This Boston Globe op-ed references a joint report between cSPA and the Boston Policy Institute that predicted last June that the falling values of empty office buildings would eventually create a revenue shortfall of $1.4 billion to $2.1 billion.
Evan Horowitz, executive director of cSPA, is quoted in this Boston Globe article on the revenue loss that could result from a proposal to cut Massachusetts' income tax rate.
This article mentions a June report from cSPA that found that Boston's declining commercial tax revenue could fall further in the next five years than previous estimates predicted.
cSPA's Evan Horowitz discusses the latest “business confidence index” from the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, which is trending negative for the eighth straight month.
A cSPA joint report with the Massachusetts Municipal Association examining the impact of rising costs and sluggish growth in state aid on municipal budgets is linked in this article.
Evan Horowitz joined WBUR's Morning Edition to explain why Proposition 2 1/2, the 45-year-old Massachusetts law that limits how much cities and towns can raise property taxes in a given year, is in the spotlight.