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CBC News
CBC Releases Accounting (and More) for a Better Budget
December 20, 2022
CBC’s new report presents four strategies to improve budget decisions, transparency, fiscal stability, and service quality.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases The Potential for Office-to-Residential Conversions
December 12, 2022
CBC’s new policy brief analyzes how 421-g was used and offers lessons for designing a cost-effective program to support office-to-residential conversions today.
Report
Housing
The Potential for Office-to-Residential Conversions
Lessons from 421-g
December 11, 2022
This brief analyzes how the 421-g program was used and offers lessons for designing a cost-effective program to support office-to-residential conversions in today’s market.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Publishes Op-Ed "How to Fix the MTA’s Huge Budget Deficit"
November 22, 2022
Crain’s New York Business recently published an op-ed CBC President Andrew Rein about how the MTA should solve its $2.5 billion structural operating budget deficit.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases What to Look For in the MTA's November 2022 Budget Update
November 21, 2022
Seven key questions to understand the transit system’s budget gap and risks.
Video
CBC News
A Conversation with DEP Commissioner Rohit T. Aggarwala
A CBC Event
November 17, 2022
Commissioner Aggarwala discussed the Adams administration’s plans to increase the city’s resilience, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and strengthen the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Gives Testimony on the Recommendations of the NYC Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform
November 15, 2022
The recommendations for a new residential class would improve the property tax system, but falls short of recommending the comprehensive reform.
Testimony
City Budget
Testimony on the Recommendations of the NYC Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform
Submitted to the New York City Council Committee on Finance
November 15, 2022
While momentum for property tax reform was slowed by the pandemic, the need for it has not diminished.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Provided Comment on the Proposed Rules for Local Law 97
November 14, 2022
It is important that building owners have more complete information about compliance.
Podcast episode
Housing
1 in 3, with Chief Housing Officer Jessica Katz
November 11, 2022
1 in 3 is the number of households in New York City that are severely rent burdened. That means nearly 600,000 households are spending more than half of their monthly income on rent, electricity, and heat. At a recent CBC Trustee event, Jessica Katz, NYC's Chief Housing Officer, discussed how the Adams administration is tackling NYC's housing needs and managing its housing agenda to ensure success.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Delivers Testimony on NYC’s Spending of Federal COVID-19 Relief Funds
November 07, 2022
Today CBC Vice President for Research Ana Champeny will deliver testimony on the $25 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds
Video
CBC News
A Conversation with NYC Chief Housing Officer Jessica Katz
A CBC Event
October 27, 2022
As Chief Housing Officer, Katz oversees the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, the New York City Housing Authority, the Housing Development Corporation, the Mayor’s Office of Housing Recovery Operations and the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Submits Testimony on Renewable Energy and New York City’s Climate Adaptation
October 13, 2022
Implementing both the CLCPA and LL97 using the most cost-effective strategies and balancing economic incentives.
Testimony
Energy & Environment
Testimony on Renewable Energy and New York City’s Climate Adaptation
Submitted to the New York City Council Committee on Environmental Protection
October 13, 2022
CBC’s work has focused on implementing both the CLCPA and LL97 using the most cost-effective strategies and balancing economic incentives to further these ambitious GHG reduction goals.
Podcast episode
Housing
2 1/2, the Land Use Edition
October 04, 2022
2 1/2 is the average number of years it takes a private rezoning application to get approved in New York City, and that doesn't include the often lengthy informal pre-review negotiations. This is one of many findings in CBC's report "Improving New York City's Land Use Decision-Making Process," which can be found at cbcny.org. At a special panel discussion, Maria Torres-Springer, the Deputy Mayor for Economic and Workforce Development, delivered opening remarks on the Administration's efforts to tackle New York's housing challenges, followed by a policy panel steeped in experience with New York City's land use process.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases More Money, Little Accountability
New York Continues to Increase State School Aid
October 03, 2022
This year, New York State will spend $34.4 billion on school aid, a 6.7 percent increase from last year.
Video
Housing
How New York Can Improve Its Land Use Decision-Making Process
A CBC Event
September 28, 2022
CBC convened key stakeholders to discuss how to improve the City's land use decision-making process.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases Testimony on NYC Ferry
September 22, 2022
CBC’s research has documented that NYC Ferry is highly subsidized, both relative to New York’s other transit systems and other ferries nationally.
Video
CBC News
Conversation with Superintendent of Financial Services Adrienne Harris
A CBC Event
September 20, 2022
Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris was nominated by Governor Hochul to lead the New York State Department of Financial Services in August, 2021 and confirmed on January 25, 2022.
Testimony
Public Workforce
Testimony on the NYC Municipal Workforce
Delivered before the New York City Council Committees on Civil Service and Labor, and Oversight and Investigations
September 09, 2022
The City needs to move the existing vacancies to where they are needed, streamline the hiring process, and consider how to be more flexible given the tight labor market and modern career paths.