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Letter
State Budget
Recommendations for Legislative Action on the Fiscal Year 2024 NYS Executive Budget
Letter to the State Legislature
March 11, 2023
Our state’s competitiveness to attract and retain residents and businesses may well be more threatened now than any time in the last 50 years.
Press Release
CBC News
Watchdog Groups Urge Senate and Assembly to Pass “Database of Deals” Transparency Law
May 11, 2021
The ESD Database of Economic Incentives includes only a fraction of State subsidies to businesses and does not contain crucial basic information.
Letter
Economic Development
Governor Should Sign Bill Authorizing OSC Oversight of LDCs
A Letter to Governor Cuomo
December 18, 2019
CBC urges Governor Cuomo to sign A7476/S5445, which will authorize the Office of the State Comptroller to audit local development corporations.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Submits Testimony on Renewable Energy and New York City’s Climate Adaptation
October 13, 2022
Implementing both the CLCPA and LL97 using the most cost-effective strategies and balancing economic incentives.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "Spending In Perspective" and "PEGs In Perspective"
May 23, 2023
As City Council Executive Budget hearings wrap up, signaling the next stage of New York City budget negotiations, the CBCs two new releases, Spending in Perspective and PEGs in Perspective, reveal that:
Letter
State Budget
Recommendations for Legislative Action on the NYS Executive Budget for FY 2020
A Letter to the NYS Legislature
February 25, 2019
The Executive Budget does not sufficiently restrain spending growth or build reserves, which are critical if the State is to weather an eventual economic downturn without harmful spending cuts and counterproductive tax increases.
Press Release
State Budget
CBC Releases Comprehensive Analysis of Governor Cuomo's Two Terms in Office
October 18, 2018
The CBC released a comprehensive analysis of the major demographic, economic, and fiscal trends in New York State since Governor Andrew Cuomo assumed office on January 1, 2011.
Letter
State Budget
Recommendations on the FY 2017 Executive Budget
February 25, 2016
CBC offers recommendations for legislative action on the Governor’s Executive Budget for fiscal year 2017. The recommendations cover four proposals that deserve support, five proposals that should be modified, and four proposals that should be rejected.
Press Release
CBC Releases "7 Facts About the NYC Department of Buildings"
April 25, 2023
The NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) is critical to ensuring the safety of the city’s buildings and construction, supporting development through efficient permitting and plan review, and enforcing compliance with building and zoning codes.
Presentation
New York State Rainy Day Reserves: California Dreaming
Crain's New York Business
March 18, 2018
Despite worries about NY's economic future following federal tax legislation, the state has not prepared for a downturn by contributing to reserves.
Letter
Transportation
CBC and Others Outline a Plan to Finance Long-Term Capital Needs of the MTA
May 05, 2009
This letter from the CBC and other advocates outlines a plan to finance the long-term capital needs of the MTA and its immediate operating deficit. The mobility tax should be used for expenses related to the MTA's capital plan, not for operating expenses after the first year.
Letter
State Budget
Recommendations for Legislative Action on the NYS Executive Budget for FY2019
March 05, 2018
CBC's take on proposals that should be supported, modified, or rejected.
Press Release
Health Care
CSS and CBC Release Comprehensive Report Analyzing Several Options for Closing State’s Health Insurance Coverage Gap
January 12, 2022
More than one million New Yorkers are uninsured; increasing the number of people insured would reduce morbidity and mortality and improve economic security
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.
Letter
State Budget
Recommendations for Legislative Action on the Governor's Executive Budget for FY2018
February 28, 2017
The CBC’s recommendations for proposals to support, modify, and reject.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases Improving New York City’s Land Use Decision-Making Process
September 06, 2022
New York City’s ongoing prosperity depends on creating more jobs and more housing.
Letter
Economic Development
CBC Urges the State Legislature to Let the Empire Zones Program Sunset
April 12, 2010
This letter was written to urge the State legislature to allow the seriously flawed Empire Zones program to sunset as of June 30, 2010, as established by law, and to enact the Excelsior program as proposed by the Governor.
Letter
State Budget
Advocating Procurement Reforms in the Executive Budget
March 13, 2017
We write to recommend additions to the portions of the Good Government and EthicsReform Article VII bill in the 2018 Executive Budget pertaining to procurement reform.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases Testimony on NYC Ferry
September 22, 2022
CBC’s research has documented that NYC Ferry is highly subsidized, both relative to New York’s other transit systems and other ferries nationally.
Press Release
CBC News
Pro-homes Advocacy Groups Across New York State Form ‘New York Neighbors’ Coalition
January 31, 2023
New York Neighbors is the first statewide pro-homes coalition of its kind, prioritizing a menu of policies to increase housing supply and produce affordable homes to tackle the state’s debilitating housing shortage.