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CBC News
Twenty Watchdogs Ask Governor’s Budget Office For Transparency About State Funds Being Withheld and Advanced as Emergency Adjustments to Budget
December 22, 2020
Public Does Not Currently Know How Much State Funding is Being Withheld From Individual Agencies Such as MTA, or By Program
Video
CBC News
How the Coronavirus Affects the City and State’s Bottom Line
Spectrum News NY1
March 10, 2020
Andrew Rein discuss the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the city and state’s bottom line.
Video
State Budget
What to Expect in Gov. Cuomo’s State of the State Address
NY1
December 21, 2015
Governor Cuomo said he wants an additional mile-and-a-half of track built to create a rail link between La Guardia Airport and Willets Point in Queens.
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.
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.
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
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
Pensions & Benefits
NY Needs Real Pension Reform
December 07, 2010
Senior Research Associate Maria Doulis pens an op-ed on the need to reform public employee pensions that costs state and local governments nearly $1.5 billion.
Op Ed
State Budget
Fill the Gaps: End Protected Overspending
November 07, 2010
CBC President Carol Kellermann offers advise to the upcoming Cuomo administration on the State budget, namely to end overspending in the areas of school aid, Medicaid and employee compensation.
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
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.