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State Budget
Briefing on the New York State and New York City Fiscal Year 2024 Budgets
A CBC Webinar
August 04, 2023
CBC's Ana Champeny and Patrick Orecki delivered a briefing on the New York State Fiscal Year 2024 Enacted Budget and the New York City Fiscal Year 2024 Adopted Budget.
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State Budget
New York State Budget Process Reform—Little Progress
2023 Update
June 21, 2023
With the budget now enacted and the scheduled legislative session concluded, CBC finds the State made little progress implementing the structural reforms needed.
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State Budget
Conversation with NYS Director of Operations and Infrastructure Kathryn Garcia
A CBC Event
May 03, 2023
Kathryn Garcia serves as Director of State Operations and Infrastructure, where she oversees over 70 state agencies and authorities, including the MTA and Port Authority.
Blog
Economic Development
Shrink, Don’t Expand, the New York State Film Tax Credit
March 06, 2023
The current program already is overly generous compared to other states and should be phased out.
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Economic Development
No Extension without Evaluation
Reject Proposed Extension of Certain NYC Economic Development Tax Breaks Absent Appropriate Analysis
February 23, 2023
Prior evaluations found two of these programs to be ineffective; the bar to justify their extension should be appropriately higher.
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State Budget
Five Fast Facts About the New York State Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget
February 03, 2023
To start to unpack the fiscal drivers and implications, CBC starts with five fast facts.
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State Budget
CBC’s New York State Budget Priorities
Fiscal Year 2024
January 30, 2023
Resources available in the near term should not cloud the State’s significant fiscal and economic risks, and the need to stay competitive for residents and businesses.
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State Budget
What to Look for in New York State’s New Year
January 09, 2023
The State enters a new Legislative session and a new gubernatorial term in less favorable fiscal condition than a year ago and with threatening economic headwinds.
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Education
Citizens Budget Commission Calls for Changes to Foundation Aid Formula
TWC News
December 21, 2016
The Board of Regents is calling for a $1.2 billion increase in school funding next year, including nearly $1.5 billion for foundation aid. However, he Citizens Budget Commission says there is a much cheaper way to help low-income students.
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Public Workforce
Benefits Sweetener Scorecard
2016
November 29, 2016
The 2016 Benefit Sweetener Scorecard identifies more than 60 bills active this session. These bills could cost the State and local governments hundreds of millions of dollars per year, and since about half the bills do not specify a fiscal impact, the potential costs could be significantly greater.
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State Budget
New York State’s Mid-Year Budget Update
November 17, 2016
Reviews the NYS Mid-Year Update to the Fiscal Year 2017 Financial Plan, including revenue projections, economic development, collective bargaining, medicaid, minimum wage projections, and budget gaps.
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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.
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Economic Development
State Economic Development Programs: Are We Getting Our Bang for Our Buck?
TWC News
September 29, 2016
Allegations in state government are bringing more light to the state's economic development - the cost of many programs continues to rise but the rate of return doesn't hold up. CBC's Dave Friedfel explains.
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Health Care
NYS Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson (2016)
MRT Update
September 15, 2016
NYS Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson presents to the CBC an annual update on progress made by the Medicaid Redesign Team.
Press Release
State Budget
Director of State Studies David Friedfel an Albany Rising Star
June 13, 2016
City & State Magazine has named David Friedfel, Director of State Studies at the Citizens Budget Commission, one of its 2016 Albany Rising Stars.
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Economic Development
NYS Exposed
Risky Business Investments
April 25, 2016
Billions of your taxpayer dollars are used in an effort to lure businesses to our region to create jobs. What's being done to make sure state money isn't being wasted?
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Education
State School Aid Increases: Anything But Progressive
April 14, 2016
Examines state school aid increases under the New York State Enacted Budget for Fiscal Year 2017.
Press Release
State Budget
CBC Prize for Public Service Innovation to Be Awarded to New York State's Lean Initiative
April 07, 2016
The CBC Prize is awarded annually – in alternating years to either a New York State or a New York City agency – to recognize and promote successful innovations in the delivery of public services.
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State Budget
How NYS Government is Getting More “Lean”
April 03, 2016
Review the early results of the New York State Lean Initiative, a process improvement strategy that empowers employees to identify and cut unnecessary red tape and improve customer service.
Blog
State Budget
NYS Budget Deal: Return of Big Spending?
March 31, 2016
State leaders have adopted a timely budget for fiscal year 2017, but may have sacrificed fiscal discipline for expediency. Given the lack of transparency in the process, it is unclear how the State is limiting State operating fund growth to 2 percent.