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Housing
Vicki Been, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development
A CBC Breakfast Series
October 11, 2019
Deputy Mayor Been joined CBC to discuss City housing and economic development policy in a fireside chat with CBC President Andrew Rein.
Press Release
Housing
Working Group to Address Full Capital Needs for NYCHA's Chelsea Developments
The City of New York, Office of the Mayor
October 10, 2019
Mayor de Blasio today announced the creation of a working group to address the future of the Fulton Houses, Elliot-Chelsea, and Chelsea Addition NYCHA developments.
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Health Care
Dr. Mitchell Katz, President & CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals
CBC Breakfast Series
April 01, 2019
Dr. Mitchell Katz joined CBC to discuss his transformation plan to improve H+H's fiscal stability.
Video
Transportation
Taxi Tax Shrinks: MTA’s bottom line cut as taxi ridership plunges
NY1
November 23, 2015
Fifty cents goes to the MTA every times you ride a yellow or green taxi, but with taxi ridership shrinking, so does the MTA's bottom line.
Press Release
Housing
CBC Analysis Finds That 42 Percent of New York City's Renter Households Are "Rent Burdened"
November 12, 2015
This CBC brief uses newly available data to reveal who is most affected by the rent burden in New York City. The analysis explores a variety of household characteristics, making it possible to develop a more nuanced assessment of the rent burden.
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Transportation
Citizens Budget Commission Lays Out Ways to Tax For-Hire Car
NY1
August 26, 2015
Thanks to the surge of car services like uber, fewer and fewer people are taking yellow cabs—and it's just not cabbies who are feeling the pinch. The decline has real implications for the city's transit system, which received fifty cents for every cab ride.
Press Release
Housing
CBC Report Highlights Strategies for NYCHA to Improve Operations and Close Deficits
Report Recommends Specific Actions Needed to Enhance City's Public Housing to Better Serve Residents
April 29, 2015
The report provides a financial analysis of NYCHA, the largest public housing agency in the nation with more than 178,000 housing units at an annual operating cost of $2.6 billion.
Op Ed
State Budget
Ten Key Takeaways from Governor Cuomo's Executive Budget
January 28, 2015
Last week, Citizens Budget Commission listed the Top Ten Things to Look for in the NYS 2016 Budget. Here is how they fared in the Executive Budget Proposal outlined by Governor Cuomo on January 21.
Op Ed
Health Care
Where Cuomo Should Cut Medicaid
November 29, 2010
Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo, facing a $9 billion projected gap in the state budget when he takes office in January, should move quickly to rein in the state's out-of-control Medicaid spending.
Op Ed
Housing
Rent Regulation: A Big Tax On NY
The Law Needs a Massive Overhaul
July 06, 2010
The push to continue rent regulation is fueled by far more populist rhetoric than economic reason. As a corrective, a new report by the Citizens Budget Commission reveals some startling facts about the current system.
Op Ed
City Budget
Time for Prudence in City Benefits
April 10, 2010
Executive Vice President and Director of Research Charles Brecher pens this op-ed that discusses ways to rein in growth of the City's retirement benefits, notably pensions and health insurance.
Op Ed
State Budget
No More Aid for the Affluent
March 27, 2010
CBC President Carol Kellermann explains how the State can cut spending equitably in the three largest areas of the budget: Medicaid, education, and employee benefits.