandal
September 29, 2016
We write in the aftermath of the recent federal and state criminal complaints against many of the major players involved in New York’s Upstate economic development program to call on you to undertake major reforms.
Letter
Pensions & Benefits
CBC Encourages Governor Cuomo to Veto Ten Benefit Enhancement Bills
August 08, 2016
A letter to the governor recommending the veto of 10 bills passed by the legislature that are expensive enhancements to government employee and retiree benefits.
Op Ed
City Budget
The “20-20-20-20” Dilemma
The Need to Curtail New York City’s Legacy Costs
August 03, 2016
A giant and rapidly growing slice of the New York City budget pays for "legacy costs" - pensions, retiree health benefits, and debt service - which already exceed 20 percent of the budget and will expand by 20 percent to more than $20 billion in annual spending by fiscal year 2020. But the City can take steps to deal with it.
Op Ed
City Budget
The Rapidly Rising Cost of City Workers
New York City Employees Get $138,000 in Pay and Benefits, and Rising
June 09, 2016
The mayor and City Council quickly came to an agreement on the details of an adopted budget for fiscal year 2017, but little attention has been paid to spending projected over the course of the five-year financial plan. We ought to focus, and hold onto our wallets.
Op Ed
City Budget
Make NYC’s Retiree Health Benefit Trust More Trustworthy
May 25, 2016
The City of New York has a $70 billion liability for retiree health insurance costs and other post-employment benefits (OPEB), not including pensions. These benefits are contractually owed to retired city employees and are largely unfunded.
Op Ed
State Budget
What Will Be The Long-Term Impact Of The State Budget Agreement?
April 03, 2016
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed budget projected out-year deficits of $1.2 billion, $3 billion and $3.4 billion in state fiscal years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (before unspecified savings associated with adherence to a 2 percent state operating spending growth cap).
Testimony
Pensions & Benefits
Testimony on Health Care Savings Under Recent Collective Bargaining Agreements
Delivered to NYC Council Committees on Finance and Civil Service
February 26, 2016
CBC has been monitoring New York City's efforts to find health savings. CBC has long advocated negotiating changes to health insurance as part of collective bargaining and applauded the labor-management agreement that committed to meet annual savings targets.
Letter
State Budget
Recommendations on the FY 2017 Executive Budget
February 25, 2016
CBC offers recommendations for legislative action on the Governor’s Executive Budget for fiscal year 2017. The recommendations cover four proposals that deserve support, five proposals that should be modified, and four proposals that should be rejected.
Op Ed
State Budget
A $15 Public-Worker Wage Will Cost a Lot
January 03, 2016
There is a growing movement in New York, led by low-wage workers and unions and now championed by Gov. Cuomo, to raise the legally minimum pay to $15 per hour — a sizable increase over the current statewide minimum of $8.75, which rose on Dec. 31 to $9.
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
Debt Donnybrook: Legislative Battle NY Needs
October 22, 2006
To rein in runaway debt, CBC recommended that State leaders enact four high-priority reforms: 1) Stop issuing State-funded debt to cover operating deficits; 2) Make authorities' borrowing part of the State's capital plan; 3) Institutionalize rigorous financial review of authority borrowing; and 4) Reduce future debt for capital spending.
Op Ed
Pensions & Benefits
Time To Trim Pensions of City Workers? Yes.
Getting Rid of Excess is Sound Fiscal Planning
June 10, 2006
CBC commends Mayor Bloomberg's effort to curtail pension costs and explains the generosity of New York City's pension benefits in comparison to various peer groups.
Op Ed
State Budget
NY's Debt Mess
April 24, 2006
As of April 25, 2006, debt accumulated by the State's public authorities exceeded $166 billion, which was nearly three-quarters of the State's outstanding debt. This op-ed explains the problems with the authorities' three types of debt and makes suggestions for reform.