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Op Ed
Transportation
How to Fix the MTA's Huge Budget Deficit
Crain’s New York Business
November 21, 2022
A strong public transit system is essential to New York’s economy and New Yorkers’ quality of life.
Video
Housing
How New York Can Improve Its Land Use Decision-Making Process
A CBC Event
September 28, 2022
CBC convened key stakeholders to discuss how to improve the City's land use decision-making process.
Op Ed
City Budget
Eric Adams’ plan to eliminate NYC’s budget gap is very achievable — and desperately needed
New York Post
September 22, 2022
The best way to protect New York’s future is to stabilize the budget and prioritize and better manage critical services.
Video
CBC News
Conversation with Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer
A CBC Event
June 21, 2022
Maria Torres-Springer is New York City's Deputy Mayor for Economic and Workforce Development.
Op Ed
City Budget
We Need to Pump Up the City's Rainy Day Fund Now
Crain's New York Business
June 07, 2022
New York City needs to be ready to protect the most vulnerable in the next economic storm. So we urge the mayor and the city council to put a serious sum into our city’s rainy day fund as they conclude budget negotiations this month, while the sun is shining.
Op Ed
City Budget
NYC Faces Fiscal Disaster If Officials Think They Can Do It All
City & State
April 21, 2022
The choices made, along with the outcomes of city labor negotiations, will reverberate for years to come.
Video
Health Care
How to Insure 1 Million New Yorkers
A Panel Discussion with Leading Experts
March 04, 2022
More than 1 million New Yorkers remain uninsured; narrowing the coverage gap would reduce morbidity and mortality and improve economic security. This discussion will open with a presentation of the CBC and CSS report, Narrowing New York's Health Insurance Coverage Gap, followed by a discussion with health care, health insurance, labor and Executive branch leaders.
Op Ed
City Budget
City Can Save Billions with Better Management, Work Rules
February 01, 2022
New York’s recovery, economic competitiveness and continuing capacity to support its most vulnerable depends on making sure city services are high quality, efficient and affordable.
Video
Transportation
Conversation with MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber
A CBC Event
January 14, 2022
John (“Janno”) Lieber was appointed Acting Chair and CEO of the MTA in July 2021.
Op Ed
Transportation
The MTA's Closely Guarded Secret
New Yorkers should be told how much it would cost to fix the entire transit system
December 19, 2017
At next month’s State of the State address, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to unveil a congestion-pricing proposal that would generate a dedicated funding stream for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Op Ed
State Budget
Repeal the Film Tax Credit, But Don't Expect Savings Just Yet
Even if this wasteful program is killed in 2018, its expenditures will continue for years
December 13, 2017
The Citizens Budget Commission is a long-time critic of the New York State Film Tax Credit program and supports its repeal. However, due to some unusual provisions of state tax law, repeal of the credit will not yield immediate state savings.
Video
Health Care
The Challenges of Enhancing Effective Engagement of Community Based Organizations in Performing Provider Systems
The first of a series of symposiums
November 13, 2017
This event is the first of a series of symposiums on challenges in implementing Medicaid redesign strategies. Keynote address and presentation were given by NYS Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson.
Video
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.
Video
City Budget
Deep dig on NYC finances
The Bond Buyer
August 29, 2017
CBC's Maria Doulis discusses New York City's finances, transportation issues, and its relationship with NY State with the Bond Buyer's Paul Burton and Evercore's Howard Cure.
Op Ed
City Budget
How Queens Residents Rate City Services And Quality Of Life
August 11, 2017
The Citizens Budget Commission recently released the results of a citywide survey of residents’ satisfaction with municipal services and the quality of life in their neighborhoods and across the city.
Op Ed
Transportation
Shared sacrifice to save the subways
It's not just the mayor and governor; transit workers and motorists must chip in, too
July 28, 2017
Neither the “city” nor the “state” is a person with a bank account: it is taxpayers who are being called upon to foot the bill. Motorists and workers should also share the burden.
Video
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.
Op Ed
City Budget
Inside New Yorkers’ Satisfaction, or Lack Thereof, with City Services
June 01, 2017
New Yorkers are notoriously opinionated, but how often do they get to tell city leaders what they think?
Video
City Budget
NYC Budget Director Dean Fuleihan (2017)
CBC Breakfast Series
May 19, 2017
2017 Annual Budget Briefing with NYC Budget Director Dean Fuleihan
Op Ed
City Budget
End de Blasio’s giveaway to bus companies
May 09, 2017
The program was bad policy from the outset-- and was extended for a third year. The City Council should defund it when the budget is adopted.