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Transportation
Group Wants Drivers to Foot MTA Budget Gap Bill
NY1
March 25, 2015
Drivers could be paying more to help fund mass transit if one non-profit group gets its way.The Citizens Budget Commission is proposing a number of fees on cars and trucks to help the MTA close a $1 billion gap in its capital investment program.
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Transportation
NY1’s The Call Discusses CBC Fare Proposal in Recent Report
NY1
March 25, 2015
NY1's The Call discusses CBC Proposal in Recent Report "More than Fare: Options for Funding Future Capital Investments by the MTA.
Press Release
Transportation
CBC Recommends Closing Funding Gap in MTA Capital Plan With Motor Vehicle User Charges
Best Options Are New Tolling Policies or New Vehicle-Miles Traveled Tax
March 25, 2015
This report examines the MTA’s current fiscal challenges and identifies options for funding its capital investment needs for the next five years. The analysis includes consideration of how well measures to raise money for the MTA fit into a broader financing plan for the state’s entire transportation system.
Press Release
City Budget
CBC Prize for Public Service Innovation to Be Awarded to the NYC Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics
March 02, 2015
The CBC Prize is awarded annually – in alternating years to either a New York City or a New York State agency – to recognize and promote successful innovations in the delivery of public services.
Press Release
Economic Development
CBC Releases Report on NYS Economic Development Programs
Modest Reforms Have Been Adopted, But Most Investments Continue To Be Problematic
February 19, 2015
The report analyzes the changes in economic development spending from 2010 to 2014 and the extent to which problems previously identified have been constructively addressed.
Op Ed
City Budget
Residential Garbage Fees Vital to Achieving NYC's Environmental Goals and Lowering Costs
February 17, 2015
Landfilled trash managed by New York City's Department of Sanitation costs $300 million each year and produces more than 1 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions. The high expense and environmental impact result from the City's low residential diversion rate and high reliance on private and municipal landfills in faraway locations.
Op Ed
Transportation
Port Authority's Brooklyn Port Facilities Should Be Reimagined
February 02, 2015
The port of New York-New Jersey is the largest container port on the East Coast. It's publicly owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and it consistently loses money ($82 million in 2013).
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
Transportation
The MTA: Who'll Pay?
December 02, 2008
This op-ed by CBC President Carol Kellermann and Research Director Charles Brecher proposes the most equitable division of responsibility for mass transit in the metro area. CBC believes that the appropriate balance among riders, car and truck drivers, and the general public (in the form of tax subsidies) is about 50/25/25.
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
Transportation
Down Bound Train
October 28, 2006
In September 2006, Peter Kalikow, chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, eliminated a five percent fare increase for subways, buses and train on the grounds that revenues are running ahead of schedule. CBC recommends two strategies: 1) a greater commitment to productivity enhancements in order to reduce the rate of cost increases and 2) increasing revenue.
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
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.