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State Budget
Watchdogs: State’s “Quick Start” Budget Meeting Is Good Government
Sensible for Governor, Comptroller, Senate, and Assembly to Seek Consensus on State Revenues before Starting Debate on Spending
November 14, 2023
“Quick start” is a common-sense way to increase transparency and keep the budget centered on spending priorities instead of bickering over projected revenues.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on New York State’s Mid-Year Update to the Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Plan
October 30, 2023
While the Midyear Update clearly includes some good news, the State is still far from out of the woods.
Testimony
Energy & Environment
Comment on the Second Set of Proposed Rules for Local Law 97
Submitted to the New York City Department of Buildings
October 24, 2023
CBC has long advocated to incentivize cost-effective compliance paths that prioritize emissions reduction over merely paying the fines.
Op Ed
State Budget
State budget gaps are coming. The time to address them is now.
Albany Times Union
October 20, 2023
With temporary funding boosts petering out, New York must curtail spending growth to head off painful cuts later.
Testimony
Housing
Testimony on the New York City Housing Authority’s 2023 Physical Needs Assessment
Submitted to the New York City Council Committee on Public Housing
September 22, 2023
NYCHA’s PNA provides the information needed to identify what has happened to NYCHA’s housing stock over the past five years and to help plan for its future.
Special Feature
Education
Mapping School Aid by District
School Year 2023-24
September 06, 2023
The series of maps below provide district-level data on the distribution of school spending, State school aid, enrollment change, and other data for school year 2023-24.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on the NYS Fiscal Year 2024 Enacted Budget Financial Plan
June 12, 2023
NYS's Enacted Budget Financial Plan reveals that the State’s future budget gaps have doubled to $9.1 billion just next year and $13.4 billion in fiscal year 2027.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on the NYS Fiscal Year 2024 Enacted Budget
May 02, 2023
More than a month late, New York State’s elected leaders are finally enacting the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on the NYS Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Conceptual Agreement
April 28, 2023
Four weeks late, Governor Hochul announced the State’s leaders have agreed to a framework for the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on the Ongoing New York State Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Delay
April 20, 2023
Budget negotiations thus far have focused on a few important policy areas, but not much about the billions of dollars and cents in the budget.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on New York State Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Delay
March 31, 2023
While critical policy issues are being hammered out, little if any attention appears directed to how billions of dollars of added unfunded programs will explode the State’s already significant structural budget gap.
Op Ed
Economic Development
Rigorous Data Should Show Where Incentives Work Best
Crain’s New York Business
March 23, 2023
This is one area in which New York should stop following its motto—“Excelsior”!
Statement
State Budget
Statement on NYS Legislative Budget Proposals for Fiscal Year 2024
March 14, 2023
CBC has implored our State’s leaders to craft a budget that ensures fiscal stability and protects New Yorkers.
Testimony
Housing
Testimony on the New York City Housing Authority and the City's Preliminary Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
New York City Council Committee on Public Housing
March 13, 2023
To balance its budget and fund its basic operations, NYCHA was increasingly reliant on City subsidies and non-recurring funding sources.
Testimony
Housing
Testimony on the Residential Conversion of Commercial Buildings
Submitted to the New York City Council Committee on Land Use
February 28, 2023
Even though New York City’s economy and real estate market are both much stronger today than they were in the early 1990s, the history of 421-g remains relevant.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on the NYS Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2024
February 01, 2023
With a structural budget gap exceeding $12 billion annually, New York should focus on aligning spending with revenues, and should not create new fiscal cliffs.
Op Ed
Housing
How New York Can Build Housing
New York Daily News
January 19, 2023
Solving New York’s housing crisis requires decisive action to catalyze faster development of hundreds of thousands of new homes.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on Governor Hochul's 2023 State of the State Address
January 10, 2023
The State of the State presented an expansive menu. We now await the Executive Budget to see the bill.