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Pensions & Benefits
Old Assumptions, New Realities
The Truth About Wages and Retirement Benefits For Government Employees
March 31, 2006
This report summarizes a more detailed study prepared by CBC, “The Case for Redesigning Retirement Benefits for New York’s Public Employees,” released in 2005. For decades the popular image of government employment has involved the tradeoff of lower wages for job security and relatively generous retirement benefits. That image, while still widespread, is no longer the reality.
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Health Care
Better Managing New York State's Health Insurance Subsidy Programs
September 30, 2001
Report by the CBC that analyzes the problems that limit the impact of the subsidized health insurance programs and advocates a two-stage strategy - an integrated eligibility system and expanding integrated eligibility to other programs - to make the health insurance subsidy programs work more effectively and efficiently.
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Economic Development
New York's Competitiveness: A Scorecard for 13 U.S. Metropolitan Areas
January 31, 2001
The scorecard examines eight different factors that contribute to economic and social well-being and compares the New York metropolitan area to twelve similar places.There are three conclusions: 1) New York has three serious competitive deficiencies; 2) New York is gaining on competitors in public safety and tourism and fiscal policy; and 3) New York is riding a wave of national prosperity but is not distinguishing itself with unique gains.
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Public Workforce
The Citizens' Stakes in Collective Bargaining
Recommendations for the Current Negotiations with the Municipal Employee Unions
December 12, 2000
Report presenting recommendations for contracts to be negotiated with municipal employees that would help reduce the cost of public services, improve the quality of those services, and enhance the income and working conditions of New York's civil servants.