Yearly Archives: 2001

Hardships: The Real Story of Working Families

July 24, 2001. A new national study confirms that New York families need incomes well above "poverty level" to make ends meet. Fully 37.5% of New York families with young children do not earn enough to afford basic necessities. In a press release (below), FPI compares the results of a new national study by Economic Policy Institute, Hardships in America: The Real Story of Working Families, to The Self Sufficiency Standard for New York released last fall. Also see - an Excel spreadsheet showing EPI's calculations [...]

2020-11-13T14:28:03-05:00July 24th, 2001|Economic Trends & Policy, Labor Market & Workforce, Press Releases|
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Proposed TANF Regulations

July 6, 2001. Comments prepared by FPI's Frank Mauro for the state's Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, on a proposed amendment to Title 18 of New York Codes, Rules and Regulations, with respect to exceptions to 5-year time limits.

2020-11-13T15:12:45-05:00July 6th, 2001|Social Policy, Testimony|
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Economists’ Statement on the Minimum Wage

June 8, 2001. The pdf version of this letter, which was sent to state senators, includes the list of signers. We 80+ economists from throughout New York support an increase in the state minimum wage to $6.75 an hour. The Assembly has already passed a bill to this effect, and we urge you to join in this bipartisan effort to make work pay in New York State. Increasing the minimum wage to $6.75 in 2002 and tying further increases to the regional Consumer Price Index [...]

2020-11-13T14:58:55-05:00June 8th, 2001|Economic Trends & Policy, Labor Market & Workforce, Letters|
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A Giveaway to Landlords

June 8, 2001. An op ed by Moshe Adler and James Parrott, published in the New York Daily News. With commercial rents skyrocketing, Mayor Giuliani and the City Council have decided to step in. Hold on to your wallet. Ostensibly to help commercial tenants, the mayor and the Council have decided to transfer $25 million a year from the pockets of taxpayers to the pockets of landlords. Here is how it will work. The city taxes commercial rents when they exceed $150,000 a year. In [...]

2020-10-27T13:09:43-04:00June 8th, 2001|City Budget, Letters, Tax & Budget, Tax Policy|
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Safety net urged for state’s poor

May 16, 2001. An article by Erika Rosenberg, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, related to a briefing prepared by the Campaign for the Empire State Jobs Program. New York needs a $190 million program to help thousands of families approaching the five-year time limit for receiving welfare benefits, advocates for the poor said yesterday. About 63,000 welfare cases -- including 2,095 in Monroe County -- are expected to hit a federal time limit in December, according to the latest state figures. The federal government imposed a [...]

2020-11-13T15:12:45-05:00May 16th, 2001|Blog, Social Policy|
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Jobs urged as welfare deadline looms

May 16, 2001. An article by Elizabeth Benjamin, Albany Times-Union, related to a briefing prepared by the Campaign for the Empire State Jobs Program: a state-subsidized program would aid thousands reaching end of 5-year benefits limit. Labor unions and activists on Tuesday called on lawmakers to approve a $190 million program to provide 8,000 state-subsidized jobs for people who will hit a five-year time limit for federal welfare benefits in December. The program proposed in a bill sponsored by Sen. Nicholas Spano, R-Yonkers, and Assemblywoman [...]

2020-11-13T15:12:45-05:00May 16th, 2001|Blog, Social Policy|
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Briefing: The Empire State Jobs Program

May 15, 2001. The Fiscal Policy Institute joined the other members of the Campaign for the Empire State Jobs Program to organize a briefing on the program for state officials. The Empire State Jobs program is a transitional employment program that would provide work experience, training and other needed support services to public assistance recipients with serious barriers to employment and little or no paid work experience, particularly those who are close to reaching the five-year time limit on family assistance. Materials from the briefing [...]

2020-11-13T15:12:45-05:00May 15th, 2001|Press Releases, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Social Policy|
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A Preliminary Analysis of the Impact of President George W. Bush’s Tax Cut Proposals on New York State

April 12, 2001. A new administration in Washington is determined to push through an unprecedented $1.6 trillion tax cut that will have far-reaching effects for years to come. This report shows that the Bush tax plan would hit the Empire State with a powerful "double whammy." While the richest 1.1% would receive over 60 percent of the tax cut, 2.5 million New Yorkers would be left entirely. Many other New Yorkers would receive cuts that are smaller than advertised. Overall, the President's plan would increase [...]

2020-10-27T13:07:11-04:00April 12th, 2001|Press Releases, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Tax & Budget|
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The Impact of New York State’s Personal Income Tax on Low Income Working Families

March 1, 2001. This report shows that New York has among the lowest income tax burdens in the country for low-income working families. Most of the relief for these families comes from the State Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) enacted in 1994. The income tax rate cuts and other changes enacted in 1995 now cost over $5 billion per year but provide very little help to these families. Also see the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities annual report, State Income Tax Burdens on Low-Income [...]

2012-03-18T01:11:57-04:00March 1st, 2001|Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Tax & Budget, Tax Policy|
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Poverty Amidst Plenty 2001

February 27, 2001. New York State leaves millions of dollars unspent for anti-poverty efforts for state's poor families. The state's TANF funds should be fully and promptly used for the New York families that need them. A new report makes the case. New York press release Poverty Amidst Plenty 2001, a new report from the National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support Appendix tables from the report Summary of New York's TANF and MOE appropriations by program Summary of New York's TANF and MOE expenditures, [...]

2020-11-13T15:12:45-05:00February 27th, 2001|Press Releases, Social Policy, Tax & Budget|
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Balancing Revenues, Expenditures and Human Needs in the 21st Century: Assessing New York’s 2001-2002 Executive Budget in Economic, Social and Fiscal Context

January 2001. The Fiscal Policy Institute's 11th annual budget briefing.  Briefing book on the 2001-2002 executive budget >> Also at this year's briefing, Michael Mazerov of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities made a presentation: The "Single Sales Factor" Formula for State Corporate Taxes: A Boon to New York Economic Development or a Costly Giveaway?

2020-11-13T14:17:43-05:00January 25th, 2001|Reports, Briefs and Presentations, State Budget, Tax & Budget, Tax Policy|
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School Finance Reform Victory

January 10, 2001. Today, the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, a coalition of parent organizations, community school boards, concerned citizens and advocacy groups won a major victory at the State Supreme Court in their challenge to the way in which New York State funds elementary and secondary education.  In his 180-page decision, Justice Leland DeGrasse gave the New York State legislature until September 15, 2001, to draw up a new funding system that meets the following five requirements: Ensuring that every school district has the resources [...]

2020-11-13T15:04:36-05:00January 10th, 2001|Blog, Education, Social Policy|
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New York Stock Exchange Subsidy Deal

January 8, 2001. Testimony delivered at the Public Hearing of the Empire State Development Corporation on the New York Stock Exchange Project Held Pursuant to the Eminent Domain Procedure Law, Alexander Hamilton United States Customs House. James A. Parrott, Deputy Director and Chief Economist, Fiscal Policy Institute, testified: My name is James Parrott and I am the Deputy Director and Chief Economist of the Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI). FPI was established in 1991 and is a nonpartisan, non-profit research and education organization that focuses on [...]

2020-11-13T14:56:21-05:00January 8th, 2001|Economic Outlook, Economic Trends & Policy, Testimony|
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