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Pensions & Benefits
2017 Benefit Sweetener Scorecard
December 07, 2017
The State Legislature passed 26 bills. Click to learn more.
Report
Capital Spending
Bridging the Financial Gap
Funding the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge
October 12, 2017
Tolls for the new Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge have not been released yet, but based on construction costs, CBC estimates it will be approximately $10 for cars, double the current rate.
Report
Health Care
Medicaid Supplemental Payments
The Alphabet Soup of Programs Sustaining Ailing Hospitals Faces Risks and Needs Reform
August 31, 2017
$5 billion in annual supplemental payments are important to the finances of many hospitals. Federal policy will shrink these payments; the impact will be most severe for NYC municipal hospitals.
Presentation
State Budget
Presentation by Robert Mujica, Director, NYS Division of the Budget
On the NYS Executive Budget for FY2018
February 22, 2017
On February 22, 2017, New York State Budget Director Robert Mujica presented highlights from the New York State Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 to the Citizens Budget Commission.
Report
Public Workforce
Governor Cuomo's Labor Contracts
Only Getting Part of the Job Done
January 06, 2017
In collective bargaining, the Governor must balance paying workers fairly with keeping tax levels reasonable. More needs to be done to control rising fringe benefits costs.
Report
State Budget
Giving and Getting
Regional Distribution of Revenue and Spending in New York State Budget
December 19, 2011
The report analyzes the regional distribution of revenues collected and dollars spent within the New York State budget by examining actual receipts and expenditures for the 2009-10 fiscal year. It finds that downstate gives more to the State in taxes and revenues than it gets back in expenditures for services and other assistance and that upstate gets more than it gives.
Report
Health Care
A Poor Way to Pay for Medicaid
Why New York Should Eliminate Local Funding for Medicaid
December 11, 2011
This paper examines the fiscal inequities and other problems that arise as a result of New York’s largelocal share for Medicaid financing.
Report
Economic Development
Avoiding Past Mistakes
Principles for Governing Regional Economic Development Councils
September 12, 2011
This report examines New York State economic development programs' past mistakes and explores the potential to improve meaningful outcomes via new regional councils designed to streamline and coordinate the current array of state economic development efforts. It warns of the danger that new regional councils will become new heads on the already huge an unwieldy New York State economic development portfolio.
Report
State Budget
The Broken Umbrella
How to Make New York State's Rainy Day Fund More Useful
June 05, 2011
This report explores the reasons why New York has not developed an effective rainy day fund and presents four guidelines for how the State can create a more useful rainy day fund.
Presentation
Health Care
New York Medicaid Redesign
Presented by Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson
May 06, 2011
Presentation
State Budget
Time for a Turnaround
Facing Fiscal Reality in New York State
January 29, 2011