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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.
Blog
Housing
4 Fast FHEPS Facts
May 08, 2023
The cost of these rental assistance programs has increased immensely, from $16 million in fiscal year 2015 to an anticipated $636 million in fiscal year 2023.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on the NYS Fiscal Year 2024 Enacted Budget
May 02, 2023
More than a month late, New York State’s elected leaders are finally enacting the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on the NYS Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Conceptual Agreement
April 28, 2023
Four weeks late, Governor Hochul announced the State’s leaders have agreed to a framework for the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget.
Statement
City Budget
Statement on the New York City Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget
April 26, 2023
The Executive Budget lays bare the stark and potentially dark fiscal reality facing New York City.
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.
Op Ed
City Budget
Smart Savings Are Needed Now in the City Budget
New York Daily News
April 24, 2023
Ignoring six sobering realities, the critics ignore the call to smartly restrain spending growth, improve management, and speed hiring.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on the Ongoing New York State Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Delay
April 20, 2023
Budget negotiations thus far have focused on a few important policy areas, but not much about the billions of dollars and cents in the budget.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "7 Facts about the Adams Administration’s Prior Savings Plans"
April 12, 2023
When Mayor Eric Adams’ Administration directed City agencies to implement a PEG (Program to Eliminate the Gap) last week, many were concerned about the potential service impact since the Administration had already implemented three savings plans.
Blog
City Budget
7 Facts about the Adams Administration’s Prior Savings Plans
April 12, 2023
CBC finds that 92 percent of the prior plans’ savings will have no effect on services since they come from eliminating underspending, re-estimating costs, savings on debt service, leveraging federal or other funding, and increasing efficiencies in ways designed to preserve services.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "School Spending, Enrollment, and Fiscal Cliffs 101"
The NYC Department of Education Budget Before, During, and After the Pandemic
April 11, 2023
New York City spends $36.9 billion—more than one-third of its annual budget—educating children.
Statement
City Budget
Statement on NYC's FY 2024 Executive Budget PEG Directive
April 04, 2023
The City is right to initiate a PEG—a Program to Eliminate the Gap—for the Executive Budget. This action is timely, if not overdue.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on New York State Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Delay
March 31, 2023
While critical policy issues are being hammered out, little if any attention appears directed to how billions of dollars of added unfunded programs will explode the State’s already significant structural budget gap.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "Steep Incline and Cliffs Ahead"
March 27, 2023
This year’s budget proposals by the Governor, Senate, and Assembly not only fail to address the State’s precarious fiscal outlook but make it worse.
Op Ed
Economic Development
Rigorous Data Should Show Where Incentives Work Best
Crain’s New York Business
March 23, 2023
This is one area in which New York should stop following its motto—“Excelsior”!
Statement
State Budget
Statement on NYS Legislative Budget Proposals for Fiscal Year 2024
March 14, 2023
CBC has implored our State’s leaders to craft a budget that ensures fiscal stability and protects New Yorkers.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Submits Testimony on the New York City Housing Authority and the City's Preliminary Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
March 13, 2023
With deferred maintenance driving costs higher and flagging rent collection, NYCHA's structural budget gap is widening.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "Recommendations for Legislative Action on the Fiscal Year 2024 NYS Executive Budget"
March 11, 2023
CBC’s recommendations are rooted in key economic and fiscal realities.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "Shrink, Don’t Expand, the New York State Film Tax Credit"
March 06, 2023
CBC’s new blog, Shrink, Don’t Expand, the New York State Film Tax Credit, recommends rejecting the Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget proposal to extend and expand the Empire State Film Tax Credit.
Blog
Economic Development
Shrink, Don’t Expand, the New York State Film Tax Credit
March 06, 2023
The current program already is overly generous compared to other states and should be phased out.