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City Budget
Statement on the NYC November 2020 Quarterly Modification to the Financial Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2024
November 23, 2020
The City needs to close the $3.8 billion fiscal year 2022 budget gap in the Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2022, due in January 2021.
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City Budget
No NYC Borrowing Authority without More Savings, Fiscal Stability Plan, and FCB
September 08, 2020
While New York City’s fiscal crisis is severe, it should not borrow now to balance the fiscal year 2021 budget.
Statement
Public Workforce
Statement on Borrowing vs. Layoffs in NYC Budget
September 02, 2020
The New York City budget adopted 64 days ago commits to $1 billion in recurring savings from negotiations with labor unions; however, to date apparently no savings have been agreed upon.
Press Release
Housing
CBC Releases Strategies to Boost Housing Production in the NYC
August 26, 2020
Report Recommends Changes to City and State Policies Including Zoning, Planning, Building and Construction Codes, Property Taxes, and Tax Breaks
Statement
City Budget
CBC Statement on City’s Land Use Process
August 18, 2020
CBC is increasingly concerned that at times the City’s land use process serves as an impediment to proposals needed to spur growth.
Statement
City Budget
CBC Statement on the NYC Adopted Budget for FY2021
June 30, 2020
New York City leaders may be breathing a sigh of relief for meeting the budget deadline after particularly arduous negotiations, but the fiscal crisis is far from over.
Statement
City Budget
Statement on the NYC Fiscal Year 2021 Executive Budget
April 16, 2020
While the City is to be commended for balancing the budget without tax increases or borrowing, it has used a short-term strategy that leaves a significant gap in FY 2022.
Statement
City Budget
CBC Calls for Greater Savings to Address Looming NYC Budget Gap
March 24, 2020
Responding to the pandemic and the economic crisis it has triggered will have a significant impact on NYC’s finances in both the near and long term.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on the Medicaid Redesign Team Recommendations
March 19, 2020
The MRT had a difficult task to do with little time, and deserves credit for soliciting public feedback, considering hundreds of proposals, and rising to the challenge of proposing significant reforms and savings without recommending tax increases.
Statement
City Budget
Statement on the NYC Fiscal Year 2021 Preliminary Budget
January 16, 2020
The budget presented today holds the line on new spending programs. However, it misses the opportunity to further improve the City’s preparedness for looming risk.