The Center for New York City Affairs and
the New York City Independent Budget Office present:
DAWN OF A NEW ERA:
NYC Fiscal Policy after the Financial Emergency Act
Thursday, November 8, 2007, 8:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Theresa Lang Community & Student Center
55 West 13th Street (near Sixth Avenue), 2nd floor
 On July 1, 2008, New York City will emerge from 30 years of financial oversight by the state with the expiration of key provisions of the 1978 Financial Emergency Act. What does this pivotal event in the city's fiscal history mean for the future of the nation's fourth largest governmental budget? What requirements will sunset, and what procedures will remain in place? What are the implications and opportunities for financial management, fiscal policy and budget transparency?
Read the IBO’s background paper
Read press coverage of this event
Reuters article (November 8, 2007)
New York Daily News article (November 9, 2007)
New York Sun article (November 9, 2007)
New York Times blog (November 8, 2007)
SPEAKERS:
John Banks, Vice President of Government Relations, Con Edison, and former
New York City Council Chief of Staff
Dall Forsythe, Professor of Practice, NYU Wagner, and former Budget Director, State of New York
Robert Kurtter, Managing Director, Moody's Investors Service
Carol O'Cleireacain, Non-resident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; Adjunct Professor, Milano; and former Finance Commissioner and Budget Director, City of New York
MODERATOR: Joyce Purnick, veteran political columnist and reporter, The New York Times
with an introduction by Fred P. Hochberg, Dean, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy, and City Council-appointed Representative, New York State Financial Control Board
Supported by the Milano Foundation |
