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State Budget
Truth in (Financial Plan) Reporting
Will New York State’s Mid-Year Financial Plan Update Appropriately Reflect and Address the Medicaid Budget Shortfall?
November 05, 2019
The State must recognize actual and timely payments for the Medicaid program and explain how it will address the estimated $9 billion Medicaid budget shortfall.
Report
State Budget
Overdue Bills
Time to Face the Reality of Rising Medicaid Costs
October 09, 2019
State leaders have two options to reconcile the disconnect between reality and the budget: reduce Medicaid spending and/or achieve savings in other areas of the budget.
Statement
Health Care
Statement on Medicaid Payment Delays in the New York State Budget
October 03, 2019
CBC President Andrew S. Rein released this statement on the Medicaid Payment Delays in the New York State Budget: "The State making an end of fiscal year 2019 Medicaid payment a week late was no mere delay. It was an obfuscation of the State’s fiscal condition, allowing the State to avoid addressing a deep and recurring problem."
Report
Energy & Environment
Green in Perspective
6 Facts to Help New Yorkers Understand the CLCPA
July 24, 2019
Six facts about the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, production, regulation, and costs.
Statement
CBC News
CBC Appoints Denise Richardson Vice President for Research
July 15, 2019
Denise’s deep policy knowledge and decades of experience will build on CBC’s long history of excellence.
Report
Education
Cut Costs, Not Ribbons
Alternatives That Reduce School Crowding
July 09, 2019
Administrative solutions can reduce school crowding and limit the need to build expensive new school buildings.
Blog
Capital Spending
Don’t Pass the Capital Pork
June 07, 2019
Like most other spending decisions, capital spending is best decided during budget negotiations.
Testimony
Health Care
Testimony on the New York Health Act (A5248/S3577)
Submitted to The Joint Senate and Assembly Standing Committee on Health
May 27, 2019
Although NYHA’s goals are laudable, it is not feasible currently and would have significant unintended and possibly negative impacts on the State budget and some New Yorkers.
Report
Health Care
Options to Enhance the Coordination of Care for Dually Eligible Individuals in New York State
A Discussion Paper
April 25, 2019
This discussion paper outlines lessons from previous and existing efforts to coordinate the care of duals, and suggests five strategies for the State to consider moving forward.
Press Release
Health Care
CBC Releases “Options to Enhance the Coordination of Care for Dually Eligible Individuals in New York State”
April 25, 2019
Report Recommends Strategies to Coordinate Care for 880,000 People Enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare.
Testimony
Energy & Environment
Testimony on the Proposed Paper Carryout Bag Fee
Submitted to the NYC Council Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
April 16, 2019
CBC supports proposed legislation to impose a 5-cent fee on most paper carryout bags.
Video
Health Care
Dr. Mitchell Katz, President & CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals
CBC Breakfast Series
April 01, 2019
Dr. Mitchell Katz joined CBC to discuss his transformation plan to improve H+H's fiscal stability.
Letter
City Budget
Testimony Follow up: Letter to the Charter Revision Commission
Borough President Capital Budget Role
March 26, 2019
CBC's proposal to focus the Borough President capital budget role on identifying needs and providing recommendations.
Report
Transportation
Building a Sound Fiscal Future for New York's Highway and Mass Transit Systems
March 19, 2019
Options for raising sufficient funds for roads and transit statewide include increasing tolls and fees, enacting congestion pricing, and implementing a vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) fee.
Video
CBC News
Jerome H. Powell
CBC's Annual Awards Dinner
February 28, 2019
CBC's Annual Awards Dinner honoree Jerome H. Powell delivers the keynote address. He is introduced by Stanley Fischer, the former Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Blog
Health Care
Medicaid Supplemental Payments
State Workgroup Makes Limited Progress on Part of the Problem
February 15, 2019
New York State’s $78 billion Medicaid program includes $5.3 billion of “supplemental payments”. These supplemental payments are crucial to hospitals across the state, especially those largely serving uninsured and Medicaid populations.
Testimony
Capital Spending
Testimony on Intro. No. 113
For an Online Database of Pending Construction Projects
February 12, 2019
Intro. No. 113 would require the City of New York to produce an online database of all pending construction projects that includes initial and current completion dates and costs.
Statement
Health Care
Statement on the New York Health Act
February 11, 2019
The revised version of the New York Health Act (NYHA) released today is a well-intentioned proposal to continue to increase access to insurance coverage and reduce barriers to quality health care for New Yorkers, but currently it is not a feasible measure.
Podcast episode
Energy & Environment
8.4%, with Energy Experts
February 05, 2019
8.4% is the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions in New York between 1990 and 2015. Governor Cuomo now wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030. Is this goal realistic? A panel of energy experts met at the CBC State Conference to help answer this question.
Podcast episode
Energy & Environment
2040 with Seth Hulkower
January 31, 2019
2040 is the year by which Governor Andrew Cuomo wants New York to transition to 100 percent clean electricity. Is this target realistic? Are we on pace to meet it? And at what cost? Seth Hulkower--an expert on energy policy and the former COO of the Long Island Power Authority--joined the podcast to help answer these questions.