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Housing
Carl Weisbrod, Director, Department of City Planning
CBC Breakfast Series
December 11, 2014
CBC Breakfast with City Planning Commissioner Carl Weisbrod in December 2014.
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Health Care
HHC President and CEO Dr. Ram Raju
CBC Breakfast Series
November 18, 2014
CBC Breakfast with HHC President and CEO Dr. Ram Raju in November 2014.
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Health Care
Fiscal Challenges Facing the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
November 06, 2014
HHC is crucial to all New Yorkers, providing care to more than one million patients annually. Despite HHC's importance, its fiscal condition is troubled. HHC's cash resources are being depleted; absent an aggressive gap-closing plan its cash reserves will be exhausted in fiscal year 2016.
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City Budget
Disrupters: Emerging Businesses in New York City
A Panel Discussion
October 30, 2014
Panel discussion on emerging businesses in New York City.
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Housing
NYC Housing Commissioner Vicki Been
CBC Breakfast Series
October 01, 2014
CBC Breakfast with NYC Housing Commissioner Vickie Been in October 2014.
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Energy & Environment
Getting the Fiscal Waste Out of Solid Waste Collection in New York City
September 23, 2014
With a new mayoral administration, a new sanitation commissioner, and an expired contract with municipal sanitation workers, redesigning the public and private components of local waste collection would save about $300 million annually in the long term. The Mayor and City Council should make this restructuring a goal and begin a multiyear phase-in.
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City Budget
Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver
CBC Breakfast Series
July 16, 2014
CBC Breakfast with Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver
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City Budget
The NYC Budget and Teachers Contract
A Panel Discussion
June 17, 2014
The NYC Budget and Teachers Contract: A Panel Discussion at the Manhattan Institute.
Report
Energy & Environment
12 Things New Yorkers Should Know About Their Garbage
May 21, 2014
This report highlights the reasons for the surprisingly high cost of this essential service, including inefficiencies that the City should address in its upcoming negotiations with sanitation workers.
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Economic Development
NYC Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen
CBC Breakfast Series
May 21, 2014
CBC Breakfast with NYC Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen in May 2014.
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City Budget
NYC Budget Director Dean Fuleihan (2014)
CBC Breakfast Series
April 09, 2014
2014 Annual Budget Briefing with NYC Budget Director Dean Fuleihan.
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Health Care
Dr. Alan Aviles, HHC President & CEO
CBC Breakfast Series
October 17, 2012
CBC Breakfast with HHC President and CEO Dr. Ram Raju in October 2012.
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Energy & Environment
Taxes In, Garbage Out
The Need for Better Solid Waste Disposal Policies in New York City
May 30, 2012
This report makes the case for a significant change in the New York City Department of Sanitation's solid waste disposal practices, a shift from heavy reliance on long-distance exporting to landfills to greater reliance on use of local waste-to-energy facilities.
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Health Care
A Troubling Prognosis for HHC's Finances
April 23, 2012
This report assesses New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation's (HHC) critical role within the health care safety net protecting lower income New Yorkers, and it explores two significant fiscal challenges in the coming years: threats to City-supported revenues and an inadequate gap-closing plan.
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Pensions & Benefits
The First Priority in the New Year – Pension Reform
January 10, 2012
This brief examines pension cost growth in New York State and its effect on the New York's competitiveness. It recommends the adoption of a new tier of pension plans known as the Tier VI Proposal.
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Capital Spending
New York City's Water and Sewer System
Is the Rent Too Damn High?
December 14, 2011
This report provides a history of the City's water rental payment, critiques the current method for setting the rent, and suggests alternative approaches to setting the rent.
Report
Health Care
A Poor Way to Pay for Medicaid
Why New York Should Eliminate Local Funding for Medicaid
December 11, 2011
This paper examines the fiscal inequities and other problems that arise as a result of New York’s largelocal share for Medicaid financing.
Report
City Budget
What is a “Balanced Budget”?
November 08, 2011
This brief examines the multiple versions of a balanced budget standard that have arisen from the City's deviation from Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and recent modifications to GAAP that set a new and higher benchmark for a balanced budget.
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City Budget
NYC Corporation Counsel Michael Cardozo
CBC Breakfast Series
September 21, 2011
CBC Breakfast with Corporation Counsel Michael A. Cardozo in September 2011.
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Pensions & Benefits
Robert Steel, NYC Deputy Mayor
CBC Breakfast Series
August 31, 2011
CBC Breakfast with NYC Deputy Mayor Bob Steel in August 2011.