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CBC News
Conversation with NYC Comptroller-Elect Brad Lander
A CBC Event
November 18, 2021
Brad Lander is the NYC Comptroller-elect and current member of the New York City Council, representing the 39th District in Brooklyn.
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CBC News
89th Annual Awards Dinner
Honoring Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Alair Townsend, and Chuck Brecher
October 20, 2021
CBC presented its Medal for High Civic Service to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the Felix G. Rohatyn Award to Alair Townsend, and the Prize for Public Service Excellence to The Vaccine Command Center. CBC also paid special tribute to Research Director Emeritus Charles Brecher.
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CBC News
89th Annual Awards Dinner
Honoring Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Alair Townsend, and Chuck Brecher
October 20, 2021
CBC presented its Medal for High Civic Service to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the Felix G. Rohatyn Award to Alair Townsend, and the Prize for Public Service Excellence to The Vaccine Command Center. CBC also paid special tribute to Research Director Emeritus Charles Brecher.
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CBC News
Comptroller Candidate Forum
Accountability, Not Just Accounting
May 04, 2021
The next New York City Comptroller will play a critical role not only in holding the next Administration and agencies accountable, investing and managing five pension funds with $248 billion in assets, and partnering in $13 billion City debt issuance, but also in spotlighting and promoting New York City’s fiscal health during and after the economic recovery. CBC's "Comptroller Candidate Forum: Accountability, Not Just Accounting" featured 13-minute conversations with each of the six leading candidates, in succession, allowing candidates to share their vision for the office, answer targeted questions from CBC about how they will use the office’s powers, and identify positions on key issues in a lightning round.The video was lightly edited to remove technical glitches. The content of the conversation was preserved in its entirety.
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CBC News
Conversation with CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez
A CBC Event
April 29, 2021
Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez outlined his key priorities for the City University of New York as an engine of economic opportunity and mobility, including a comprehensive plan to bolster business opportunities for firms owned by women, minorities, and service-disabled veterans.
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CBC News
MTA toll hike now in effect
Fox 5 New York
April 12, 2021
Tolls for E-ZPass drivers jumped from $6.12 to $6.55, while the charge for drivers who pay their tolls by mail rose from $9.50 to $10.17.
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CBC News
A Special Conversation with Sarah E. Feinberg and Janno Lieber
March 30, 2021
Sarah Feinberg, New York City Transit Interim President. and Janno Lieber, Chief Development Officer of the MTA, joined the CBC for a special discussion on the challenges the MTA faced over the last year and what it continues to do to address those challenges.
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CBC News
Managing NYC’s Fiscal Crisis
A CBC Mayoral Candidate Forum
February 25, 2021
Managing the City’s fiscal crisis well will be a critically important duty of the next Mayor and a primary determinant of how the city survives the current crisis, and ultimately thrives in the future.Managing NYC’s Fiscal Crisis: A CBC Mayoral Candidate Forum featured a 10-minute conversation with each candidate, in succession, and allowed them to explain their specific plans to manage the crisis, answered targeted questions from CBC on the fiscal feasibility and implications of their proposals, and identified positions on key issues in a lightening round.
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Taxes
Tax Policy Choices and New York City's Competitive Position
The Most Important Economic and Fiscal Decisions Facing the Next Mayor
December 06, 2013
The purpose of this background paper is to help inform tax policy choices that the new mayoral administration may face. It examines levels of taxation in New York City compared to other cities, and it reviews research on how taxes affect the local economy and migration patterns.
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City Budget
Tax Revenue Panel
The Most Important Economic and Fiscal Decisions Facing the Next Mayor
December 06, 2013
This panel discusses options to reform and increase the property tax; and the impact of tax levels on residential and business location decisions.
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Taxes
Options for Property Tax Reform: Equitable Revenue Raising Reforms for NYC's Property Tax
The Most Important Economic and Fiscal Decisions Facing the Next Mayor
December 05, 2013
The purpose of this report is to describe three options for increasing property tax revenues. The first of these options maintains status quo inequities; in contrast, the other two address some major problems with fairness and efficiency that characterize current policy.
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Public Workforce
7 Things New Yorkers Should Know About Municipal Labor Contracts
May 19, 2013
This brief lists seven things New Yorkers should know about New York City collective bargaining and labor relations.
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Pensions & Benefits
Deputy Mayor Caswell Holloway
CBC Breakfast Series
April 17, 2013
CBC Breakfast with NYC Deputy Mayor Caswell Holloway in April 2013.
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CBC News
Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Remarks delivered at CBC’s 81st Annual Awards Dinner
February 27, 2013
Remarks delivered by Mayor Michael Bloomberg at CBC’s 81st Annual Awards Dinner.
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Pensions & Benefits
Everybody’s Doing It
Health Insurance Premium-Sharing by Employees and Retirees in the Public and Private Sectors
January 27, 2013
This report analyzes New York City’s health premium policies for employees and retirees and suggests options to generate savings by implementing premium-sharing in the City's largest plans.
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Taxes
The Citizens Budget Commission Review of Circuit Breakers
February 04, 2008
CBC recently looked at the option of expanding New York’s existing circuit breaker program to provide targeted relief to the neediest taxpayers as background for a forum on local tax relief convened on December 6, 2007. Based on that review of options the following points, outlined in this report, can be highlighted: 1) Circuit breakers are common; 2) New York’s circuit breaker needs reform; and 3) The poorly crafted School Tax Relief Program (STAR) would work better as a circuit breaker.
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City Budget
10 Myths About Balancing NYC's Budget
And 5 Ways to Lower the Cost of Government by $1B
December 06, 2002
The CBC prepared this document to clear up a series of common misunderstandings about the budget.