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Podcast episode
Economic Development
20,000, with Industry City CEO Andrew Kimball and Councilmember Carlos Menchaca
September 24, 2020
20,000 is the number of jobs that could be potentially created by proposed rezoning of Industry City, a sprawling retail, office, and manufacturing complex in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. But this week the developer pulled the plug on the proposal after negotiations with stakeholders came to a standstill. What went wrong, and what does that mean for the future of Industry? This is episode is a tale of two rezonings, as told by Industry City CEO Andrew Kimball and NYC Councilmember Carlos Menchaca.
Podcast episode
City Budget
$103.3 billion, with Comptroller Scott Stringer
July 09, 2021
$103.3 billion is the total amount of spending authorized by the City Council for Fiscal Year 2022. While officials call it a budget of $98.3 billion, the larger figure reflects the full amount to be expended, including $6 billion available from the prior year due to higher than expected tax receipts and federal aid. Joining the podcast to discuss the adopted budget is NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer.
Statement
City Budget
CBC Calls for Greater Savings to Address Looming NYC Budget Gap
March 24, 2020
Responding to the pandemic and the economic crisis it has triggered will have a significant impact on NYC’s finances in both the near and long term.
Statement
City Budget
Statement on NYC Preliminary Budget FY 2020
February 07, 2019
In this uncertain economic environment, Mayor Bill de Blasio is right to urge caution and has announced the first Program to Eliminate the Gap (PEG) of his administration to be implemented in the Executive Budget. But for now, the City of New York Preliminary Budget Fiscal Year 2020 shows modest restraint in spending growth.
Op Ed
Energy & Environment
Align Our Fiscal Policies to Meet Our Climate Goals
September 25, 2020
The concurrent public health, economic and fiscal crises serve as stark reminders of the need to prepare for the future and potential risks.
Statement
State Budget
CBC Statement on the NYS Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Agreement
April 06, 2021
Unfortunately, the State’s leaders did not appropriately leverage the opportunity provided by the infusion of funds to stabilize New York’s fiscal picture and maintain its economic competitiveness.
Video
City Budget
The Mayor Called on NYC Agencies to Cut Their Budgets, But is the City Saving Enough?
NY1 Inside City Hall
February 08, 2019
CBC President Andrew Rein and IBO Director Ronnie Lowenstein joined Errol Louis on NY1 Inside City Hall to analyze the budget and explain if the city is saving enough for the next economic downturn.
Podcast episode
Housing
6 months, with Gregory Russ
January 30, 2020
6 months is the time the New York City Housing Authority has to develop a reorganization plan. In this episode NYCHA Chair & CEO Greg Russ discusses working with the federal monitor to facilitate change, working with residents to instill confidence, and what needs to happen at NYCHA to make it a high-performing agency that can ably serve its 380,000 residents.
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.
Podcast episode
City Budget
70 million, with Kathryn Garcia and Cas Holloway
June 19, 2020
70 million is the number of free meals distributed by the NYC since mid-March, when the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. Today we talk to members of the public and private sector teams that made this success happen: Sanitation Commissioner and "Food Czar" Kathryn Garcia, and Cas Holloway of Unqork, the enterprise software company that developed an app virtually overnight.
Blog
Transportation
Light, at the Beginning of the Tunnel
What to Look for in the MTA 2021 July Financial Plan
July 20, 2021
While the path to achieving operating savings is hard, it is much preferable to phase in these savings over the next few years than to have massive fare and toll increases, economically damaging service cuts, or significant increases in dedicated taxes and subsidies.
Video
CBC News
Conversation with CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez
A CBC Event
April 29, 2021
Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez outlined his key priorities for the City University of New York as an engine of economic opportunity and mobility, including a comprehensive plan to bolster business opportunities for firms owned by women, minorities, and service-disabled veterans.
Podcast episode
City Budget
Episode 93: $88.2 billion, with Ana Champeny
July 01, 2020
$88.2 billion is the size of the NYC budget adopted for FY 2021. After years of economic expansion, this is the first budget Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Johnson negotiated in a recession. CBC's Ana Champeny joined the podcast to discuss why this is just the first of many tough choices facing City leaders.
Podcast episode
City Budget
29 acres, the Special Flushing Waterfront District
December 03, 2020
29 is the number of acres in the proposed Special Flushing Waterfront District. In our third episode on land use and zoning, we move from Brooklyn to Flushing, Queens to discuss the proposed district that could add 3 million square feet of housing, hotel, retail and office space; remediate Flushing Creek; and create waterfront access and park space. Developer Helen Lee and proposal critic John Choe joined the podcast to share their competing views.
Press Release
Economic Development
Editorials Call for Clean Contracting, Database of Deals in Budget
March 29, 2019
With two days left to finalize the state’s budget, editorial boards are again amplifying the call by watchdogs for Governor Cuomo and the legislature to restore integrity to the state’s contracting process.
Podcast episode
City Budget
25,000 with Vishaan Chakrabarti
February 21, 2019
25,000 is the number of jobs that would have been created under a now-defunct deal with Amazon to create a second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. Vishaan Chakrabarti, founder of the Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU), discusses the deal and how its failure may impact New York City's economic competitiveness.
Podcast episode
Transportation
800,000, with John Porcari
March 21, 2021
800,000 is the approximate number of daily passengers who travel on Northeast Corridor trains. The only rail link that connects New York and New Jersey is through a 110-year-old tunnel under the Hudson River. The Biden administration has pledged to move forward the Gateway Program―the planned, phased expansion and renovation of the Northeast Corridor rail line, including the aging tunnel. John Porcari, the founding interim Executive Director of the Gateway Development Corporation, joined the podcast to update listeners on the status of this critical infrastructure project.
Blog
City Budget
Less Spending, More Saving
Benchmarks to Assess the NYC Financial Plan
November 13, 2019
Four things the upcoming budget should do to put the city on better financial footing.
Report
City Budget
Getting the Basics Right
Fiscal, Managerial, and Policy Priorities for Recovery, Stability and Prosperity
November 08, 2021
To ensure that New York recovers, stabilizes, and ultimately thrives, the incoming Administration should set and implement fiscal, managerial, and policy priorities that will boost the city’s economy and competitiveness, and provide the services and opportunities necessary for New Yorkers to flourish.
Podcast episode
Transportation
24/7, with Sarah Feinberg and Janno Lieber
April 01, 2021
24/7 is the number of hours and days New Yorkers traditionally have had access to the subway system. In response to the pandemic the MTA suspended overnight service to clean and disinfect the subway, giving riders the confidence they need to return to the system. The pandemic decimated revenue and ridership this past year, but with an infusion of federal funds and slowly returning ridership the MTA financial forecast has stabilized for the time being. However, they're still not out of the woods. Today's guests are two leaders who will chart and manage the course forward for the MTA: New York City Transit Interim President Sarah Feinberg, and MTA Chief Development Officer Janno Lieber.