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Letter
Pensions & Benefits
CBC Urges Governor to Veto 20 Benefit Sweeteners
A Letter to the Governor
November 29, 2023
CBC urges you to veto S5027/A5208 and 19 other bills because they enhance benefits and increase costs to New York State and local governments.
Letter
State Budget
Watchdogs Urge Governor to Veto S7562/A7757 to Amend the Film Tax Credit
A Letter to the Governor
October 16, 2023
CBC recommends that you veto S7562/A7757, which expands eligibility for the Empire State Film Production Credit.
Report
Education
The Learning Ledger
NYS School Aid Continues to Rise in the 2023-24 School Year
September 06, 2023
New York State’s school aid increases 8.8 percent this year, largely driven by the final year of three-year phase-in of Foundation Aid.
Report
Economic Development
11 Billion Reasons to Rethink
New York's Increasing Economic Development Spending
July 20, 2023
Despite improved disclosure about individual projects, State and local economic development spending continues to increase without sufficient evidence that these programs cost-effectively create jobs or are more beneficial than alternative uses of the funds.
Blog
City Budget
Not Undercover
The NYC Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget for the NYPD
May 17, 2023
New York City’s Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget allocates $10.8 billion for the NYPD in fiscal year 2024.
Report
Education
School Spending, Enrollment, and Fiscal Cliffs 101:
The NYC Department of Education Budget Before, During, and After the Pandemic
April 11, 2023
Decisions about the DOE’s budget should consider enrollment declines and the City’s precarious fiscal condition.
Blog
Economic Development
Shrink, Don’t Expand, the New York State Film Tax Credit
March 06, 2023
The current program already is overly generous compared to other states and should be phased out.
Blog
Economic Development
No Extension without Evaluation
Reject Proposed Extension of Certain NYC Economic Development Tax Breaks Absent Appropriate Analysis
February 23, 2023
Prior evaluations found two of these programs to be ineffective; the bar to justify their extension should be appropriately higher.
Blog
State Budget
Balancing the State Budget – Halfway There, But Running Out of Gas?
December 19, 2011
The Governor should avoid more new taxes as the way to close the rest of the budget gap and instead focus on containing spending growth in Medicaid, pensions, education, and economic development.
Blog
Education
Needed Mandate Relief on the Way?
November 01, 2011
New York State imposes more than 200 special education mandates above and beyond those required by federal law; changes are needed to bring NY in line with other states.
Blog
Public Workforce
Another Good Idea to Save the City Money
October 27, 2011
The New York City union welfare funds could also use some "depoliticizing, professionalizing and streamlining."
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.
Blog
Public Workforce
What Concessions?
August 28, 2011
A close look at the agreements between Mayor Bloomberg and city unions reveals that jobs were not saved by labor concessions but through diverting other resources or creating new risks in the budget.
Letter
Pensions & Benefits
CBC Commends State Legislators' Vote Against School District Borrowing
June 29, 2011
CBC sent a letter of commendation to the State Legislators who voted against school district borrowing for pension contributions (A6309/S4067).
Blog
Public Workforce
State Agreement Is a Template to Avoid City Layoffs
June 22, 2011
Following the template provided by Governor Cuomo and the CSEA can produce $1.4 billion in savings for New York City in fiscal year 2012 – more than enough to avert layoffs and other cuts.
Blog
Education
What Is Good for Buffalo Is Good for All of New York
May 01, 2011
Governor Andrew Cuomo is considering a proposal from SUNY-Buffalo to give that university greater autonomy. The proposal deserves support and should be extended to all SUNY schools.
Report
Energy & Environment
New York’s Green Policies
Too Much or Too Little – A Competitive Perspective
April 03, 2011
This report assesses how New York compares to other cities in pursuing green objectives and suggests how New York’s leaders can set priorities for taking additional steps to promote environmental goals in ways that align with goals of economic growth and urban competitiveness.
Blog
Education
A Closer Look at School Aid Cuts
March 31, 2011
Changes made in the Enacted NYS FY2012 Budget “leveled” out the Governor’s original school aid proposal, which had been targeted so that the percent cut generally increased as the wealth of the district increased.
Blog
Education
State School Aid
The Neediest Districts Could Be Spared $750 million in Cuts through Better Targeted Reductions
February 27, 2011
The overall reduction in school aid in the NY State FY2012 Executive Budget is necessary to bring spending to a more sustainable level, but the cuts’ impacts on individual districts should be modified.