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Capital Spending
Three Key Steps for Improving New York State’s New Statewide Capital Plan
September 25, 2013
This brief assesses New York State’s first-ever 10-year capital plan released in June 2013 by the New York Works Task Force. It offers steps to more effectively and strategically allocate State capital investment funding.
Blog
Transportation
How Much Do City Taxpayers Really Contribute to the MTA?
February 21, 2020
City taxpayers pay 71% on MTA non-toll, non-federal revenues.
Blog
State Budget
The Rational Funding Plan for SUNY and CUNY Should Be Extended
March 21, 2016
Why reauthorizing a rational funding plan for the State University of New York (SUNY) and the City University of New York (CUNY) to raise tuition makes sense.
Video
Economic Development
Friedfel Talks Economic Development Inititatives
Capital Tonight
July 12, 2018
Ten economic development bills passed the state legislature, but CBC says the current programs need to be reformed before anything new is added.
Video
State Budget
CBC Report Analyzes State Progress
Capital Tonight
October 19, 2018
As Governor Cuomo's second term comes to a close, and voters decide whether to give him a third term, the Citizens Budget Commission is looking at how the state has fared over the past eight years.
Letter
State Budget
Groups Urge State to Release a Specific Plan for Closing FY 2020-2021 Budget Gap
September 23, 2020
We write to urge you to release a specific and detailed plan for closing New York State’s fiscal year 2020-2021 $9 billion budget gap.
Blog
Transportation
Tsk-tsk on Governor’s TIF Proposal
February 02, 2018
The FY 2019 Executive Budget proposed to allow the MTA to create tax increment financing districts in NYC to raise revenue for capital improvements. Though TIFs can play a useful role, the proposal is flawed.
Op Ed
Transportation
Latest value capture proposal could harm NYC
City taxes should not be diverted to the MTA without local input
March 22, 2018
While value capture makes sense in theory, any such arrangement should be tailored to specific projects and circumstances - with the agreement of the City.
Report
Transportation
NYS Infrastructure Policy
A Background Paper for the CBC Conference on The Most Important Fiscal and Economic Issues Facing New York State
December 13, 2018
This paper was prepared by HR&A Advisors as a background paper for the December 2018 CBC Conference on most important fiscal and economic issues facing New York State. The paper provides recommendations for how NYS should prioritize, fund, and deliver key infrastructure investments.
Press Release
CBC News
Twenty Watchdogs Ask Governor’s Budget Office For Transparency About State Funds Being Withheld and Advanced as Emergency Adjustments to Budget
December 22, 2020
Public Does Not Currently Know How Much State Funding is Being Withheld From Individual Agencies Such as MTA, or By Program
Report
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.
Letter
State Budget
Recommendations for Legislative Action on the NYS Executive Budget for FY2019
March 05, 2018
CBC's take on proposals that should be supported, modified, or rejected.
Blog
State Budget
The Back-loaded Impact of New York’s Fiscal Year 2013-14 Budget
May 08, 2013
Reviews NYS Enacted Budget for FY2014- $1.8 billion in annual spending by the final year of the financial plan were paid for with tax increases, non-recurring resources, and boosted revenue forecasts.
Blog
State Budget
5 Proposals that Should be Left Out of the FY21 Enacted Budget
March 29, 2020
New York State’s bleak fiscal outlook requires lawmakers pass a “bare bones” fiscal year 2021 budget that is focused on funding critical services and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on the NYS Executive Budget for FY 2021
January 22, 2020
As details of the Governor’s plan are examined over the coming weeks and months, CBC will release additional analysis and commentary.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on NYS Executive Budget for FY2019
January 17, 2018
The overall approach is to use short-term fixes that do not address the long-term structural problem of spending outpacing revenues.
Blog
State Budget
6 Things to Look for in New York State’s Mid-Year Budget Update
October 30, 2016
What are the important things to look out for in The Mid-Year Update to the FY 2017 Financial Plan? Coveres revenue projections, economic development, collective bargaining, medicaid, minimum wage, and budget gaps.
Report
State Budget
Predicting the Peak, Preparing for the Trough
An Examination of the Impact of a Possible Recession on New York State
June 20, 2016
The impact of a possible recession could be as high as $59 billion, or 18.2 percent of tax revenues over four years.
Blog
State Budget
Don’t Get Too High on Potential Marijuana Revenues
December 13, 2018
There is significant revenue potential from the marijuana industry, but research suggests that many months or years of careful planning precede consistent revenues.
Blog
State Budget
2020 Vision
A Four-Pronged Approach to Focus on a Balanced, Transparent State Budget
January 09, 2020
As New York State aims to remedy the current year deficit and close next year’s budget gap, State leaders should be striving to prepare the State for the future.