Search
Showing 1 - 20 of 157
Op Ed
City Budget
City budget crunch time means tough decisions — not more taxes
New York Post
December 20, 2023
Under every published projection, even after the mayor’s latest Program to Eliminate the Gap, New York City still faces a budget shortfall next year.
Podcast episode
Transportation
$1.5 trillion, with the MTA's Janno Lieber and Jamie Torres-Springer
December 19, 2023
$1.5 trillion is the MTA’s total asset value—the trains, buses, yards, and stations...all the infrastructure moving New Yorkers round the clock. At a recent CBC event, MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber and President of Construction and Development Jamie Torres-Springer discussed congestion pricing, fare evasion, congestion pricing, state of good repair, the future of Penn Station, and more.
Video
Transportation
Conversation with the MTA's Janno Lieber and Jamie Torres-Springer
A CBC Event
December 13, 2023
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber and MTA Construction & Development President Jamie Torres-Springer to discuss a wide range of issues facing the MTA.
Podcast episode
City Budget
$10.6 billion, with Andrew Rein and Ana Champeny
December 11, 2023
$10.6 billion is the real-world, all-in budget gap that NYC could be facing once you include all spending that is currently unbudgeted or underbudgeted. In a co-production with Ben Max's podcast "Max Politics," CBC President Andrew Rein and Vice President for Research Ana Champeny about the City's decisions and unforeseen events that lead to the real-world budget gap, and the options for closing it.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "Keys to a Cap-and-Invest Design That’s Earth- and Economy-Focused"
November 28, 2023
New York’s forthcoming Cap-and-Invest program provides a critical opportunity: to cost effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help meet the State’s goal of reducing emissions by 85 percent by 2050
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "What to Look for in the MTA’s November 2023 Financial Plan"
November 27, 2023
The MTA is expected to release its November 2023 Financial Plan shortly. The overall budget outlook is positive. Still, caution is warranted.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "What to Look for in the New York City November 2023 Financial Plan"
November 14, 2023
CBC’s What to Look For finds that fiscal year 2024 now has a budget gap of $839 million.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC's Op-Ed "New York Is Teetering on a Fiscal Cliff"
November 08, 2023
It's time to sound the alarm on the City's looming budget gaps.
Op Ed
City Budget
New York Is Teetering on a Fiscal Cliff
Crain’s New York Business
November 07, 2023
Fiscal stability underpins the city’s ability to provide core services to New Yorkers and is fundamental for economic growth.
Video
CBC News
Growing Gotham: Realities, Risks, and Remedies to NYC's Population Loss
A CBC Event
November 02, 2023
A half-day conference bringing together a broad group of experts—policymakers, researchers, academics, and practitioners—to delve deeply into NYC's population trends and what they mean for the City's long-term competitiveness.
Podcast episode
Energy & Environment
44 million, with Commissioner Jessica Tisch
October 20, 2023
44 million pounds of trash are generated by New Yorkers every day. The NYC Department of Sanitation not only collects residential waste, recyclables, and compostables, but it also removes snow, cleans streets and lots, removes graffiti, and fights rats. CBC Chair Marissa Shorenstein is joined by Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who is leading "New York's Trash Revolution." The revolution includes expanding composting citywide, residential and commercial waste containerization, sanitation truck and bin redesign, and more.
Op Ed
State Budget
State budget gaps are coming. The time to address them is now.
Albany Times Union
October 20, 2023
With temporary funding boosts petering out, New York must curtail spending growth to head off painful cuts later.
Video
City Budget
Conversation with DSNY Commissioner Jessica Tisch
A CBC Event
October 17, 2023
Commissioner Jessica Tisch is a lifelong New Yorker, appointed in April 2022 to lead the New York City Department of Sanitation
Podcast episode
Economic Development
4.67 million, with Andrew Kimball
October 05, 2023
4.67 million is the total number of jobs in New York City, just shy of employment pre-pandemic. Though the economy is stable and employment generally strong, challenges remain. The economy is undergoing longer term transformation including remote work, which will affect our labor market and commercial real estate, and the City faces proximate challenges with the influx of new migrants and asylum seekers. NYC EDC's President and Executive Director joined CBC to discuss the Administration’s economic growth strategy, projects ranging from Willets Point to SPARC Kips Bay, the green economy and offshore wind, soccer, ferries, and more.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Launches NYC Resident Survey
Survey invites New Yorkers to rate municipal services and the quality of their neighborhood and city
September 26, 2023
CBC today announced the launch of the NYC Resident Survey, a rare opportunity for New Yorkers to provide independent, statistically valid feedback about the City’s services and the quality of life in their neighborhood and the city.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Submits "Testimony on the New York City Housing Authority’s 2023 Physical Needs Assessment"
September 22, 2023
NYCHA’s PNA provides the information needed to identify what has happened to NYCHA’s housing stock over the past five years and to help plan for its future.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "Needs and Wants: What to Look for in the MTA's Twenty-Year Needs Assessment"
September 21, 2023
CBC's new report recommends five ways the MTA can ensure its upcoming Twenty-Year Needs Assessment (TYNA) includes the information that the public, policymakers, and MTA leadership need.
Video
Economic Development
Conversation with Andrew Kimball, President & CEO of NYC EDC
A CBC Event
September 13, 2023
Andrew Kimball is President & CEO of New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), where he leads NYCEDC’s work growing an innovative and inclusive economy for all New Yorkers.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "The Learning Ledger: NYS School Aid Continues to Rise in the 2023-24 School Year"
September 06, 2023
CBC’s new report reveals that New York State’s school aid increases 8.8 percent this year, despite the State’s massive future budget gaps.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Submits "Testimony on Congestion Pricing and the MTA's Fiscal Health
August 17, 2023
Congestion pricing revenues will provide critical funding for one-quarter of the MTA's 2020-2024 Capital Plan—resources that are essential to ensure progress toward a state of good repair for the region's transit system.