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Reviving EMS

Restructuring Emergency Medical Services in New York City

November 25, 2018
The City of New York spends more than $1.1 billion annually in an effort to provide its residents and visitors this vital service, but the money is not used wisely.
Blog City Budget

Reduction in Uniformed Overtime Is Still Needed

July 12, 2018
Without workrule changes the City’s uniformed overtime caps are unlikely to be successful. In fact, several agencis have already exceeded their FY 2018 caps.
Blog Public Workforce

The Cost of a Growing City Workforce

Ballooning Budgets and Long-term Liabilities

July 10, 2018
NYC’s municipal workforce is projected to reach a record 331,520 employees by the end of fiscal year 2019. Headcount expansion has a significant impact on the City’s budget and long-term financial position.
Op Ed Pensions & Benefits

Pension sweeteners a bitter prospect for New York City

New York Daily News

June 15, 2018
The City Council adopted a budget for fiscal year 2019 that totals almost $90 billion. Almost $10 billion will be devoted to pensions for public employees, and the amount is projected to grow. And yet, for some, this is not enough.
Report Pensions & Benefits

2018 Benefit Sweetener Scorecard

May 18, 2018
The balance of this year's legislative session will be devoted to moving bills through the legislative process, including proposals to enhance the benefits of State and local public employees and retirees.
Op Ed City Budget

How New York City Can Afford Fair Fares

Slowing the growth of the city’s workforce would provide the needed savings

April 16, 2018
The Fair Fares proposal can be accommodated within the city budget by exercising greater restraint in hiring and more aggressively tackling inefficiencies in its operations.
Letter Housing

NYCHA's Project Labor Agreement Needs Evaluation

A Letter to the Mayor and NYCHA Chair

March 05, 2018
Has the PLA between NYCHA and the BCTC delivered on expected savings? An evaluation is needed before any decision to renew the PLA.
Report Pensions & Benefits

Union-Administered Benefit Funds

Getting More Out Of A Billion Dollar Taxpayer Contribution

February 08, 2018
NYC taxpayers are projected to contribute $1.1 billion to 108 union-administered benefit funds. Better management, oversight, and consolidation can create more than $160 million in savings for the City and improve benefits for members.
Blog Pensions & Benefits

Giving Credit Where It’s Due? New York City’s $1.3 Billion in Health Insurance Savings

December 28, 2014
In its recent mid-year budget modification the de Blasio administration credited a coalition of municipal employee unions with achieving $1.3 billion in savings in the City’s employee and retiree health insurance costs. Yet the unions have not agreed to any changes in the plan, and the City and the unions have taken no actions to reduce costs. How can this be?
Blog Public Workforce

Three Questions about 1,000 New Police Officers

June 18, 2014
As the New York City budget for fiscal year 2015 nears adoption, one of the more expensive Council initiatives, at an estimated cost of almost $100 million annually, is the hiring of 1,000 new police officers to increase staffing at police precincts.
Blog Pensions & Benefits

An Expensive Pension Enhancement Bill is on the Move

June 08, 2014
About the bill to increase disability pension benefits for police officers hired after July 1, 2009, when a more financially sustainable “Tier III” plan went into effect.
Blog Public Workforce

No Contract Does Not Mean No Raises

April 06, 2014
The fact that the entire unionized New York City municipal workforce is working under expired contracts is a big problem, but it does not mean that all municipal workers have gone without raises since their contracts expired.
Blog Public Workforce

City Government Needs to Attract Younger Workers

February 18, 2014
City leaders need to think boldly about how best to reconfigure the City’s compensation and hiring practices to attract a young and skilled workforce in coming years.