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State Budget
Statement on the NYS Fiscal Year 2024 Enacted Budget Financial Plan
June 12, 2023
NYS's Enacted Budget Financial Plan reveals that the State’s future budget gaps have doubled to $9.1 billion just next year and $13.4 billion in fiscal year 2027.
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.
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.
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.
Testimony
Education
Testimony on the NYC Department of Education and the City’s FY 2024 Preliminary Budget
Submitted to the New York City Council Committee on Education
March 15, 2023
Understanding the DOE’s budget and spending trends prior to and throughout the pandemic, and the implications for fiscal year 2024 and beyond, is vital to determine how much of the City’s resources should be allocated to the DOE going forward.
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.
Testimony
Housing
Testimony on the New York City Housing Authority and the City's Preliminary Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
New York City Council Committee on Public Housing
March 13, 2023
To balance its budget and fund its basic operations, NYCHA was increasingly reliant on City subsidies and non-recurring funding sources.
Testimony
Transportation
Testimony on the State Plan to Address the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Financial Crisis
Submitted to the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions and the Standing Committee on Transportation
March 03, 2023
The fiscal stability of the MTA is of paramount importance to the region and the State.
Testimony
Housing
Testimony on the Residential Conversion of Commercial Buildings
Submitted to the New York City Council Committee on Land Use
February 28, 2023
Even though New York City’s economy and real estate market are both much stronger today than they were in the early 1990s, the history of 421-g remains relevant.
Statement
Public Workforce
Statement on the New York City–District Council 37 Tentative Contract Agreement
February 17, 2023
The tentative contract announced today provides raises that are very reasonable given recent and anticipated inflation. The great challenge is how the City will pay for them.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on the NYS Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2024
February 01, 2023
With a structural budget gap exceeding $12 billion annually, New York should focus on aligning spending with revenues, and should not create new fiscal cliffs.
Testimony
Energy & Environment
Testimony on the Implementation of the Climate Action Council Final Scoping Plan
Submitted to the New York State Senate Standing Committees on Finance, Energy and Telecommunications, and Environmental Conservation
January 19, 2023
New York has a long way to go to meet its ambitious climate goals.
Statement
City Budget
Statement on the New York City Fiscal Year 2024 Preliminary Budget
January 12, 2023
Much more aggressive action is needed to stabilize future budgets, hedge against a looming recession, and improve the quality and efficiency of services.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on Governor Hochul's 2023 State of the State Address
January 10, 2023
The State of the State presented an expansive menu. We now await the Executive Budget to see the bill.
Testimony
Public Workforce
Testimony on the New York City Health Insurance for Employees and Retirees
Submitted to the New York City Council Committee on Civil Service and Labor
January 09, 2023
With health insurance costs budgeted to increase at a rate of 8.5 percent between fiscal years 2023 and 2026, efforts to restrain the City’s costs are critical.
Testimony
City Budget
Testimony on the New York City November 2022 Financial Plan for Fiscal Years 2023 to 2026
Submitted to the New York City Council Committee on Finance
December 08, 2022
This November Plan demonstrated that while New York City’s short-term budget challenges are manageable, its long-term fiscal outlook is precarious.
Statement
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.