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Letter
State Budget
CBC Urges Support of Procurement Reform Legislation in NYC
Extend Joint Bidding on Public Works Contracts and Authorize Alternative Project Delivery Methods
September 10, 2024
CBC has long supported procurement reforms that reduce construction costs and accelerate much needed public works and infrastructure projects.
Letter
State Budget
Watchdogs Urge Governor to Sign A10281/S9171 to Require Publication of Contracts Exempt from Oversight
A Letter to the Governor
August 27, 2024
This legislation is a commonsense transparency measure that would bring much needed sunlight to the State’s emergency spending.
Letter
Economic Development
CBC Urges Veto of ICAP Extension
S9822/A10530 Extends NYC's Industrial and Commercial Abatement Program Without First Evaluating Its Effectiveness
August 13, 2024
Alternatively, a one-year extension would allow time to evaluate ICAP's cost-effectiveness and identify beneficial eligibility and benefit changes
Letter
City Budget
Improving Fiscal Integrity and Stability in NYC's FY25 Budget
A Letter to the Mayor and City Council
June 17, 2024
The decisions you make adopting the fiscal year 2025 budget will not only affect the City’s activities in the upcoming year, but will set the stage for the City’s ongoing fiscal capacity and stability to provide needed services and weather future crises.
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.
Letter
State Budget
Importance of Immediately Publishing Financial Plan Tables
A Letter to Governor Hochul
May 02, 2024
Weeks after announcing the budget agreement, New Yorkers still do not know most of the basics about how their money is being spent and the future implications of decisions made while enacting the budget.
Special Feature
City Budget
Did You Know?
NYC FY 2025 Executive Budget Edition: Spending Growth [1]
May 01, 2024
The NYC Fiscal Year 2025 Executive Budget proposes to increase City-funded spending 6.3 percent, or $5.2 billion, from fiscal year 2024 to fiscal year 2025.
Special Feature
City Budget
FAQ NYC: ‘Don’t Fudge It in the Budget’
The CITY's Podcast
April 22, 2024
Citizens Budget Commission President Andrew Rein joins hosts Katie Honan and Harry Siegel to break down what we know about the nearly quarter-trillion-dollar State budget that just dropped, weeks late, what to expect from the city's ongoing budget negotiations, and much more.
Letter
State Budget
Publish Basic Financial Tables with Budget Agreement
A Letter to Governor Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Heastie
March 27, 2024
When the budget agreement is reached this year, we urge you to publish basic, multi-year financial plan tables along with the budget bills.
Letter
State Budget
Watchdog Groups Thank Legislative Leaders for Rejecting Extraordinary Powers in Exec Budget; Urge Them to Hold Firm
A Letter to Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Heastie
March 25, 2024
We write to urge you to hold firm on rejecting the extraordinary budget powers during negotiations and ensure that they are omitted from the enacted budget.
Letter
State Budget
Watchdog Groups Urge Legislators to Publish Basic Financial Tables with One-House Proposals
February 26, 2024
We urge Legislators to publish basic, multi-year financial plan tables with their proposals to for the Fiscal Year 2024 Enacted Budget.
Letter
State Budget
Watchdog Groups Urge Legislators to Omit Extraordinary Budget Powers in One-House Proposals
A Letter to State Legislative Leaders
February 20, 2024
Reject proposal in Fiscal Year 2025 Executive Budget that gives the Governor extraordinary powers to spend and borrow unilaterally and without oversight by the Comptroller.
Letter
Transportation
CBC Urges Governor to Veto Two Free Transfers Legislation
December 14, 2017
CBC calls on Governor Andrew Cuomo to veto bill that would require the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to provide two free transfers between subways and buses within a two-hour period.
Letter
Economic Development
Governor Cuomo Should Veto Bills Expanding Economic Development Programs
November 20, 2017
CBC recommends Governor Cuomo veto three bills that would expand an economic development program.
Letter
State Budget
CBC Urges Governor to Veto Expensive Benefit Sweeteners
October 12, 2017
CBC calls on Governor Andrew Cuomo to veto 16 bills that would provide expensive enhancements to government employee and retiree benefits.
Special Feature
Housing
Mapping the Mayor's Housing Plan
August 08, 2017
Interactive map plots the location of each housing development created or preserved under NYC’s Housing New York plan.
Special Feature
Economic Development
Economic Development in the New York State Budget
June 14, 2017
Reporting is limited and differs by program. With $4.0 billion in annual state spending and tax expenditures, a significant investment is being made without enough information to evaluate its success.
Special Feature
Public Workforce
Facts About NYC Employee Compensation
May 19, 2017
An infographic that shows the City's projected headcount increase from FY2018 to FY2021, the projected average compensation from FY2017 to FY2021, and the average pay by agency and category of worker in FY2016.
Special Feature
Public Workforce
Average Pay at the 15 Largest New York City Agencies, FY 2016
April 24, 2017
How much do New York City employees earn in pay each year?
Special Feature
Education
District Map of Foundation Aid for SY 2017-2018
From Enacted NYS Budget
April 20, 2017
Interactive map that shows the distribution of Foundation Aid per pupil and per district