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Housing
$60 billion, with Lisa Bova-Hiatt and Jamie Rubin
April 05, 2024
$60 billion is how much the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) estimates it should invest in its infrastructure over the next 5 years. NYCHA faces persistent challenges: recurring budget gaps, rising expenses, weakening rent collection, deteriorating physical conditions, and more. NYCHA's CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt and Chair Jamie Rubin both spoke with CBC at a recent event to discuss the plans and strategies they've put in place to better manage the nation's largest public housing system.
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Housing
Conversation with NYCHA CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt and NYCHA Chair Jamie Rubin
March 27, 2024
Lisa Bova-Hiatt is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the New York City Housing Authority, and Jamie Rubin is the Chair of the New York City Housing Authority.
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State Budget
$233 billion, with Blake Washington
March 26, 2024
233 billion is the total NYS budget proposed by Governor Hochul for fiscal year 2025, and that is the talk of the town in Albany as executive and legislative leaders work on a new budget agreement in time for the April 1 deadline. NYS Budget Director Blake Washington, who is a key part of budget negotiations happening right now, spoke with the CBC at a recent event. He and CBC President Andrew Rein discussed the State's current fiscal picture, the large structural gap, and more of the pressing issues facing New York.
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Education
$39.5 billion, with Chancellor David Banks and Emma Vadehra
March 05, 2024
$39.5 billion is how much NYC spends to educate our students each year. The New York City Public Schools has an enormous and challenging task: to educate and develop 900,000 students who come from a wide diversity of backgrounds and needs. And it’s important to ask: Are we getting the return we need on our dollars? How are our students doing? To answer this and other pressing questions is NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks and Deputy Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer Emma Vadehra.
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CBC News
92nd Annual Gala
Videos, Photos, and Transcripts
February 29, 2024
CBC's Gala is a must-attend event for New York's business and civic leaders. The Citizens Budget Commission honored John C. Williams, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, with the Medal for High Civic Service and Daniel L. Doctoroff was honored with the Felix G. Rohatyn Award.
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State Budget
Conversation with Blake Washington, NYS Budget Director
A CBC Event
February 15, 2024
Blake G. Washington is the Budget Director for the State of New York, appointed by Governor Kathy Hochul.
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Taxes
151,700, with Maria Doulis
January 31, 2024
151,700 is the net loss of New York personal income tax filers in 2020 and 2021. Some of that is the result of the pandemic, but how much? With this episode, CBC is relaunching the podcast to return to a more focused discussion with policy leaders, and there is no better way to re-launch than with the podcast's founder: CBC alum Maria Doulis, Deputy New York State Comptroller for Budget and Policy Analysis. Join us as we explore one of the most difficult challenges facing the City and State—how to keep and attract more New Yorkers.
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Energy & Environment
85%, with Doreen Harris and Basil Seggos
January 26, 2024
85% is the amount New York State has to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. One of the major pathways to this reduction will be the State’s Cap-and-Invest program, which will cap and reduce emissions, auction off the right to emit, set up a trading system for those rights, and generate billions of dollars to be invested in energy transition and to offset costs of the transition for some residents. Doreen Harris, President and CEO of the NYS Energy Research and Development Authority, and Basil Seggos, Commissioner of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, joined CBC to discuss Cap-and-Invest, as well as offshore wind, energy transition and resiliency, the Environmental Bond Act, and much more.
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Energy & Environment
Conversation with Doreen Harris and Basil Seggos
A CBC Event
January 25, 2024
Doreen M. Harris is the president and CEO of NYSERDA and Basil Seggos is the NYS DEC Commissioner.
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City Budget
Taking Control of New York’s Budgetary Future
Vital City
January 25, 2024
Budget season kicked off with an Albany-New York City doubleheader last week, with brightening skies in both places thanks to proactive efforts to cut costs (especially in the city) and a resilient economy that is bringing in higher-than-projected tax receipts.
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City Budget
City budget crunch time means tough decisions — not more taxes
New York Post
December 20, 2023
Under every published projection, even after the mayor’s latest Program to Eliminate the Gap, New York City still faces a budget shortfall next year.
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Transportation
$1.5 trillion, with the MTA's Janno Lieber and Jamie Torres-Springer
December 19, 2023
$1.5 trillion is the total asset value of the MTA—all of the trains, buses, yards, and stations...all the stuff that moves New Yorkers every day, 24 hours a day. At a recent CBC event, MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber and President of Construction and Development Jamie Torres-Springer discussed congestion pricing, fare evasion, congestion pricing, state of good repair, the future of Penn Station, and more.
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Transportation
Conversation with the MTA's Janno Lieber and Jamie Torres-Springer
A CBC Event
December 13, 2023
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber and MTA Construction & Development President Jamie Torres-Springer to discuss all matters concerning the MTA.
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City Budget
$10.6 billion, with Andrew Rein and Ana Champeny
December 11, 2023
$10.6 billion is the real-world, all-in budget gap that NYC could be facing once you include all spending that is currently unbudgeted or underbudgeted. In a co-production with Ben Max's podcast "Max Politics," CBC President Andrew Rein and Vice President for Research Ana Champeny about the City's decisions and unforeseen events that lead to the real-world budget gap, and the options for closing it.
Op Ed
City Budget
New York Is Teetering on a Fiscal Cliff
Crain’s New York Business
November 07, 2023
Fiscal stability underpins the city’s ability to provide core services to New Yorkers and is fundamental for economic growth.
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CBC News
Growing Gotham: Realities, Risks, and Remedies to NYC's Population Loss
A CBC Event
November 02, 2023
A half-day conference bringing together a broad group of experts—policymakers, researchers, academics, and practitioners—to delve deeply into NYC's population trends and what they mean for the City's long-term competitiveness.
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Energy & Environment
44 million, with Commissioner Jessica Tisch
October 20, 2023
44 million pounds of trash are generated by New Yorkers every day. The NYC Department of Sanitation not only collects residential waste, recyclables, and compostables, but it also removes snow, cleans streets and lots, removes graffiti, and fights rats. CBC Chair Marissa Shorenstein is joined by Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who is leading "New York's Trash Revolution." The revolution includes expanding composting citywide, residential and commercial waste containerization, sanitation truck and bin redesign, and more.
Op Ed
State Budget
State budget gaps are coming. The time to address them is now.
Albany Times Union
October 20, 2023
With temporary funding boosts petering out, New York must curtail spending growth to head off painful cuts later.
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City Budget
Conversation with DSNY Commissioner Jessica Tisch
A CBC Event
October 17, 2023
Commissioner Jessica Tisch is a lifelong New Yorker, appointed in April 2022 to lead the New York City Department of Sanitation
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Economic Development
4.67 million, with Andrew Kimball
October 05, 2023
4.67 million is the total number of jobs in New York City, just shy of employment pre-pandemic. Though the economy is stable and employment generally strong, challenges remain. The economy is undergoing longer term transformation including remote work, which will affect our labor market and commercial real estate, and the City faces proximate challenges with the influx of new migrants and asylum seekers. NYC EDC's President and Executive Director joined CBC to discuss the Administration’s economic growth strategy, projects ranging from Willets Point to SPARC Kips Bay, the green economy and offshore wind, soccer, ferries, and more.