Testimony before the Board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority

September 29, 2004. David Dyssegaard Kallick and Lava Thimmayya spoke at a meeting of the board of the MTA. David Dyssegaard Kallick Senior Fellow, Fiscal Policy Institute and Coordinator, Labor Community Advocacy Network to Rebuild New York (LCAN) Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is David Dyssegaard Kallick, and I am senior fellow of the Fiscal Policy Institute. I am also coordinator of the Labor Community Advocacy Network to Rebuild New York (LCAN), a coalition that came together after September 11th [...]

2020-11-13T14:56:20-05:00September 29th, 2004|Economic Trends & Policy, Testimony|

Organizations Join Together to Tell Governor that his Vetoes Will Hurt

September 22, 2004. Diverse organizations urge the Legislature to override the vetoes and restore the budget they have already passed. Group press release Preliminary Analysis of 2004-2005 Budget, After Vetoes List of speakers TANF "SURPLUS" SFY 2004-05 Housing and Veterans Disability Advocacy Program Libraries Youth Programs Child Health Plus

2012-03-24T20:37:26-04:00September 22nd, 2004|Blog, State Budget, Tax & Budget|

Large, Profitable Corporations Not Paying Their Fair Share

September 22, 2004. Eighty-two of America's largest and most profitable corporations, including twelve New York-based corporations and many other corporations that generate a substantial portion of their profits in New York state, paid no federal income tax at all in at least one year during the first three years of the George W. Bush administration, a period when federal corporate tax collections feel to their lowest sustained level in six decades. This is one of many startling findings of a new report on corporate tax [...]

2020-10-27T13:07:10-04:00September 22nd, 2004|Press Releases, Tax & Budget|

State of Working New York 2004: Recovery Yet to Arrive for Many New York Workers and Their Families

September 6, 2004. The U.S. job market overall is still too weak to broadly distribute the benefits of the growing economy. The slack labor market has led to a situation in which wages have started to fall behind inflation. Press release with New York figures below or link to press release with tables and graphs. FPI's State of Working New York series, published biennially since 1999, provides comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the data available on the conditions facing workers and working families in New [...]

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