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Where Do We Go From Here?
Steering New York City’s Finances in Fiscal Year 2015
June 30, 2014
This blog post examines what’s new in the fiscal year 2015 budget and makes recommendations for steering the City’s finances over the next four years.
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City Budget
Some Fiscal Watchdogs Call City Budget Agreement Prudent
NY1
June 23, 2014
The City Council and the mayor shook hands on a $75 billion budget deal Thursday night, and as we wait for the fine print, some fiscal watchdogs are calling the agreement prudent.
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Public Workforce
Three Questions about 1,000 New Police Officers
June 18, 2014
As the New York City budget for fiscal year 2015 nears adoption, one of the more expensive Council initiatives, at an estimated cost of almost $100 million annually, is the hiring of 1,000 new police officers to increase staffing at police precincts.
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City Budget
The NYC Budget and Teachers Contract
A Panel Discussion
June 17, 2014
The NYC Budget and Teachers Contract: A Panel Discussion at the Manhattan Institute.
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City Budget
CBC’s Charles Brecher and FPI’s James Parrott Discusses the NYC Budget
CUNY City Talk
June 16, 2014
James Parrott, of the Fiscal Policy Institute and Charles Brecher, of the Citizens Budget Commission, discuss the complexities and the uncertainties of the New York City budget.
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Pensions & Benefits
An Expensive Pension Enhancement Bill is on the Move
June 08, 2014
About the bill to increase disability pension benefits for police officers hired after July 1, 2009, when a more financially sustainable “Tier III” plan went into effect.
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City Budget
City Pays Top Dollar for Top Quality Sanitation
NY1
May 24, 2014
According to a survey by the Citizens Budget Commission, the city is at the top of the heap in collection costs—coming in at $251 a ton. When you factor in disposal, that number shoots up to $431. The watchdog group says that's more than double what it costs private firms.
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Economic Development
NYC Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen
CBC Breakfast Series
May 21, 2014
CBC Breakfast with NYC Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen in May 2014.
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City Budget
Teacher Contract Agreement Clears Significant Hurdle
NY1
May 05, 2014
The tentative agreement between Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city's teachers union cleared a significant hurdle Friday, but some budget watchdogs are questioning whether a key provision of the deal, to cut health care costs, will actually work.
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NYC Budget Director Dean Fuleihan (2014)
CBC Breakfast Series
April 09, 2014
2014 Annual Budget Briefing with NYC Budget Director Dean Fuleihan.
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Public Workforce
No Contract Does Not Mean No Raises
April 06, 2014
The fact that the entire unionized New York City municipal workforce is working under expired contracts is a big problem, but it does not mean that all municipal workers have gone without raises since their contracts expired.
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City Budget
De Blasio Talks Government Spending at Citizens Budget Commission Awards Dinner
NY1
March 26, 2014
Mayor Bill de Blasio talked about the budget, but gave few specifics, at the annual awards dinner of the Citizens Budget Commission.
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City Budget
New York City’s Budget Challenges
January 14, 2014
Maria Doulis, Director of City Studies, discussed the fiscal challenges facing newly elected Mayor Bill De Blasio with the Bond Buyer's Paul Burton.