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Housing
Think Your Rent Is High?
Documenting New York City’s Severest Rent Burdens
October 11, 2018
Housing affordability is a perennial concern of New Yorkers and their elected officials, and the production and preservation of affordable housing is a key priority of the de Blasio Administration.
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Housing
Stanley Brezenoff, Interim Chair & CEO, NYC Housing Authority
CBC Breakfast Series
October 10, 2018
Mr. Stanley Brezenoff oversees 326 public housing developments that are home to more than 400,000 New Yorkers. Mr. Brezenoff's shares his reaction to recent CBC research and gives an update on NYCHA's activities and planning.
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Taxes
The New York City Property Tax
Problems, Inequities, and Potential Reforms
September 13, 2018
NYC Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform is charged with recommending reforms to make the NYC property tax fairer, simpler, and more transparent. CBC, the Regional Plan Association, and NYU Wagner convened a panel to discuss the current property tax system and the reforms that should be pursued.
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Housing
Stabilizing the Foundation
Transforming NYCHA to Address Its Capital Needs
July 03, 2018
Rather than continue as the nation’s largest landlord, NYCHA should transition to an affordable housing steward employing a full range of strategies to preserve the affordability of its units.
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Housing
Marisa Lago, Director of the Dept. of City Planning
CBC Breakfast Series
June 19, 2018
Marisa Lago, Director of the Department of City Planning and Chair of the City Planning Comission, joined the CBC to discuss the U.S. Census, neighborhood revitalization, housing afforability, and resiliency and sustainability.
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Taxes
Practical Policy in Challenging Circumstances:
How NYS and NYC Should Respond to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
March 18, 2018
Strategies to mitigate the federal tax law's threat to New York's competitiveness and New Yorkers' wallets.
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CBC News
NYS Budget Director Robert Mujica (2018)
Annual Budget Briefing
February 15, 2018
NYS Budget Director Robert Mujica presents the annual New York State Executive Budget Briefing to CBC.
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City Budget
Budget Concerns
Inside City Hall
February 04, 2018
Citizens Budget Commission President Carol Kellerman sat down with Errol Louis to share some of her concerns over Mayor de Blasio’s proposed budget.
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Taxes
How Bad Is It? Implications of the Federal Tax Law for NY
Special Half-Day Conference
January 24, 2018
The federal tax overhaul passed last month may have enormous impacts in New York. What can we expect and what are the best responses?
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Housing
NYCHA Capital
What You Need to Know
December 20, 2017
Part 1 of our analysis reviews NYCHA's capital needs and spending patterns over the last 5 years.
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Economic Development
Tax Increment Financing: A Primer
December 05, 2017
This report provides an overview of TIF and a five-point checklist drawn from lessons learned from past projects to help identify potential TIF projects.
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Housing
HPD Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer
CBC Breakfast Series
September 21, 2017
CBC Breakfast conversation with NYC Housing and Preservation Development Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer.
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Housing
Room to Breathe
Federal and City Actions Help NYCHA Close Operating Gaps, But More Progress Needed on Implementing NextGenNYCHA
July 19, 2017
How is NYCHA doing two years into its implementation of NextGeneration NYCHA?
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Taxes
The Nelson Report: CBC’s Maria Doulis on NYC’s fiscal issues
July 10, 2017
New York State and local tax deductions, New York City’s $85 billion fiscal plan for 2018, and the inequity of New York City’s real estate property tax system.
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City Budget
NYC Resident Feedback Survey: Community District Results
Reveal Wide "Satisfaction Gap" Between Districts
June 30, 2017
How do New Yorkers feel about quality of life and municipal services? It varies tremendously by community district.
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City Budget
NYC Resident Feedback Survey: Report of Results
May 16, 2017
10,000 New Yorkers responded to a survey about which services they're satisfied with -- and which are in need of improvement.
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Taxes
New York City Property Taxes
3 Things Owners and Renters Should Know
December 22, 2016
Why do owners of the same type of property pay vastly different rates?
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Economic Development
New York City's Competitiveness in Attracting Talent
2016 Scorecard
September 28, 2016
How does the New York City metro area compare to other large cities in the competition for a talented workforce? Affordability and commute times remain challenges.
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State Budget
Predicting the Peak, Preparing for the Trough
An Examination of the Impact of a Possible Recession on New York State
June 20, 2016
The impact of a possible recession could be as high as $59 billion, or 18.2 percent of tax revenues over four years.
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Housing
Rent Regulation: Beyond the Rhetoric
June 01, 2010
This report is designed to inform debates over changes in rent regulation. It provides background information including a history of rent regulation laws and an overview of the rental housing market in New York City, it describes the benefits of current rent regulations in the forms of “discounts” to affected households and increases in “affordable” housing for New Yorkers, it assesses the evidence relating to criticisms of rent regulation, and it recommends future rent regulation policies based on the findings discussed.