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City Budget
Comptrollerpalooza!
NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and NYC Comptroller Brad Lander
September 23, 2024
Moderated by former NYC Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr.
Report
Transportation
Focus, Fix, and Finance
How to Rightsize and Fund the 2025 – 2029 MTA Capital Program
September 16, 2024
This report assesses the status of projects in the current and prior capital programs, identifies the appropriate maximum size and focus of an achievable but ambitious capital program, estimates available funding and the size of the funding gap, outlines criteria for consideration of funding sources, and discusses how those criteria apply to sources that have been suggested or may be discussed.
Testimony
Transportation
Testimony on NYC Ferry
Submitted to the New York City Council Committee on Economic Development and Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
September 10, 2024
NYC Ferry remains one of the most heavily subsidized transit options in New York City, and one of the most subsidized public ferry systems in the country.
Testimony
Education
Public Hearing on New York State School Aid
Submitted to the Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY
August 14, 2024
Report
Education
Sustainably Supporting a Sound Basic Education
Part 2
August 14, 2024
Flaws in New York State’s school aid funding formulas stop the State from effectively distributing funds based on student need and local capacity.
Video
City Budget
Briefing on the NYS and NYC Fiscal Year 2025 Budgets
July 30, 2024
CBC's Ana Champeny and Patrick Orecki delivered a briefing on the fiscal year 2025 budgets of New York State and New York City, including basic fiscal overviews and the risks facing the State and the City.
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City Budget
Myths and Facts
NYC Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year 2025
July 30, 2024
Throughout the budget debate, public discussion was sometimes hampered by misunderstanding by various stakeholders. This chartbook fact checks and corrects five relatively common, inaccurate perceptions about the budget.
Testimony
Education
Public Hearing on New York State School Aid
Submitted to the Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY
July 16, 2024
CBC strongly believes that the State should take a more active role promoting performance and spreading best practices, increasing transparency, and improving accountability, especially given the vast amount of resources provided and the criticality of education to New Yorkers’ and our state’s future.
Report
Education
Sustainably Supporting a Sound Basic Education
Proposals to Reform NYS School Aid
July 16, 2024
While attention is primarily focused on Foundation Aid, which comprises nearly two-thirds of State school aid, effective resource allocation reform should address all funding streams.
Testimony
Housing
Build More Housing, Everywhere
City of Yes Takes Right Approach to NYC’s Housing Crisis
July 10, 2024
The City of Yes for Housing Opportunity takes the right approach to New York City’s housing crisis: Build more housing, everywhere, of all types, for everyone.
Report
City Budget
Refined Recommendations to NYC Charter Revision Commission
for Improving Finances and Resident Feedback
July 08, 2024
The sections below outline the proposed changes and how they would improve the City’s financial management and resident feedback. Draft Charter language is in the Appendix.
Testimony
City Budget
Testimony on Proposed Changes to the New York City Charter
Submitted to the New York City Charter Revision Commission
July 08, 2024
The time to start protecting New Yorkers is now, not after the next crisis.
Report
City Budget
NYC Adopted Budget
Pleasing, Not Prudent
July 01, 2024
Unfortunately, our City’s leaders again did little to ensure priority programs are sustainable by making government more efficient and shrinking lower impact activities.
Report
Housing
A Building Crisis
The Quality-of-Life, Population, and Economic Effects of Housing Underproduction
June 27, 2024
By modernizing the City’s zoning ordinance to allow more housing everywhere, the City can start to chip away at a housing shortage that has been years in the making.
Testimony
Transportation
Unpause Congestion Pricing ASAP; Use Available Money for State of Good Repair
June 26, 2024
Instead of scrambling to identify substitute revenue and risk a short-sighted decision that does not serve the long run, the focus should be on using available funds to accelerate investment and producing a thoughtful, long-term plan to sustainably finance core infrastructure needs.
Video
State Budget
Conversation with Adrienne Harris
Superintendent of the NYS Dept. of Financial Services
June 21, 2024
Since taking over at DFS, Superintendent Harris has overhauled the agency and taken decisive actions on a series of defining issues including virtual currency, cybersecurity, and consumer protection.Superintendent Harris is a former CBC New Leader.
Report
City Budget
Preliminary Recommendations to NYC Charter Revision Commission
for Improving Finances, Management, and Resident Feedback
June 13, 2024
CBC believes the CRC should focus on recommending changes that are appropriate to the Charter and not local law.
Testimony
City Budget
Testimony Before the New York City Charter Revision Commission
June 13, 2024
Our Preliminary Recommendations focus on three areas to improve the Charter: Fiscal Integrity and Stability, Management Quality and Efficiency, and Resident Feedback.
Special Feature
State Budget
Did You Know?
NYS Enacted Budget Edition
May 24, 2024
Release of Financial Plan Shows $2B More in Spending over State’s Initial Report.
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City Budget
Checklist for NYC Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Adoption
Strengthening the City’s Fiscal Health and Competitiveness
May 22, 2024
The City Council will wrap up its Fiscal Year 2025 Executive Budget hearings this week, kicking Administration and Council budget negotiations into high gear.