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Special Feature
State Budget
Did You Know?
NYS Enacted Budget Edition
May 24, 2024
Release of Financial Plan Shows $2B More in Spending over State’s Initial Report.
Podcast episode
Housing
1.4%, with Vicki Been
May 02, 2024
1.4% is NYC’s current—and historically low—apartment vacancy rate. New York City and State are in the throes of a housing crisis caused by decades of underproduction. To discuss the latest housing policy news affecting both NYC and the state, we’re joined by national housing expert Vicki Been, professor at NYU's Furman Center and former NYC Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development.
Letter
State Budget
Importance of Immediately Publishing Financial Plan Tables
A Letter to Governor Hochul
May 02, 2024
Weeks after announcing the budget agreement, New Yorkers still do not know most of the basics about how their money is being spent and the future implications of decisions made while enacting the budget.
Podcast episode
Housing
$60 billion, with Lisa Bova-Hiatt and Jamie Rubin
April 05, 2024
$60 billion is how much NYCHA plans to invest in its infrastructure over 5 years. Facing ongoing challenges such as budget gaps, weakening rent collection, and deteriorating physical conditions, NYCHA CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt and Chair Jamie Rubin shared their strategies for managing the nation's largest public housing system.
Video
Housing
Conversation with NYCHA CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt and NYCHA Chair Jamie Rubin
How NYCHA plans to invest $60B over 5 years
March 27, 2024
Lisa Bova-Hiatt is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the New York City Housing Authority, and Jamie Rubin is the Chair of the New York City Housing Authority.
Letter
State Budget
Publish Basic Financial Tables with Budget Agreement
A Letter to Governor Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Heastie
March 27, 2024
When the budget agreement is reached this year, we urge you to publish basic, multi-year financial plan tables along with the budget bills.
Podcast episode
State Budget
$233 billion, with Blake Washington
March 26, 2024
$233 billion is the total NYS budget proposed by Governor Hochul for fiscal year 2025. NYS Budget Director Blake Washington spoke with CBC President Andrew Rein on the State's fiscal picture and other pressing issues facing New York.
Letter
State Budget
Watchdog Groups Thank Legislative Leaders for Rejecting Extraordinary Powers in Exec Budget; Urge Them to Hold Firm
A Letter to Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Heastie
March 25, 2024
We write to urge you to hold firm on rejecting the extraordinary budget powers during negotiations and ensure that they are omitted from the enacted budget.
Letter
State Budget
Watchdog Groups Urge Legislators to Publish Basic Financial Tables with One-House Proposals
February 26, 2024
We urge Legislators to publish basic, multi-year financial plan tables with their proposals to for the Fiscal Year 2024 Enacted Budget.
Letter
State Budget
Watchdog Groups Urge Legislators to Omit Extraordinary Budget Powers in One-House Proposals
A Letter to State Legislative Leaders
February 20, 2024
Reject proposal in Fiscal Year 2025 Executive Budget that gives the Governor extraordinary powers to spend and borrow unilaterally and without oversight by the Comptroller.
Video
State Budget
Conversation with Blake Washington, NYS Budget Director
A CBC Event
February 15, 2024
Blake G. Washington is the Budget Director for the State of New York, and he joined CBC Trustees for an in-depth look at the State’s fiscal picture.
Podcast episode
Taxes
151,700, with Maria Doulis
January 31, 2024
151,700 is the net loss of New York personal income tax filers in 2020 and 2021. Was this primarily due to the pandemic? CBC is relaunching its podcast with a focus on policy discussions, starting with the podcast's founder and CBC alum Maria Doulis, Deputy New York State Comptroller for Budget and Policy Analysis. Tune in as we explore the challenge of retaining and attracting more New Yorkers.
Letter
State Budget
CBC Urges Governor to Veto "Toll Payer Protection Act"
A Letter to the Governor
December 13, 2022
CBC recommends that you veto A3801A/S3587C, the “toll payer protection act,” which would limit the ability of State authorities to collect tolls by mail and impose penalties for non-payment.
Letter
State Budget
CBC Urges Governor to Veto 20 Benefit Sweeteners
A Letter to the Governor
December 03, 2022
CBC urges you to veto 20 bills which enhance benefits and increase costs to New York State and local governments.
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.
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.
Special Feature
Education
Mapping School Aid by District
School Year 2022-23
October 03, 2022
Series of maps on distribution of school aid in New York State.
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.
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.
Letter
State Budget
Watchdog Groups Ask Governor to Show How Billions in Lump Sums Are Spent
May 24, 2022
Leading government and budget watchdog groups are once again asking Government Hochul to keep her promise to bring a “new era of transparency” to state government, this time by showing the public how billions in state lump sum funds are spent.