September 1, 2002. This report uses the latest economic and census data to examine the role of immigration, government policies and other factors in explaining why the economic expansion of the 1990s did not raise the income of average workers in New York City. Full report, executive summary, press release.
August 26, 2002. More than 50 people attended the Sectoral Approaches to Economic Development Research conference in New York City on June 25, 2002, hosted by the CUNY Graduate Center, the Consortium for Worker Education, and the Fiscal Policy Institute. The three goals of this meeting were to: highlight best-practice examples of sectoral research over the past decade in; shed some light on why sectoral strategies have not been pursued more often by the City and State; and consider how a sectoral approach could be [...]
August 19, 2002. A labor market report prepared by the Fiscal Policy Institute prepared for the Institute for Business Trends Analysis of the Borough of Manhattan Community College, and the Consortium for Worker Education. Report >>
[already item] December 3, 2002: Tale of Two Recessions: The Current Slowdown in New York City Compared to the Early 1990s by James Parrott and Oliver Cooke. (PDF) [already item] November 25, 2002: Briefing materials on the NYS and NYC budgets: [already item] PowerPoint Presentation on "New York City 2003-04 Budget Outlook" based on Mayor Bloomberg's November 14, 2002, Financial Plan Update [already item] PowerPoint Presentation on "New York State's 2003-04 Budget Outlook" (originally released on September 26, 2002) [already item] HTML version of FPI's [...]
July 29, 2002. A labor market report by the Fiscal Policy Institute for the Institute for Business Trends Analysis of the Borough of Manhattan Community College, and the Consortium for Worker Education. Report >>
July 26, 2002. By David Carroll of the California Budget Project and FPI's Trudi Renwick. Brief in PDF.. Current federal law requires states to penalize families whose members do not comply with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) requirements. However, states have the flexibility to choose partial sanctions (benefit reductions), full sanctions (elimination of the families' entire public assistance payments), or a combination of the two. California, New York, and 13 other states have chosen to use the partial sanction option; California and New York [...]
July 20, 2002. Prior to opening of Listening to the City II, the Labor Community Advocacy Network (LCAN) to Rebuild New York, together with New York Jobs with Justice, released a released a scorecard comparing the concerns expressed at February's Listening to the City I with the actions that have been taken by the relevant public authorities since that event. LCAN was convened by the the Fiscal Policy Institute and the New York City Central Labor Council of the AFL-CIO in response to the September [...]
July 18, 2002. A labor market profile prepared by the Fiscal Policy Institute. Read the report >>
July 18, 2002. A labor market profile prepared by the Fiscal Policy Institute. Read the report >>
July 17, 2002. A powerpoint presentation by James Parrott reviewing FPI's analysis of the impacts of the World Trade Center disaster and how that analysis has been used by FPI and by other organizations, both public and private.
June 26, 2002. The purchasing power of the current $5.15 per hour minimum wage is well below that of the 1960s and 1970s. From its peak in 1968, the purchasing power of the minimum wage has declined over 36 percent. Graphs.
June 25, 2002. Testimony by James A. Parrott, Ph.D., before the New York City Council Economic Development Committee. Testimony >>
June 25, 2002. Over 50 researchers and economic development practitioners participated in this conference on sectoral research hosted by the Fiscal Policy Institute, the Consortium for Worker Education and the CUNY Graduate Center. Prepared by FPI staff for distribution at the meeting: NYC Sectoral Research Bibliography, with citations to 59 studies in 12 sectors including health care, apparel manufacturing, and tourism. Participants, agenda. Also see the August 26 report, Key Themes and Issues in Sectoral Analysis, that emerged from the conference.
June 17, 2002. FPI's testimony before the New York State AFL-CIO Task Force on Prescription Drugs.
June 5, 2002. FPI prepared this brief for the New York Immigration Coalition.