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Presentation
City Budget
Briefing on the Latest NYC & NYS FY 2023 Budget Updates
December 13, 2022
The latest updates to the NYC, NYS and MTA Budgets.
Testimony
Transportation
Testimony to the New York State Senate on the Pennsylvania Station Area Civic and Land Use Improvement Project
Submitted to the Senate Standing Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions and the Senate Standing Committee on Finance
June 24, 2022
To ensure the project has the maximum and most cost-effective impact, the plan should be designed and executed well, should be based on appropriate decision making input and authority, and should appropriately leverage City, State, federal, and private resources.
Letter
State Budget
Groups Urge Governor to Issue Executive Order on Agency Transparency
Letter to the Governor
September 01, 2022
We ask that you issue an Executive Order requiring agencies to publish annual updates of their transparency plans and provide measures that allow the public to track their progress.
Blog
City Budget
A Budget Baker’s Dozen
13 Questions to Ask About NYC’s Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
February 10, 2022
Mayor Adams’ first Preliminary Budget will provide an important opportunity to see how he intends to “get stuff done,” root out “waste, fraud, and abuse,” and promote a “People’s Plan.”
Podcast episode
City Budget
$168.3 billion, with Dave Friedfel
April 04, 2018
$168.3 billion is the size of New York State's Fiscal Year 2019 Budget. CBC's David Friedfel joined WT[D]P to discuss spending in this year's budget, as well as how the MTA, NYCHA, and New York City fared in the process.
Podcast episode
City Budget
$31.8 billion, with Sean Campion
July 19, 2018
$31.8 billion is the amount required to repair NYCHA's public housing units over the next five years. CBC Senior Research Associate Sean Campion discuss the findings and recommendations of CBC's recent report on NYCHA's capital needs and explains how NYCHA got into such a deep hole and and how it can start to dig out.
Podcast episode
City Budget
$3.2 billion, with James Patchett
January 12, 2018
$3.2 billion -- how much New York City spent on economic development in 2016, including tax expenditures, operating costs, and capital spending.NYCEDC President and CEO James Patchett joins the podcast to discuss the City's development strategy, tax breaks, NYC Ferry and the BQX project.
Statement
City Budget
CBC Statement on NYC FY19 Preliminary Budget: Wait and See All Over Again
February 01, 2018
Before the going gets tough, the Mayor should get going by limiting spending growth, bolstering the savings plan, and adding to reserves
Blog
City Budget
PEGging Efficiency:
More Savings Needed Under Mayor de Blasio
March 05, 2018
Find out how Mayor de Blasio's savings plan stacks up against the savings found in Mayor Bloomberg's last three preliminary budgets.
Letter
State Budget
Recommendations for Legislative Action on the NYS Executive Budget for FY2019
March 05, 2018
CBC's take on proposals that should be supported, modified, or rejected.
Report
State Budget
Accounting (and More) for a Better Budget
Strategies to Improve New York State Budgeting and Fiscal Management
December 20, 2022
It is critically important that the State’s budget and fiscal management processes be improved to enable better decision-making, outcomes, and accountability.
Blog
City Budget
A Budget Strategy for Mayor de Blasio's Second Term
January 29, 2018
Four strategies to help Mayor de Basio think through budgeting in his second term.
Podcast episode
City Budget
90%, with NYCHA Interim Chair & CEO Stanley Brezenoff
October 19, 2018
90% is the share of NYCHA units CBC estimates may not be cost effective to repair by 2027 under the current trajectory of deterioration. NYCHA Interim Chair and CEO Stan Brezenoff joined CBC to discuss the policy and funding challenges facing NYCHA, and how he plans to tackle key areas in desperate need of improvement.
Podcast episode
City Budget
$418 million, with Dana Rubinstein
February 15, 2018
$418 million is the amount Governor Andrew Cuomo wants New York City to commit to the Subway Action Plan, the emergency plan to address repairs to the distressed subway system. Politico NY senior reporter Dana Rubinstein discusses this and other pressing transit issues.
Blog
Energy & Environment
Commercial Waste Zones
A Green Solution in More Ways Than One
November 07, 2018
The City's plan deserves support.
Blog
State Budget
A Disappointing DRP
November 24, 2009
Analysis of the NYS Deficit Reduction plan proposed in the FY2010 Budget
Blog
City Budget
NYC Adopted Budget Falls Short
June 26, 2018
On June 14, 2018 the New York City Council adopted the Fiscal Year 2019 Budget. Given strong economic growth and some higher than expected tax revenue generated by federal tax reform, the ample resources allowed Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Council to come to a deal quickly.
Testimony
Transportation
Testimony on the Congestion Pricing Environmental Assessment
August 31, 2022
CBC supports speedy implementation, paired with ongoing monitoring and continual improvement, to reduce congestion and emissions and improve transit for the future of all New Yorkers.
Podcast episode
City Budget
75%, with Marisa Lago
June 29, 2018
75% is the share of jobs gained since the recession in the NYC metropolitan region that were created in New York City, a datapoint revealed in a forthcoming report from the Department of City Planning. Marisa Lago, Director of the Department and Chair of the City Planning Commission, joined CBC to discuss some of the report's findings as well as neighborhood revitalization, housing affordability, and resiliency and sustainability.
Letter
State Budget
Watchdog Groups Urge State to Publish Basic Financial Tables when Budget Agreement Reached
A Letter to the Governor, Senate Majority Leader, and Assembly Speaker
March 23, 2022
We urge you to publish basic, multi-year financial plan tables when you agree on the Fiscal Year 2023 Enacted Budget.