Checking in with the Updates from NYC:
Comptroller's Office:
2011 SHAREOWNER INITIATIVES OF THE NEW YORK CITY PENSION FUNDS
LIU EXPANDS PENSION FUNDS’ COMMITMENT TO MINORITY AND WOMEN INVESTMENT MANAGERS BY $500 MILLION
also see our post on 2011 NYC CAFR - the City Annual Report for the year ended 6/30/11 has been released.
Executive Branch:
Mayor Bloomberg Meets With Teachers and Students to Discuss Next Steps in Education Reform (1/18/12)
Mayor Bloomberg Delivers 2012 State of the City Address (1/12/12)
Mayor Bloomberg, Speaker Quinn Announce More Than 500 Restaurants Have Gone Through the City's New Business Acceleration Program That Speeds up Job Creation (1/3/12)
Legislative Branch (New York City Council):
Council votes on resolution authorizing the Council to file suit against the Department of Homeless Services
Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Council Members Announce New York City Living Wage Legislation.
COUNCIL VOTES TO EASE PARKING REGULATIONS
Judicial (NYS Unified Courts):
NYS Unified Courts 2010 Annual Report of the Chief Administrator (1/13/12)
NYS Courts Intro guide
DCarsonCPA.com your CPA and Advisory Services solution set for Business, Non Profit and Individual Financial Decision Makers. We work to support your needs on Financials and to keep you better informed on opportunities for involvement in Our Government. We all can play an important part in helping Our Government at the Federal, State and Local levels through understanding the events that will ultimately impact Our Financials and Our Quality of Life.
In as much as Taxation is mandatory, a key part of funding Our Government - it is often forgotten that Taxes are an investment in the Public Trust - a Trust that functions better with checks and balances. Your awareness is a key part of building a better Future for NYC by following decision making that is happening today. Stay informed and be a part of decision making to help support a better future for NYC.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Checking in with NYC Financials - The 2011 CAFR the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of NYC
Checking in with NYC Financials:
New York City's Financial Year End is 6/30/11, these Financials became available subsequent to our last check in.
COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL REPORT FOR FY11
CAFR 2011
DCarsonCPA.com your CPA and Advisory Services Solution Set connecting the line on Government, Industry, Business, Non Profit and Individual Financials for Decision Makers.
New York City's Financial Year End is 6/30/11, these Financials became available subsequent to our last check in.
COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL REPORT FOR FY11
CAFR 2011
DCarsonCPA.com your CPA and Advisory Services Solution Set connecting the line on Government, Industry, Business, Non Profit and Individual Financials for Decision Makers.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
MTA Audited Financials for 2010 and 2Q11 Financial Review
During a Round of Public Hearings (earlier this year) for the MTA considering fair hikes we wanted to consider with you MTA Financials and planned for a later time to return and do so, this seemed like a good time to check back in on this.
Most of us have an up and down relationship with Public Transportation which at it's optimal performance can help us efficiently move, save resources, and better connect in the Urban Environment. Like any large organization there is always room for continued improvement and the interaction of an interested audience can go a long way in helping the MTA more efficiently reach its service goal to better transport us all with efficiency.
A solid starting point for considering MTA Finances is realizing the Federal, State and Local Funding are components of supporting the MTA in addition to the Fares we pay - it is a subsidized service, but like any Organization the process is likely to work with more efficiency in meeting it's goal when we pay attention to Financials, Budgets and Plans and consider ways we can help to be more interactively involved. The questions you've had, the solutions you've considered can all help to bring more efficiency to MTA operations and it's in your hands to better connect with the Government and MTA leadership to communicate the ways we can all assist in improving MTA and supporting Fiscally Responsible Financial Management and Operational Efficiency in Public Transit.
To this end in learning more about MTA Operations it's a great start to read Financials to see where Operations and Efficiency Meet or may need additional assistance.
We share with you Audited 2010 MTA Financials and 2Q11 Reviewed MTA Financials, as you review them it is helpful to understand that Audited Financials delivered by CPAs provide a higher degree of reliability than Review. Audited Financials have met the higher benchmark of Reasonable Assurance from a CPA, that those Audited Financials are Free from Material Misstatements, Errors, Omissions or other defects (it is not a Guarantee). Reviewed Financials are subject to a substantially lesser CPA review process based on observational and analytical analysis. Given the choice you should always focus more on the Audited Financials that meet the greater standard. You can better follow the difference between an Audit and Review by reading and contrasting the wordings in Each CPA Report below to better follow what an Audit or a Review is or is not. To help you find them below they are called the Independent Auditors Report and the Independent Accountants Review Report respectively and are signed by the CPA Firm in the Documents below.
See also DCarsonCPA The Empire Line for info on MTA Budgets 2012 - 2015: http://dcarsoncpa-theempireline.blogspot.com/2011/11/nys-ct-mta-financial-plan-2012-2015.html
MTA_Q2_ReviewReport
NYS MTA Audited Consolidated 2010 Financials
Most of us have an up and down relationship with Public Transportation which at it's optimal performance can help us efficiently move, save resources, and better connect in the Urban Environment. Like any large organization there is always room for continued improvement and the interaction of an interested audience can go a long way in helping the MTA more efficiently reach its service goal to better transport us all with efficiency.
A solid starting point for considering MTA Finances is realizing the Federal, State and Local Funding are components of supporting the MTA in addition to the Fares we pay - it is a subsidized service, but like any Organization the process is likely to work with more efficiency in meeting it's goal when we pay attention to Financials, Budgets and Plans and consider ways we can help to be more interactively involved. The questions you've had, the solutions you've considered can all help to bring more efficiency to MTA operations and it's in your hands to better connect with the Government and MTA leadership to communicate the ways we can all assist in improving MTA and supporting Fiscally Responsible Financial Management and Operational Efficiency in Public Transit.
To this end in learning more about MTA Operations it's a great start to read Financials to see where Operations and Efficiency Meet or may need additional assistance.
We share with you Audited 2010 MTA Financials and 2Q11 Reviewed MTA Financials, as you review them it is helpful to understand that Audited Financials delivered by CPAs provide a higher degree of reliability than Review. Audited Financials have met the higher benchmark of Reasonable Assurance from a CPA, that those Audited Financials are Free from Material Misstatements, Errors, Omissions or other defects (it is not a Guarantee). Reviewed Financials are subject to a substantially lesser CPA review process based on observational and analytical analysis. Given the choice you should always focus more on the Audited Financials that meet the greater standard. You can better follow the difference between an Audit and Review by reading and contrasting the wordings in Each CPA Report below to better follow what an Audit or a Review is or is not. To help you find them below they are called the Independent Auditors Report and the Independent Accountants Review Report respectively and are signed by the CPA Firm in the Documents below.
See also DCarsonCPA The Empire Line for info on MTA Budgets 2012 - 2015: http://dcarsoncpa-theempireline.blogspot.com/2011/11/nys-ct-mta-financial-plan-2012-2015.html
MTA_Q2_ReviewReport
NYS MTA Audited Consolidated 2010 Financials
Monday, November 7, 2011
Checking in with NYC Government at 11/7/11
At the Mayors Office:
Mayor Bloomberg, Speaker Quinn, Housing Commissioner Wambua and Gotham Organization Break Ground On Largest New Construction Project in Manhattan Under City's Housing http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2011b%2Fpr397-11.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1
Mayor Bloomberg Convenes International Summit On Business Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Job Creation Sponsored by New York City Global Partners at Columbia University http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2011b%2Fpr392-11.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1
Mayors Office: http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.beb0d8fdaa9e1607a62fa24601c789a0/
Mayoral & City Agencies http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.db6d44f040275edd6bce0ed101c789a0
NYC Comptrollers Office:
COMPTROLLER LIU ISSUES NEW YORK CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE
ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 http://comptroller.nyc.gov/press/2011_releases/pr11-11-084.shtm
The CAFR of NYC for 2011 has not been posted online yet since it is still in Draft Version and it will be several more months for the Final CAFR for 2011 report to be available in Final Version as per Comptrollers Office. The CAFR is the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of NYC - the Financials of Our City.
New York State published it's 3/31/11 CAFR in support of Transparency and you can find it here:
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/finance/finreports/cafr11.pdf
As we understand it currently these are the June 30, 2010 NYC Financials :
http://www.comptroller.nyc.gov/bureaus/acc/cafr-pdf/cafr2010.pdf
The 2011 NYC CAFR will be made available when it reaches it's final version in a few months per NYC Comptrollers. In a point of observation since Annual Financials are historical documents timelines are important for consituents knowledge of NYC Government. At present the Financials which are dated 6/30/11 appear to be on a 6 Month turnaround timeline for Annual Financials resulting in what would be from a Corporate view point stale data for analysis purposes.
If you have been following with us, you know that we care about Federal, State and Local Financials and value timely data for Decision Makers.
A Goal for a Improvements:
From the outside looking in, there appears to be a good opportunity for reengineering timelines on NYC Financials. If there is a background process that is holding up NYC Financials, that process should be rengineered. Timely Financials for NYC help NYC voters, the constituents of NYC to be better connected to and aware of City Financials complete with Challenges and Opportunitities for improvement.
As a point of Comparison Our Federal Government issues Federal Financials on 9/30/11 and GAO has 45 days to issue a report thereafter. While the Federal Government has greater resources, NYC Financials are also very important and warrant a tight timeline to issuance.
We care about NYC and part of being better connected to government is being able to connect with the financials on a timely basis to consider decisions in Public Finance, this is important for ALL NYC Residents.
At City Council (the NYC Legislative Branch):
COUNCIL VOTES TO INCREASE COMMUNITY BOARD INPUT ON BICYCLE LANES INSTALLATION http://council.nyc.gov/html/releases/110311stated.shtml
Speaker Quinn Outlines Nine Point Job Creation Strategy http://council.nyc.gov/html/releases/101811abny.shtml
About City Council http://council.nyc.gov/html/about/about.shtml
NYC Judicial Branch:
New York State Unified Courts
Still reviewing - will update in the near term....
Mayor Bloomberg, Speaker Quinn, Housing Commissioner Wambua and Gotham Organization Break Ground On Largest New Construction Project in Manhattan Under City's Housing http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2011b%2Fpr397-11.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1
Mayor Bloomberg Convenes International Summit On Business Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Job Creation Sponsored by New York City Global Partners at Columbia University http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2011b%2Fpr392-11.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1
Mayors Office: http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.beb0d8fdaa9e1607a62fa24601c789a0/
Mayoral & City Agencies http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.db6d44f040275edd6bce0ed101c789a0
NYC Comptrollers Office:
COMPTROLLER LIU ISSUES NEW YORK CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE
ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 http://comptroller.nyc.gov/press/2011_releases/pr11-11-084.shtm
The CAFR of NYC for 2011 has not been posted online yet since it is still in Draft Version and it will be several more months for the Final CAFR for 2011 report to be available in Final Version as per Comptrollers Office. The CAFR is the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of NYC - the Financials of Our City.
New York State published it's 3/31/11 CAFR in support of Transparency and you can find it here:
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/finance/finreports/cafr11.pdf
As we understand it currently these are the June 30, 2010 NYC Financials :
http://www.comptroller.nyc.gov/bureaus/acc/cafr-pdf/cafr2010.pdf
The 2011 NYC CAFR will be made available when it reaches it's final version in a few months per NYC Comptrollers. In a point of observation since Annual Financials are historical documents timelines are important for consituents knowledge of NYC Government. At present the Financials which are dated 6/30/11 appear to be on a 6 Month turnaround timeline for Annual Financials resulting in what would be from a Corporate view point stale data for analysis purposes.
If you have been following with us, you know that we care about Federal, State and Local Financials and value timely data for Decision Makers.
A Goal for a Improvements:
From the outside looking in, there appears to be a good opportunity for reengineering timelines on NYC Financials. If there is a background process that is holding up NYC Financials, that process should be rengineered. Timely Financials for NYC help NYC voters, the constituents of NYC to be better connected to and aware of City Financials complete with Challenges and Opportunitities for improvement.
As a point of Comparison Our Federal Government issues Federal Financials on 9/30/11 and GAO has 45 days to issue a report thereafter. While the Federal Government has greater resources, NYC Financials are also very important and warrant a tight timeline to issuance.
We care about NYC and part of being better connected to government is being able to connect with the financials on a timely basis to consider decisions in Public Finance, this is important for ALL NYC Residents.
At City Council (the NYC Legislative Branch):
COUNCIL VOTES TO INCREASE COMMUNITY BOARD INPUT ON BICYCLE LANES INSTALLATION http://council.nyc.gov/html/releases/110311stated.shtml
Speaker Quinn Outlines Nine Point Job Creation Strategy http://council.nyc.gov/html/releases/101811abny.shtml
About City Council http://council.nyc.gov/html/about/about.shtml
NYC Judicial Branch:
New York State Unified Courts
Still reviewing - will update in the near term....
NYC Elections Board - Becoming A Candidate
Most of us have some insights to things we'd like to fix in areas of City Government, few will ultimately take that step to enter the arena to make a difference by actually making a run for a political office in New York City. If you are inclined to run for office, the NYC Board of Elections has provided this how to guide on how to get there from NYS:
http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/candidates.html (NYS Board of Elections)
In the interest of sharing information that you may find important we are sharing it for you here.
The Next Link is to the NYC Board of Elections for more General information http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/.
http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/candidates.html (NYS Board of Elections)
In the interest of sharing information that you may find important we are sharing it for you here.
The Next Link is to the NYC Board of Elections for more General information http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
IRC Federal Taxation of Rents and Royalties, Real Estate, Rentals and Authors.
The Borough Lines is primarily Focused on New York City and related Governance, but since Rentals and Royalties can be very relevant to New York City Residents we are bringing in a brief view of IRS Tax law pertaining to Rent and Royalties from the IRC.
(b) Advance rentals; cancellation payments. Except as provided in section 467 and the regulations thereunder and except as otherwise provided by the Commissioner in published guidance (see §601.601(d)(2) of this chapter), gross income includes advance rentals, which must be included in income for the year of receipt regardless of the period covered or the method of accounting employed by the taxpayer. An amount received by a lessor from a lessee for cancelling a lease constitutes gross income for the year in which it is received, since it is essentially a substitute for rental payments. As to amounts received by a lessee for the cancellation of a lease, see section 1241 and the regulations thereunder.
(c) Expenditures by lessee. As a general rule, if a lessee pays any of the expenses of his lessor such payments are additional rental income of the lessor. If a lessee places improvements on real estate which constitute, in whole or in part, a substitute for rent, such improvements constitute rental income to the lessor. Whether or not improvements made by a lessee result in rental income to the lessor in a particular case depends upon the intention of the parties, which may be indicated either by the terms of the lease or by the surrounding circumstances. For the exclusion from gross income of income (other than rent) derived by a lessor of real property on the termination of a lease, representing the value of such property attributable to buildings erected or other improvements made by a lessee, see section 109 and the regulations thereunder. For the exclusion from gross income of a lessor corporation of certain of its income taxes on rental income paid by a lessee corporation under a lease entered into before January 1, 1954, see section 110 and the regulations thereunder.
[T.D. 6500, 25 FR 11402, Nov. 26, 1960; 25 FR 14021, Dec. 31, 1960, as amended by T.D. 8820, 64 FR 26851, May 18, 1999; T.D. 9135, 69 FR 41192, July 8, 2004]
As of Read Date 10/30/11 - ALL US TAX Laws are subject to change and update and you must review as filing your return and reporting for Tax Purposes.
DCarsonCPA.com is the web presence of Dean T. Carson II, CPA an NYC Based Traditional and Strategic CPA Practice working to better connect the line between Government, Industry, Business and Individual Financial Decision Maker and here to assist on your Accounting, Tax, Advisory, Operations, Analysis, Research , and other needs. We use our skills in Financials and Accounting to connect and support Financial Decision Makers. Learn more at http://www.dcarsoncpa.com/ or e-mail us at info@dcarsoncpa.com .
§ 1.61-8 Rents and royalties.
(a) In general. Gross income includes rentals received or accrued for the occupancy of real estate or the use of personal property. For the inclusion of rents in income for the purpose of the retirement income credit, see section 37 and the regulations thereunder. Gross income includes royalties. Royalties may be received from books, stories, plays, copyrights, trademarks, formulas, patents, and from the exploitation of natural resources, such as coal, gas, oil, copper, or timber. Payments received as a result of the transfer of patent rights may under some circumstances constitute capital gain instead of ordinary income. See section 1235 and the regulations thereunder. For special rules for certain income from natural resources, see Subchapter I (section 611 and following), Chapter 1 of the Code, and the regulations thereunder.(b) Advance rentals; cancellation payments. Except as provided in section 467 and the regulations thereunder and except as otherwise provided by the Commissioner in published guidance (see §601.601(d)(2) of this chapter), gross income includes advance rentals, which must be included in income for the year of receipt regardless of the period covered or the method of accounting employed by the taxpayer. An amount received by a lessor from a lessee for cancelling a lease constitutes gross income for the year in which it is received, since it is essentially a substitute for rental payments. As to amounts received by a lessee for the cancellation of a lease, see section 1241 and the regulations thereunder.
(c) Expenditures by lessee. As a general rule, if a lessee pays any of the expenses of his lessor such payments are additional rental income of the lessor. If a lessee places improvements on real estate which constitute, in whole or in part, a substitute for rent, such improvements constitute rental income to the lessor. Whether or not improvements made by a lessee result in rental income to the lessor in a particular case depends upon the intention of the parties, which may be indicated either by the terms of the lease or by the surrounding circumstances. For the exclusion from gross income of income (other than rent) derived by a lessor of real property on the termination of a lease, representing the value of such property attributable to buildings erected or other improvements made by a lessee, see section 109 and the regulations thereunder. For the exclusion from gross income of a lessor corporation of certain of its income taxes on rental income paid by a lessee corporation under a lease entered into before January 1, 1954, see section 110 and the regulations thereunder.
[T.D. 6500, 25 FR 11402, Nov. 26, 1960; 25 FR 14021, Dec. 31, 1960, as amended by T.D. 8820, 64 FR 26851, May 18, 1999; T.D. 9135, 69 FR 41192, July 8, 2004]
As of Read Date 10/30/11 - ALL US TAX Laws are subject to change and update and you must review as filing your return and reporting for Tax Purposes.
DCarsonCPA.com is the web presence of Dean T. Carson II, CPA an NYC Based Traditional and Strategic CPA Practice working to better connect the line between Government, Industry, Business and Individual Financial Decision Maker and here to assist on your Accounting, Tax, Advisory, Operations, Analysis, Research , and other needs. We use our skills in Financials and Accounting to connect and support Financial Decision Makers. Learn more at http://www.dcarsoncpa.com/ or e-mail us at info@dcarsoncpa.com .
Thursday, October 27, 2011
A Top Side Look at NYC Politics - Thought Groups / Think Tanks, Lobbies, PACs and more.
NYC is a complicated City of 8 + Million Residents and an under counted Populace in Queens that will hurt us for years to come on the US Census. As a CPA Practice our expertise is not really about Lobbying or Political Action although we would certainly use our understanding to support Client interests if we see place where Clients from the Business, Non Profit or Individual Sector are being hurt by policies.
Our overall Focus is non-partisan research to present information and let you decide, and the human acknowledgement that there may be the occasional times where we are compelled to speak out from an angle of what we believe to be a centrist view point. It's not an easy role to stand for principles so we appreciate that the role of Legislators and elected officials is a challenging one. In Our case a fair role that we fit would most likely be to facilitate communication between financial and community decision makers. You'll have to know that we come from a Family that is half Medicine, Altruism and Social Good and Half Strict business so we probably land centrist in view points. But wherever we land it's about bringing something better - it's about how we work together to build a better future for the Economy and the Community.
Our goal is to better connect the line between Government, Business, Non Profit and Individual Financial Decision Makers and to be well versed in the points for ALL where your business meets Regulations and potentially opportunities interfacing with Government - ie Grants for Non Profits, RFPs for Business, Knowledge of Law for Businesses and how Individuals can better connect to services that support needs. It's similar to the Banking Service Model where we are trying to be broad based in knowledge so that for any client need we meet we can be here for you with a Solution Set of Opportunities whether your role is Financial Decision Making in Government, Industry, Businesses, Non Profits of Individual Roles.
We start to leave this analysis with a look at some resources:
Manhattan Institute - Conservative Think Tank, provided ideas for the Giuliani Administration in reforming New York in some areas.
Still researching on other competing thought groups for more open ideas to represent in balance opinion groups, and will update here as soon as we find it (if you know the groups you are invited to tell us so we can update). In the weeks ahead we will be working to back fill this.
PACs:
PACs are Political Action Committees that are funded to lead Legislative Causes that can influence the Rules and Laws we all live with so it is best to be aware of how causes work and to understand for better or worse how these causes interact with your own needs. Knowledge of PACs can help you be more effective in supporting the needs of your Family, your Non Profit or Business Cause through Elections and related Decision Making activities that ultimately impact Family Finances.
Courtesy of NYS information about PACS http://www.elections.state.ny.us/PAC.html
Courtesy NYC Campaign Finance Board http://www.nyccfb.info/reports/pclt_13.htm?sm=press_pacList
New York City Lobbying Group Registration:
NYC Lobbying Bureau at the City Clerks Office. A Comprehensive resource on registered Lobbyists including Laws regulating Lobbying in NYC.
2011 List - All NYC Lobbying Organizations http://www.nyc.gov/lobbyistsearch/directory.jsp
search by year to find Lobbyists - a brief overview exhibits a cross section of Businesses and Non Profits, Unions, Healthcare and more.
NYC Lobbying Group Registration provides a good research Start Point to back fill research on Lobbying Groups that are at work in NYC and to understand their interests and causes.
A Resource for learning more in general at the Federal Level and I have seen some NYC lobbying listed there is:
OpenSecrets.org this is their own information on who OpenSecrets.org is:
Our General View Point is that it's important to understand the full cross section of how government works and it's no secret that Lobbying is part of the process. In Fact one of the great challenges in Government at Large is the Balancing of citizens interests with the interests of better financed groups. It's an important issue of balance because the interests that most need protection are the rights of individuals who may in fact may have less money and less representation in their needs. In Some ways this is the important role Non Profits can fill to help.
Since we are not experts in this area we are leaving this piece in an open status and are interested in your productive additions to knowledge here. As we receive feedback from our request for help on this article we will update here or in future articles,
DCarsonCPA.com is the web presence of Dean T. Carson II, CPA here for you on Accounting, Taxes, Advisory, Consulting, Operations and more. Supporting the better connection of Government, Industry, Business, Non Profit and Individual Financial Decision Making and occasionally looking at Quality of Life issues that ultimately impact us all. We care about your Finances, Our Families, the Economy and the Nations Future on all of the levels where we can help through better connecting Local, State, and National Financial Decision Making Information. Learn more about services at www.dcarsoncpa.com or reach us at info@dcarsoncpa.com .
Our overall Focus is non-partisan research to present information and let you decide, and the human acknowledgement that there may be the occasional times where we are compelled to speak out from an angle of what we believe to be a centrist view point. It's not an easy role to stand for principles so we appreciate that the role of Legislators and elected officials is a challenging one. In Our case a fair role that we fit would most likely be to facilitate communication between financial and community decision makers. You'll have to know that we come from a Family that is half Medicine, Altruism and Social Good and Half Strict business so we probably land centrist in view points. But wherever we land it's about bringing something better - it's about how we work together to build a better future for the Economy and the Community.
Our goal is to better connect the line between Government, Business, Non Profit and Individual Financial Decision Makers and to be well versed in the points for ALL where your business meets Regulations and potentially opportunities interfacing with Government - ie Grants for Non Profits, RFPs for Business, Knowledge of Law for Businesses and how Individuals can better connect to services that support needs. It's similar to the Banking Service Model where we are trying to be broad based in knowledge so that for any client need we meet we can be here for you with a Solution Set of Opportunities whether your role is Financial Decision Making in Government, Industry, Businesses, Non Profits of Individual Roles.
We start to leave this analysis with a look at some resources:
Manhattan Institute - Conservative Think Tank, provided ideas for the Giuliani Administration in reforming New York in some areas.
Still researching on other competing thought groups for more open ideas to represent in balance opinion groups, and will update here as soon as we find it (if you know the groups you are invited to tell us so we can update). In the weeks ahead we will be working to back fill this.
PACs:
PACs are Political Action Committees that are funded to lead Legislative Causes that can influence the Rules and Laws we all live with so it is best to be aware of how causes work and to understand for better or worse how these causes interact with your own needs. Knowledge of PACs can help you be more effective in supporting the needs of your Family, your Non Profit or Business Cause through Elections and related Decision Making activities that ultimately impact Family Finances.
Courtesy of NYS information about PACS http://www.elections.state.ny.us/PAC.html
Courtesy NYC Campaign Finance Board http://www.nyccfb.info/reports/pclt_13.htm?sm=press_pacList
New York City Lobbying Group Registration:
NYC Lobbying Bureau at the City Clerks Office. A Comprehensive resource on registered Lobbyists including Laws regulating Lobbying in NYC.
2011 List - All NYC Lobbying Organizations http://www.nyc.gov/lobbyistsearch/directory.jsp
search by year to find Lobbyists - a brief overview exhibits a cross section of Businesses and Non Profits, Unions, Healthcare and more.
NYC Lobbying Group Registration provides a good research Start Point to back fill research on Lobbying Groups that are at work in NYC and to understand their interests and causes.
A Resource for learning more in general at the Federal Level and I have seen some NYC lobbying listed there is:
OpenSecrets.org this is their own information on who OpenSecrets.org is:
Our Mission: Inform, Empower & Advocate
The Center for Responsive Politics is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the organization aims to create a more educated voter, an involved citizenry and a more transparent and responsive government. In short, the Center's mission is to:
- Inform citizens about how money in politics affects their lives
- Empower voters and activists by providing unbiased information
- Advocate for a transparent and responsive government
Our General View Point is that it's important to understand the full cross section of how government works and it's no secret that Lobbying is part of the process. In Fact one of the great challenges in Government at Large is the Balancing of citizens interests with the interests of better financed groups. It's an important issue of balance because the interests that most need protection are the rights of individuals who may in fact may have less money and less representation in their needs. In Some ways this is the important role Non Profits can fill to help.
Since we are not experts in this area we are leaving this piece in an open status and are interested in your productive additions to knowledge here. As we receive feedback from our request for help on this article we will update here or in future articles,
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