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Letter State Budget

New York State Should Responsibly Address Serious Fiscal Imbalance

December 10, 2019
The Citizens Budget Commission welcomes the recognition that the State must immediately address its serious fiscal imbalance.
Letter Pensions & Benefits

CBC Urges Veto of 18 Benefit Sweeteners

October 18, 2019
The Governor should veto all 18 bills and send a strong message that past reforms will not be overturned.
Letter Pensions & Benefits

Governor Cuomo Should Veto Costly Employee and Retiree Benefits

November 27, 2018
CBC Recommends veto of A8164-b/S3770-b, A8402-b/S6435-b, A9909/S7705, A9910/S7704, and A10735/S7933.
Letter Taxes

New York State Should Create an Unincorporated Business Tax

July 26, 2018
A UBT is needed to blunt the impact of federal tax reform; here are CBC's recommendations for designing it.

Letter State Budget

Significant Impacts the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the Residents and Revenues of New York State

March 20, 2018
I write to convey the Citizens Budget Commission’s findings about the significant impacts the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will have on the residents and revenues of New York City and New York State and recommended steps needed to address these problems.
Letter Taxes

Significant Impacts the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the Residents and Revenues of New York City

March 20, 2018
I write to convey the Citizens Budget Commission’s findings about the significant impacts the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will have on the residents and revenues of New York City and New York State and recommended steps needed to address these problems.
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.
Letter Pensions & Benefits

CBC Proposes Guidelines for Determination of Health Insurance Savings Between City and MLC

June 05, 2014
This letter suggests guidelines for effective implementation of the agreement between the City and the Municipal Labor Committee to generate $3.4 billion in health care savings between fiscal years 2015 and 2018.
Letter State Budget

CBC Recommendations on Tax Relief and Reform Proposals in Executive Budget

March 05, 2014
This letter expresses support for Executive Budget tax reforms, but recommends that action on the property tax relief proposals be deferred until their design is improved and the surplus necessary to sustain them is achieved.
Letter Taxes

CBC Recommendations to the New York State Tax Relief Commission

November 26, 2013
This letter to the NYS Tax Relief Commission includes cautions about the State's ability to commit to large new property tax relief programs, and recommendations for providing better relief with the $4 billion the State spends on current programs.
Letter Pensions & Benefits

CBC Urges the Governor to Veto a School District Borrowing Bill

July 11, 2011
CBC sent a letter to Governor Cuomo urging him to veto A6309/S4067, the bill that would allow school districts to borrow an amount equal to 125% of their required 2011 pension contributions and to repay them over 15 years.
Letter Pensions & Benefits

CBC Commends State Legislators' Vote Against School District Borrowing

June 29, 2011
CBC sent a letter of commendation to the State Legislators who voted against school district borrowing for pension contributions (A6309/S4067).
Letter Pensions & Benefits

CBC Inquiry About the Health Insurance Premium Stabilization Fund

June 27, 2011
CBC Letter to Comptroller John Liu asking three questions about the Health Insurance Stabilization Fund (HISF) and calling for an audit.
Letter Pensions & Benefits

CBC Encourages Governor Paterson to Veto Benefit Sweeteners

July 22, 2010
The fiscal realities of the time have not deterred the Legislature from advancing dozens of bills enhancing benefits for State and local employees and retirees. Three were already sent to you for consideration this week; another will be shortly. We are writing to ask that you veto them.
Letter Pensions & Benefits

CBC Commends Legislators Who Voted Against Postponing Pension Contributions

July 14, 2009
CBC commends legislators for voting against A9037/S52204, a bill that would have allowed state and local governments to postpone paying the full required annual contributions to their employee pension funds.
Letter Pensions & Benefits

CBC Encourages Legislatures to Avoid Pension Sweetener Legislation

June 02, 2009
This letter notifies the Legislature that the CBC has issued a "Pension Sweetener Scorecard" that tracks legislative and gubernatorial actions regarding pension benefits and highlights those actions for the media and the public. These sweeteners are often enacted over the objections of elected heads of local governments and always at the expense of taxpayers.
Letter Pensions & Benefits

CBC Urges the Governor to Veto a Benefit Sweetener for Police and Firefighters

May 29, 2009
This letter from the CBC urges the Governor to veto A3426/S1409, a bill that would extend Tier II provisions to all police officers and firefighters who join a public retirement system on or after July 1, 2009 to July 1, 2011.
Letter Pensions & Benefits

CBC Urges Governor Paterson to Veto Costly Mandate for Retired Teachers

May 12, 2009
This letter from the CBC urges the Governor to veto A4628, a bill that would renew the provision that prohibits school districts from reducing the health insurance benefits offered to retirees unless the changes are approved by the local teachers union.
Letter State Budget

10 Do's and Don'ts for Spending the Federal Stimulus Funds

February 25, 2009
This letter to the Legislature warns that the federal aid to New York is limited and temporary, suggests ten do’s and don’ts for using the federal funds and closing the budget gap while avoiding harmful cuts and tax increases, and highlights possible allocation of the funds.
Letter State Budget

Recommendations for FY 2009-2010 State Budget

February 02, 2009
This letter to the state legislature suggests two strategic directions to guide budget policy and offers a roadmap that avoids harmful tax increases and makes spending better serve New Yorkers by suggesting reforms in five key areas: Medicaid, school aid, correctional facilities, public employee benefits, and programs like STAR and Empire Zones.

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