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Letter
Pensions & Benefits
Governor Cuomo Should Veto Costly Employee and Retiree Benefits
A Letter to the Governor
November 27, 2018
CBC Recommends veto of A8164-b/S3770-b, A8402-b/S6435-b, A9909/S7705, A9910/S7704, and A10735/S7933.
Press Mention
Economic Development
CBC Report Assesses Amazon's Move to Empire State
Spectrum News
November 21, 2018
A new breakdown of the Amazon deal concludes that although the city's tech sector and tax revenue will reap considerable benefits, further analysis exposes glaring weaknesses in the the city and state's economic development policy
Letter
Taxes
New York State Should Create an Unincorporated Business Tax
A Letter to the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance
July 26, 2018
A UBT is needed to blunt the impact of federal tax reform; here are CBC's recommendations for designing it.
Letter
State Budget
Significant Impacts the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the Residents and Revenues of New York State
Letter to Governor Cuomo
March 20, 2018
I write to convey the Citizens Budget Commission’s findings about the significant impacts the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will have on the residents and revenues of New York City and New York State and recommended steps needed to address these problems.
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.
Letter
State Budget
Increasing Annual funding to Authorities Budget Office to $3.105m
A Letter to NYS Leadership
February 02, 2018
CBC, Fiscal Policy Institute, New York Public Interest Research Group, and Reinvent Albany strongly support a substantial increase in annual funding to the Authorities Budget Office.
Letter
Economic Development
Watchdog Groups: Freeze Business Subsidies Until Major Reforms Adopted
A Letter to the Governor and Legislative Leaders
January 18, 2018
The Governor should reject any new economic development and business subsidies until major anti-corruption and transparency reforms are put in place.
Letter
State Budget
CBC Urges Governor to Veto Expensive Benefit Sweeteners
October 12, 2017
CBC calls on Governor Andrew Cuomo to veto 16 bills that would provide expensive enhancements to government employee and retiree benefits.
Press Mention
State Budget
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.
Letter
State Budget
Advocating Procurement Reforms in the Executive Budget
March 13, 2017
We write to recommend additions to the portions of the Good Government and EthicsReform Article VII bill in the 2018 Executive Budget pertaining to procurement reform.
Letter
State Budget
Recommendations for Legislative Action on the Governor's Executive Budget for FY2018
February 28, 2017
The CBC’s recommendations for proposals to support, modify, and reject.
Press Mention
State Budget
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.
Press Mention
State Budget
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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State Budget
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.
Letter
City Budget
Letter to Governor on 5¢ Plastic Bag Fee
February 08, 2017
CBC urges Gov Cuomo to veto A.04883/S.04158, which would place a moratorium on a 5 cent fee on certain plastic bags in New York City until January 1, 2018.
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State Budget
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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State Budget
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
Letter
State Budget
CBC Encourages Governor Cuomo to Veto Bill on School Bus Contracts in NYC
November 18, 2016
This bill imposes two unnecessary and costly requirements on the City’s procurement process for pupil transportation.
Letter
Economic Development
CBC Encourages Governor Cuomo to Veto New Tax Credits for Music and Digital Gaming Media Production
November 17, 2016
This bill would create new tax credits for music production and digital gaming media production, with both credits costing $25 million annually for the next three years. The total cost is estimated to be $150 million.
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Taxes
NYS Exposed: Why Did the State Change the STAR Program?
WHEC News 10 NBC
October 20, 2016
New homeowners are running into problems with the state's STAR Program. As part of this year's budget, the tax break for homeowners turned into a rebate check. The problem? The state shorted hundreds of homeowners.