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Transportation
It's Only Fair
Policies to Reduce Fare and Toll Evasion Are Critical to Transit Sustainability
April 02, 2024
In 2023, the cost to the MTA alone was more than $700 million, which evidence suggests is growing.
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State Budget
Up and Away
State Budget Proposals Miss the Mark and Compound Fiscal Problems
March 26, 2024
As New York State lawmakers negotiate the State’s Fiscal Year 2025 Enacted Budget, they risk adding unsustainable spending, driving growth above 6 percent a year, and widening the structural gap to $20.3 billion.
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Education
Target and Tighten
The Sustainable Path for School Aid Growth in New York
March 13, 2024
The State’s burgeoning SOF spending has widened budget gaps. Spending restraint is needed to close those gaps, and that will only be accomplished by limiting growth in school aid, which is nearly 30 percent of SOF spending.
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State Budget
NYS Budget Outlook
Brighter Economy Has Not Closed Gaps; Focus Should Be Spending Restraint, with More Sunshine on Basic Breakouts
March 07, 2024
Continued strength in the economy has improved the tax receipts outlook for the State, but improving tax receipts are not and will not be the entire solution to closing out-year gaps.
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State Budget
Excelsior!
New York State Spending Growth Continues
February 22, 2024
Forward-looking budget choices this year–namely not layering on further tax and spending increases–would relieve the building budget pressure and stave off a potentially harsh fiscal reckoning.
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State Budget
Top of the Charts
New York and Its Localities Were #1 in Taxes and #2 in Spending
February 13, 2024
New York does not exist in a vacuum. It competes with other places, and other jurisdictions’ experiences provide an important perspective on the different choices that are being made.
Special Feature
Capital Spending
NYC Debt Outstanding
Fiscal Years 2002-2020
December 28, 2020
New York City debt outstanding grew to $125 billion—84 percent since 2005.
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State Budget
Quick Download
Four Facts about Broadband Availability and Access in New York
September 24, 2020
Here are four things to know about broadband availability and access in New York.
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Energy & Environment
Aligning Crossed Policy Wires Can Help Achieve CLCPA Goals
September 16, 2020
This policy brief offers some examples of tax expenditure and direct spending programs the State could tailor to help meet CLCPA goals.
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State Budget
It’s Time for New York State to Heed SAGE Advice on Performance Management
June 23, 2020
This report summarizes best practices in state performance management and recommends a framework for New York State.
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State Budget
New York State's Hard Choices
Next Steps to Address Fiscal Stress
May 22, 2020
Applying the CBC" Hard Choices Framework shows the State has options that would not require such steep cuts to balance the FY 2021 budget and reduce future gaps.
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State Budget
A Framework for Hard Choices
Choosing Among Options to Address New York’s State and Local Fiscal Stress
May 22, 2020
This policy brief identifies and assesses options available to governments to deal with their fiscal problems.
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Health Care
Six Things to Know About New York State Health Care Reform Act (HCRA) Taxes
March 05, 2020
As lawmakers negotiate this year’s budget, they should review HCRA’s role in health care funding and its impact upon privately insured New Yorkers.
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Housing
Rent and Ride
Affordability is About Both
January 13, 2020
While housing is the largest share of spending for most households, a more robust picture of affordability also should include transportation costs.
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Transportation
Recessions and Revenues
The Case of the MTA
December 16, 2015
This policy brief considers the implications of a recession for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) current financial plan.
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Economic Development
An Assessment of Performance Reporting by Regional Economic Development Councils
November 29, 2015
This brief assesses the performance of New York State's Regional Economic Development Councils over the past four years and offers recommendations for further improving data collected on projects and on the economic performance of the regions.
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Transportation
Sisyphus and Subway Stations
August 31, 2015
This brief examines why the subway stations of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority never reach a state of good repair and recommends how to address the challenge.
Special Feature
Transportation
Subway Station Condition Map
August 31, 2015
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) latest survey of the condition of its 467 subway stations in 2012 showed more than one in four of all structural components were not in a satisfactory condition—known in the jargon as a “state of good repair” or SGR. This map reveals the condition of the components of all 467 subway stations.
Special Feature
Transportation
Facts About Commuting
August 27, 2015
Facts about commuting in the New York City metro region.
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Transportation
Taxis, Taxes, and the MTA Funding Gap
August 25, 2015
This policy brief suggests alternatives for taxes on services regulated by New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission as a potential source of filling the gap in the MTA's proposed 2015-2019 capital plan.