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Citizens Budget Commission retweeted
In NYC Council testimony, @cbcny says expanding NYC Ferry routes is unwise. Subsidies per trip: NYC EDC Ferry $8.17* /$61.6 million/Yr, MTA subway $1.59, local bus $4.78, MTA express bus $29.22 LIRR $16.08, MN 14.62 National Transit Database. cbcny.org/advocacy/testimony…
Citizens Budget Commission retweeted
.@iamnicoleneuman: the @cbcny found New York is number two for the highest government spending — between $16,000 to $18,000 per person. This includes on education, social services, police, fire, sanitation and parks. The national average is around $12,000. spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ce… @CapitalTonight
Citizens Budget Commission retweeted
New York has the highest state and local tax collections per capita in the nation.
@cbcny’s latest analysis underscores the importance of getting more value from every taxpayer dollar, not adding to an already heavy tax burden.
Read more below ⬇️
It's early in the cycle, but the buzz has already started on raising NYers' taxes. How’s the state doing? Turns out its #1 on taxes, #2 on spending. 71% more in taxes/person than the nat’l avg.
Check out CBC’s Top of the Charts 4: cbcny.org/research/top-chart…
Citizens Budget Commission retweeted
But it's taking longer to get people in affordable units
Share of projects where applicants approved within three months shrank to 7% from 16%
within six months, down to 26% from 41%
Median time to approve application increased 26 days to 236 days
Andrew Rein @cbcny:
Citizens Budget Commission retweeted
"If you don’t have a rigorous collective bargaining approach, then parties are going to be running to the City Council, to the State Legislature, they’re going to be engaging in work stoppages," Bob Linn tells @danarubinstein & @elizashapiro
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Citizens Budget Commission retweeted
Downstate NY drives 80% of the State's GDP and leads in education and life expectancy. But how sustainable is it? @cbcny's Competitive NYS dashboard has the data.
cbcny.org/research/competiti…
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ICYMI, I'm a @CBCNY trustee. Proud of today's release, a statewide dashboard that showcases NYS' competitiveness across many markers- economy, age, education, poverty, health, etc. Check it out:
Citizens Budget Commission retweeted
@cbcny's new Competitive NYS dashboard shows a state bifurcated: thriving downstate corridor & upstate cities, and contraction elsewhere. Track the data behind the divide here: cbcny.org/research/competiti…
Citizens Budget Commission retweeted
📊 To help policymakers and citizens understand our state's economic standing, the @cbcny (CBC) has launched the new "Competitive NYS: Value Proposition Tracker."
📉 This interactive dashboard provides useful insight into population trends, economic growth, housing and education metrics across every region.
🔗 Knowledge is power, so explore the data here to see where NYS is thriving, where we are losing ground and how policy choices matter most: cbcny.org/research/competiti…
#numbersdontlie #economy #growth #newyorkstate
Citizens Budget Commission retweeted
This competitiveness dashboard by @cbcny is a nice piece of work. cbcny.org/research/competiti…
Citizens Budget Commission retweeted
New York's economy remains one of the nation's strongest—but competitiveness isn't guaranteed.
@cbcny's new Competitive NYS dashboard offers valuable data on housing, taxes, economic growth and more.
JUST DROPPED: CBC’s new “Competitive NYS: Value Proposition Tracker”
A user-friendly dashboard on New York’s population, economy, taxes, spending & education.
cbcny.org/research/competiti…
Citizens Budget Commission retweeted
I've seen misinformation and much confusion about NYC's CityPHEPS. @cbcny has been doing excellent work on it. It's wild that the city quietly created a $2 billion rent voucher program. The numbers below don't even include the City Council's contested expansion of it.
Citizens Budget Commission retweeted
One reason per-pupil spending in New York is so high is that when school enrollments decline, budgets often do not.
“This is a snowball rolling down the hill, and it’s just getting bigger...Continuing this misguided policy is just not the right choice for NYC & not the right choice for fiscal stability.” – CBC's @anachampeny tells @MichaelElsenRoo @ChalkbeatNY
chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026/0…
Citizens Budget Commission retweeted
On climate change prep, Garcia says they’re building the new port authority bus terminal for electrification, have raised the runways at LaGuardia, added solar at JFK
Citizens Budget Commission retweeted
“It’s a horrifying experience,” Port Authority Exec Director Kathryn Garcia says of Newark Airport’s international terminal at CBC breakfast. “They have buckets hanging over the TSA because we have leaks.” Says they’re investing $200 million in improvements.
Citizens Budget Commission retweeted
WE DID IT!!!!
The biggest modernization of SEQRA in 50 years was officially adopted in the New York State budget and signed into law this morning by Governor Hochul.
This is a HUGE victory for housing affordability in New York. 🏘️🎉
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Citizens Budget Commission retweeted
Good news everyone! All remaining state budget bills were printed. That means HMH and REV on the Article VII side, and all four remaining appropriation bills. It's really happening folks
Citizens Budget Commission retweeted
This makes me happy to read, especially as a former agency CCOO. The nuts and bolts of government that we all benefit from. Thank you @NYCMayor and all our City government employees who are there when we need them.
