Yearly Archives: 1999

March 8, 1999. Highlights of a report released today are given in this press release: According to a new report issued today by the Fiscal Policy Institute, New York State's economy is not working for low-income working families. The new study, Working but Poor in New York: Improving the Economic Situation of a Hard-Working but Ignored Population, found that more than one million New Yorkers live below the poverty level despite the fact that they are members of households with at least one worker. Even [...]

February 1999. An analysis by Michael Ettlinger of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, presented at FPI's budget briefing in Albany.

February 1999. The Fiscal Policy Institute's annual budget briefing. Below, text from the briefing book on the 1999-2000 executive budget. Also see Personal Income Tax Changes in New York State: Enacted 1995 Cuts and Proposed 2003 Cuts, which was presented at the briefing in Albany by Michael Ettlinger of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The 1999-2000 Executive Budget turns a blind eye to the major challenges and opportunities facing New York State, failing to even recognize them - let alone to address them. [...]

January 1999. A brief by Carolyn Boldiston. Over the last twenty-five years, the numbers of people that work and also care for children and parents have increased dramatically. To respond to this situation, Congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in 1993 which finally required employers to provide leave to care for one's own serious health condition, including pregnancy, and to care for a new child or a seriously ill child, spouse or parent. While the FMLA protects an employee's job, seniority and [...]

January 1999. New from the Fiscal Policy Institute: this report sets forth and analyzed a plan for reforming New York State's system of financing its schools that covers the aid formula part of Justice's DeGrasse's requirements.  This plan was developed by FPI in an attempt to "operationalize" the Campaign for Fiscal Equity's "Statewide Fair Funding Principles for a Sound Basic Education." David Gaskell, Frank Mauro, Jennifer McCormick and Trudi Renwick wrote the report.