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Report
Housing
The Affordable Housing Crisis
How Bad Is It in New York City?
August 05, 2014
The policy brief, the first in a series on housing affordability, analyzes data from 22 U.S. cities to assess whether affordable housing is a nationwide problem or one particular to New York City.
Testimony
Health Care
Public Comment Submitted to the Medicaid Redesign Team II
March 02, 2020
CBC offers these recommendations to the MRT and hopes they also guide State leaders when adopting the fiscal year 2021 budget.
Report
Housing
Uncertain Future, Urgent Priority:
Fix NYCHA's Operating Budget Now
May 19, 2023
rapidly rising costs and flagging rent collections have combined to widen budget gaps, leaving NYCHA increasingly reliant on City subsidies and other non-operating resources to fund its basic operations.
Blog
Pensions & Benefits
The Case Against Tapping the Health Insurance Premium Stabilization Fund
June 14, 2011
Diverting money from the Health Insurance Premium Stabilization Fund may seem harmless, but it is a fiscal gimmick that only postpones the tough decisions needed to address the underlying causes of the City’s financial predicament.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases Five Fast Facts About the New York State Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget
February 03, 2023
CBC's preliminary analysis of the fiscal documents identifies these five facts on the overall budget
Report
Health Care
A Troubling Prognosis for HHC's Finances
April 23, 2012
This report assesses New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation's (HHC) critical role within the health care safety net protecting lower income New Yorkers, and it explores two significant fiscal challenges in the coming years: threats to City-supported revenues and an inadequate gap-closing plan.
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
CBC Urges Governor to Sign A1926A/S1683A for Home Care Services Data Reporting
A Letter to the Governor
October 27, 2023
CBC recommends that you sign A1926A/S1683A, a bill to require annual reporting on home care services.
Testimony
Taxes
Comments on New York City Property Tax Reform
December 04, 2019
The balancing act facing legislators as they consider proposals to reform the property tax is how to increase equity, fairness, and transparency, while maintaining fiscal stability and reliability.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "4 Fast FHEPS Facts"
May 08, 2023
CBC's new blog finds that spending on New York City's rental assistance programs is expected to reach $636 million in fiscal year 2023.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "NYS Budget Outlook"
March 07, 2024
CBC’s NYS Budget Outlook finds that the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget is buoyed by higher projected tax receipts, but the additional funds still leave large annual budget gaps and a substantial structural budget gap.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "No Extension without Evaluation"
February 23, 2023
CBC's newest blog, No Extension without Evaluation, recommends rejecting the proposed extensions.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "Building the Housing We Need"
March 01, 2023
Governor Kathy Hochul proposed a package of bills intended to double New York’s housing production rate to create 800,000 new units over the next decade.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "Setting the Right Ceiling: Rethinking the City’s Debt Limits and Capital Process"
April 03, 2024
CBC recommends the State reject the arbitrary, lump sum debt limit expansions the City and Executive Budget proposed, and adopt a more analytically grounded, sustainable approach.
Blog
Pensions & Benefits
Simple But Significant
Savings from the Elimination of the Medicare Part B Reimbursement
December 19, 2010
As New York’s elected officials consider options for balancing budgets in the face of record deficits, they should eliminate a public employee fringe benefit rarely offered anywhere else: reimbursement for Medicare Part B premiums.
Video
CBC News
Conversation with Superintendent of Financial Services Adrienne Harris
A CBC Event
September 20, 2022
Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris was nominated by Governor Hochul to lead the New York State Department of Financial Services in August, 2021 and confirmed on January 25, 2022.
Press Release
Health Care
CBC Report Finds NYC H+H Recovered Only 54 Percent of Associated Patient Care Costs from Insurers
Compared to 85 Percent for Safety Net Hospitals
December 16, 2019
Majority of H+H Deficit was due to low revenue for care to Medicaid patients, not uncompensated care for the uninsured.
Report
Health Care
Fiscal Challenges Facing the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
November 06, 2014
HHC is crucial to all New Yorkers, providing care to more than one million patients annually. Despite HHC's importance, its fiscal condition is troubled. HHC's cash resources are being depleted; absent an aggressive gap-closing plan its cash reserves will be exhausted in fiscal year 2016.
Report
Housing
Nine Facts New Yorkers Should Know About Rent Regulation
June 23, 2009
This report details nine important facts for the Legislature to keep in mind as rent laws are considered for modification. CBC believes they should be cautious about initiatives to extend the reach of rent regulation. Instead, state leaders should think more broadly about ways to better target assistance to lower income households and to allow the market to work in ways that better allocate housing and expand housing choices for all New Yorkers.
Report
Health Care
Narrowing New York's Health Insurance Coverage Gap
January 11, 2022
More than 1 million New Yorkers remained uninsured and New York ranks seventh among states on coverage.