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City Budget
Statement on NYC's November 2022 Financial Plan for Fiscal Years 2023 to 2026
November 15, 2022
The November 2022 Financial Plan demonstrates that New York City’s long-term fiscal outlook is precarious and worsening.
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.
Op Ed
City Budget
Eric Adams’ plan to eliminate NYC’s budget gap is very achievable — and desperately needed
New York Post
September 22, 2022
The best way to protect New York’s future is to stabilize the budget and prioritize and better manage critical services.
Statement
City Budget
Statement on the NYC Program to Eliminate the Gap (PEG) for the November 2022 Financial Plan
September 12, 2022
This is a timely call that rightly focuses on increasing productivity to reduce recurring costs while preserving services that New Yorkers rely on.
Video
CBC News
Conversation with Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer
A CBC Event
June 21, 2022
Maria Torres-Springer is New York City's Deputy Mayor for Economic and Workforce Development.
Statement
City Budget
Statement on the New York City Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Agreement
June 10, 2022
While the budget funds priorities and takes some steps to save for a future recession and stabilize the budget, it misses the opportunity to make a substantially higher RDF deposit and massively increases spending to a level not sustainable over time with City revenues.
Op Ed
City Budget
We Need to Pump Up the City's Rainy Day Fund Now
Crain's New York Business
June 07, 2022
New York City needs to be ready to protect the most vulnerable in the next economic storm. So we urge the mayor and the city council to put a serious sum into our city’s rainy day fund as they conclude budget negotiations this month, while the sun is shining.
Statement
City Budget
Statement on the New York City Fiscal Year 2023 Executive Budget
April 26, 2022
The Executive Budget takes some positive steps but focuses more on spending, nearly to the exclusion of the savings and efficiency needed to shore up the City’s fiscal house.
Op Ed
City Budget
NYC Faces Fiscal Disaster If Officials Think They Can Do It All
City & State
April 21, 2022
The choices made, along with the outcomes of city labor negotiations, will reverberate for years to come.
Statement
City Budget
Statement Regarding the New York City Fiscal Year 2023 Preliminary Budget
February 16, 2022
The City should take significant additional actions in the Executive and Adopted Budgets to make government more efficient, stave off the looming fiscal cliffs, and save for the inevitable next downturn
Op Ed
City Budget
City Can Save Billions with Better Management, Work Rules
February 01, 2022
New York’s recovery, economic competitiveness and continuing capacity to support its most vulnerable depends on making sure city services are high quality, efficient and affordable.
Statement
City Budget
CBC Statement on NYC’s November 2021 Financial Plan for Fiscal Years 2022 to 2025
November 30, 2021
While the plan reduces the budget gaps to $2.9 billion for next year, $2.7 billion in fiscal year 2024, and $2.1 billion in fiscal year 2025, in reality the gaps are about $750 million higher annually because the plan includes illusionary labor and attrition savings.
Video
CBC News
Conversation with NYC Comptroller-Elect Brad Lander
A CBC Event
November 18, 2021
Brad Lander is the NYC Comptroller-elect and current member of the New York City Council, representing the 39th District in Brooklyn.
Op Ed
City Budget
A Big Budget Briefing for Eric Adams
New York Daily News
November 16, 2021
Upon getting elected, Mayor-elect Eric Adams vowed to “get stuff done.” Adams’ focus on delivering core services and managing the budget is exactly right.
Special Feature
City Budget
Jobs Recovery Sluggish
The COVID-19 Recession is Different
November 04, 2021
NYC private-sector employment data show how the City’s economy has grown and changed since the 1990s and provide significant insight into how the City is faring during the COVID-19 pandemic and recession. CBC will be updating the figures and data quarterly to track the City’s recovery.
Statement
City Budget
Statement on the NYC Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year 2022
June 30, 2021
Despite fiscal year 2021 tax revenues being $2.1 billion more than previously expected and $15 billion in additional federal aid, the budget hamstrings the next Administration with sizable future budget gaps.
Special Feature
City Budget
5 Year Pocket Summary
Fiscal Year 2021-2022, 74th Edition
June 28, 2021
The Pocket Summary features a five-year snapshot of economic and fiscal data of New York City and New York State.
Video
CBC News
Comptroller Candidate Forum
Accountability, Not Just Accounting
May 04, 2021
The next New York City Comptroller will play a critical role not only in holding the next Administration and agencies accountable, investing and managing five pension funds with $248 billion in assets, and partnering in $13 billion City debt issuance, but also in spotlighting and promoting New York City’s fiscal health during and after the economic recovery. CBC's "Comptroller Candidate Forum: Accountability, Not Just Accounting" featured 13-minute conversations with each of the six leading candidates, in succession, allowing candidates to share their vision for the office, answer targeted questions from CBC about how they will use the office’s powers, and identify positions on key issues in a lightning round.The video was lightly edited to remove technical glitches. The content of the conversation was preserved in its entirety.
Statement
City Budget
Statement on the NYC Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2022
April 26, 2021
The Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2022 includes some commendable components but essentially fails to leverage the historic opportunity enabled by federal aid, state education support, and higher tax revenue to both provide essential services now and stabilize the City’s fiscal future
Op Ed
Public Workforce
Early Retirement Incentives for City Workers Is Foolhardy and Expensive
Crain’s New York Business
April 15, 2021
New York state has just authorized New York City to offer most civilian employees an incentive to retire early. The city should flatly reject this opportunity.