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Taxes
CBC Convenes Special Committee to Focus on Federal Tax Cuts
December 21, 2017
The Special Committee consists of CBC trustees, civic leaders, and policy experts, and will identify the greatest impacts and options for appropriate state and local government action.
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CBC report finds Cuomo budget grew by 3.7 percent
May 30, 2017
A common boast of the Cuomo administration — that state operating funds have grown less than two percent per year — is artificially propped up by a series of fiscal tricks, the Citizens Budget Commission said in a report issued on Tuesday morning.
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State Budget
Statement on the NYS FY2018 Adopted Budget
April 10, 2017
Despite fears of substantial cuts in federal aid, the nine-day tardy adopted budget includes excessive spending without needed reforms.
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State Budget
Statement on NYS Emergency Budget
April 03, 2017
Achieving a fiscally sound budget is more important than an “on time” budget, but issues could and should have been resolved as part of a more effective process.
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Health Care
Statement on the "Collins Amendment"
March 22, 2017
The recent addition of the “Collins Amendment” to the House of Representatives’ American Health Care Act provides a strong incentive for New York’s Governor and Legislature to eliminate the mandated local share of Medicaid costs, a policy change long advocated by the Citizens Budget Commission.
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Those kicked cans pile up
February 21, 2017
Fiscal gimmicks: Kick the can down the road a few times, and those cans start to pile up.
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CBC: Cuomo uses 'gimmicks' to low-ball spending growth
February 14, 2017
The CBC has a word for the tweaks in spending and revenue that Gov. Andrew Cuomo used to hold the operating spending increase in his executive budget under 2 percent: “gimmicks.”
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Watchdog group: Cuomo budget uses $1.2 billion in fiscal gimmicks
February 13, 2017
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo counts on $1.2 billion in "fiscal gimmicks" to keep spending growth below 2 percent in his proposed 2017 state budget.
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Budget watchdog: Cuomo’s plans tally $15.5B in new spending
January 17, 2017
An independent budget watchdog says Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s new spending and borrowing proposals would add as much as $15.5 billion to the state budget and to the state’s debt.
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Five things to watch in Cuomo's proposed budget
January 17, 2017
Five things to watch Governor Cuomo's roughly $150 billion spending plan, with analysis and comment from CBC