Monthly Archives: July 2007

The Fight over Federal Appropriations: Impact on New York State

July 17, 2007. Today FPI released a new report and joined more than 30 children's, hunger, religious, social service and other advocacy organizations in calling on Congress to stand with New York families. The groups urged the state's representatives to resist pressure from the administration to cut funding for education, child care, worker training and similar programs. FPI's report, an issue of Fiscal Policy Note$, takes a look at the struggle in Congress over domestic discretionary spending, and finds that the modest increases under consideration [...]

2012-03-15T21:18:24-04:00July 17th, 2007|Press Releases, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Tax & Budget|
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Groups Call for Reform of Business Subsidy Programs

July 11, 2007. FPI teamed up with New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, Environmental Advocates, NYPIRG and the Sierra Club to call attention to the taxpayer funds being poured into Empire Zones, the Brownfield Cleanup Program, and industrial development agencies - business subsidy programs that lack basic accountability measures and anti-sprawl provisions. Group press release >>

2020-11-13T14:56:18-05:00July 11th, 2007|Blog, Economic Trends & Policy|
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The Public Cost of Privatized Medicare: How Medicare Advantage is hurting Medicare beneficiaries and other New York taxpayers

July 6, 2007. New York's Child Health Plus expansion is being jeopardized by Medicare Advantage overpayments. How? A report from FPI and Citizen Action New York finds that a privatized Medicare plan is costing taxpayers $709 million in overpayments for New York alone - and NY beneficiaries paid $35 million in extra premiums. FPI and CANY point out that these funds would be better used to finance Governor Spitzer's plan to cover all uninsured children. Press release, full report.

2012-03-15T21:28:54-04:00July 6th, 2007|Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Tax & Budget|
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