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Education
Tax Revenue Options
November 28, 2004
CBC reviews revenue options to best pay for the Campaign for Fiscal Equity initiatives. CBC considers broadening the base of two taxes, sales and corporate income; raising rates on two existing statewide taxes, personal income and sales; and instituting a new statewide property tax.
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Education
Amicus Brief for Campaign for Fiscal Equity Lawsuit
September 19, 2004
CBC's amicus curiae brief in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case focuses on four critical issues regarding the infusion of additional funding into the New York City school system in order to provide students with a sound basic education: The mix of state and local responsibility; accountability mechanisms; adequate classroom space; and changes to workforce compensation and deployment.
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Health Care
Confronting the Tradeoffs in Medicaid Cost Containment
February 20, 2004
While its benefits are clear and widely supported, Medicaid's costs are far more controversial. In New York, total spending for Medicaid of $36 billion in fiscal year 2003 represented nearly 40 percent of total State expenditures. The portion of the Medicaid program paid for with State-raised revenues totaled $12.6 billion or more than one-quarter of all State spending financed with State revenues.
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Health Care
Better Managing New York State's Health Insurance Subsidy Programs
September 30, 2001
Report by the CBC that analyzes the problems that limit the impact of the subsidized health insurance programs and advocates a two-stage strategy - an integrated eligibility system and expanding integrated eligibility to other programs - to make the health insurance subsidy programs work more effectively and efficiently.