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CBC News
CBC Launches NYC Resident Survey
Survey invites New Yorkers to rate municipal services and the quality of their neighborhood and city
September 26, 2023
CBC today announced the launch of the NYC Resident Survey, a rare opportunity for New Yorkers to provide independent, statistically valid feedback about the City’s services and the quality of life in their neighborhood and the city.
Press Release
City Budget
CBC Releases NYC Resident Feedback Survey Results
May 16, 2017
The results show which municipal services are in greatest need of improvement.
Press Release
City Budget
Citizens Budget Commission Launches City Resident Survey
January 09, 2017
72,000 New York City households selected at random will receive a questionnaire to gauge residents’ satisfaction with municipal services and the quality of life in their neighborhoods.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "Preliminary Recommendations to NYC Charter Revision Commission for Improving Finances, Management, and Resident Feedback"
June 13, 2024
CBC is providing its preliminary recommendations for Charter revision that focus on strengthening the integrity of the budget process and fiscal estimates by both the Mayor’s office and the City Council.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "Refined Recommendations to NYC Charter Revision Commission for Improving Finances, Management, and Resident Feedback"
July 08, 2024
Improving both legislative Fiscal Impact Statements and the Executive’s financial plan estimates will enhance the integrity, legitimacy, and outcomes of budget-making, and help ensure the public appropriately views this Charter Revision Commission’s work through the lens of substance, not politics.
Press Release
CBC News
Straight from New Yorkers:
CBC Resident Survey Gives Comprehensive View of Satisfaction with Quality of Life, City Services
March 19, 2024
CBC’s first post-pandemic Resident Survey shows sharp drops in citywide satisfaction ratings from 2017; New Yorkers rate life in their neighborhoods generally higher than citywide quality of life; Adams Administration’s priorities align with those of New Yorkers
Press Release
City Budget
Queens Fact Sheet
Boro-based results from CBC's NYC Resident Satisfaction Survey
July 18, 2017
Some important results to keep in mind as Mayor Bill de Blasio and his staff focus on Queens this week.
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.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "A Building Crisis"
The Quality-of-Life, Population, and Economic Effects of Housing Underproduction
June 27, 2024
The decades-long failure to build sufficient housing in New York City has degraded quality of life, driven away residents and jobs, and undermined the city's tax base and economy.
Statement
State Budget
Statement on Governor Hochul's 2024 State of the State Address
January 09, 2024
Governor Hochul rightly highlighted the importance of ensuring New York is attractive and affordable to businesses and residents and the need to protect New Yorkers from more tax increases.
Press Release
State Budget
CBC Recommends Strategies to Mitigate Federal Tax Law Threat to New York's Competitiveness and New Yorkers
March 19, 2018
The CBC released a comprehensive report detailing the massive impacts the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will have on the residents and revenues of New York State, as well as the steps needed to address these problems.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Submits "Testimony on Proposed Changes to the New York City Charter"
July 08, 2024
CBC continues to recommend that the Charter require a local law ensuring the City’s Rainy Day Fund (RDF) grows and is used for its intended purpose—to protect New Yorkers from dramatic cuts during a recession or short-term emergency.
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CBC News
CBC Submits "Testimony on the New York City Housing Authority and the City’s Preliminary Fiscal Year 2025 Budget"
March 12, 2024
While the agency has made some progress over the past year, it faces several, persistent challenges: a large operating budget gap caused by rising expenses and weakened rent collections; deteriorating physical conditions; and a clear and pressing need to continue improving and modernizing management.
Press Release
Housing
Working Group to Address Full Capital Needs for NYCHA's Chelsea Developments
The City of New York, Office of the Mayor
October 10, 2019
Mayor de Blasio today announced the creation of a working group to address the future of the Fulton Houses, Elliot-Chelsea, and Chelsea Addition NYCHA developments.
Press Release
Housing
CBC Prize for Public Service Innovation to Be Awarded to the New York City Housing Authority for Digital Initiatives
March 08, 2017
The Citizens Budget Commission today announced that the winner of the 2017 CBC Prize for Public Service Innovation is the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) for its “NextGeneration NYCHA – Digital Initiatives.”
Statement
City Budget
CBC Statement on the NYC Preliminary Budget for FY2022
January 14, 2021
Citizens Budget Commission (CBC) President Andrew S. Rein released this statement on the New York City Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2022:
Press Release
Economic Development
CBC Report On BIDs Calls For Increased Oversight And Transparency
November 02, 2017
CBC examined the process for setting assessment fees, their uses, and the city’s oversight of BIDs, and recommends increased public review and performance evaluation.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "Top of the Charts"
February 13, 2024
Based on the most recent available national data, New York and its localities are at the top of the chart in taxes and are #2 in spending.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "Uncertain Future, Urgent Priority: Fix NYCHA's Operating Budget Now"
May 18, 2023
CBC's new policy brief reveals that NNYCHA’s long-standing fiscal challenges have worsened, and that the consequences of delaying long overdue fixes could be dire.
Statement
Housing
CBC Urges Legislature to Pass a Well-Crafted Successor to 421-a and Create NYCHA's Preservation Trust
May 17, 2022
CBC calls on State lawmakers to support two priorities critical to improving the supply, affordability, and quality of New York City’s rental and public housing.