Yearly Archives: 2012

Pittsburgh’s new immigrants equal brain gain

May 27, 2012. An article by Christine H. O'Toole. Excerpt - Census data show the Pittsburgh metro region dead last among 15 peers in foreign-born population. With 73,443 foreign-born citizens, the region has half the international population of Charlotte, N.C., which has 1 million fewer residents. Pittsburgh's foreign-born population is a fifth that of Detroit and 13 percent the international population of Philadelphia, both more populous Metropolitan Statistical Areas. But recent Brookings Institution analysis reveals that the region is another kind of outlier: Though only [...]

2012-06-21T20:10:46-04:00June 5th, 2012|FPI in the News|
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Minimum wage in the news, April-May 2012

May 29, 2012. FPI's analysis and commentary on the minimum wage issue has been highlighted in a number of recent news stories: Report: 880,000 Workers In NY Would Benefit From Higher Minimum Wage - an article by Joseph Spector, Gannett News Service, May 24, 2012. Wage Bill Would Benefit Bronx More than Other Counties, Report Says - an article by Patrick Wall, DNAinfo.com, May 24, 2012. The minimum wage, tax cuts, and the New York legislature - an article by Jeremy Moule, Rochester City Newspaper [...]

2020-11-13T14:58:53-05:00May 29th, 2012|Blog, Economic Trends & Policy, FPI in the News, Labor Market & Workforce|
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Mind the income gap: Rich-and-poor divide continues

May 27, 2012. A letter to the editor by Frank Mauro and James Parrott, Crain's New York Business. Greg David's recent blog post on income inequality (“Flash: Inequality falls dramatically in NYC”) leaves out an important part of the story. Yes, incomes of the top 1% fell during the 2008-09 recession, and the top 1% share of total income declined. But since then, income polarization has clearly resumed. Berkeley economist Emmanuel Saez reported in early March that the top 1% of households nationally captured a [...]

2020-11-13T14:27:59-05:00May 27th, 2012|Economic Trends & Policy, Labor Market & Workforce, Letters|
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Advocates want Gov. Cuomo to create tax reform commission

May 25, 2012. An article by Adam Shanks, Legislative Gazette. Advocates, headed by New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, met in the Capitol last week to urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo to create a Tax Reform and Fairness Commission, first proposed in December 2011 The group, a mélange of tax reform organizations that call themselves the Omnibus Consortium, also pointed out problems with the way the governor laid out the commission in both his State of the State and budget addresses earlier this year. The advocates believe [...]

2012-06-18T20:50:18-04:00May 25th, 2012|FPI in the News|
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Advocates urge Cuomo to carry through on tax reform commission

May 25, 2012. Tax reform advocacy groups from around the state gathered on May 22 to remind the Governor that he pledged to create a tax reform commission in his State of the State address earlier this year. News coverage: "Omnibus members question Cuomo's tax plans" - a post by Rick Karlin, Albany Times Union Capitol Confidential blog. "Groups Urge Tax Reform" - a post by Joseph Spector, Albany Watch blog. Includes a video of Ron Deutsch of New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness talking about [...]

2020-11-13T14:56:15-05:00May 25th, 2012|Blog, Economic Trends & Policy, Tax & Budget, Tax Policy|
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What is the county-by-county impact of raising New York’s minimum wage to $8.50 an hour?

May 24, 2012. This new brief shows that among several of the state's larger upstate counties, the share of workers who would benefit directly is well above the statewide average - 10.1 percent of all resident workers. In Broome County 12.6 percent of workers would benefit, in Oneida 12.5 percent, Erie County 11.4 percent, Monroe 11.1 percent and Onondaga 10.9 percent. Downstate, 352,000 New York City workers would benefit directly, as would 126,500 Long Island workers and 72,500 workers in the northern suburban counties. In [...]

2020-11-13T14:58:53-05:00May 24th, 2012|Economic Trends & Policy, Labor Market & Workforce, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|
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Fact vs. Fiction on Raising New York’s Minimum Wage

May 21, 2012. Last week, following Assembly passage of legislation to increase New York's minimum wage to $8.50 an hour, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos argued that the minimum wage increase would harm minimum wage workers because they would pay more in taxes and some might lose eligibility for Family Health Plus. In this brief, The Fiscal Policy Institute and the National Employment Law Project review the facts and show that, on an after tax basis, all minimum wage workers would be considerably better off [...]

2020-11-13T14:58:53-05:00May 21st, 2012|Economic Trends & Policy, Labor Market & Workforce, Must Read, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|
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Helping the Helpers Will Help Us All: The Economic Situation of New York City’s Health Care and Social Assistance Sector

May 7, 2012. A new report from FPI looks at the importance of jobs in the nonprofit health care and social assistance sector in New York City, and examines how the hardships facing the city's low-income population - the main constituency served by the nonprofit human services sector - have grown in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008-2009 and the weak recovery over the past three years. Full report Press release Companion report released by the Human Services Council of New York City Also [...]

2020-11-13T15:09:27-05:00May 7th, 2012|Economic Outlook, Economic Trends & Policy, Must Read, Press Releases, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Social Policy|
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Editorials: Raise the minimum wage

May 1, 2012. Today the New York Times mentioned FPI in their editorial in favor of increasing the minimim wage. The Albany Times-Union did the same last week. New York on $15,000 a Year - an editorial from the New York Times, May 1, 2012. At a minimum, have a debate - an editorial from the Albany Times Union, April 25, 2012. An excerpt from the Times Union: Here's how a higher minimum wage creates jobs, as economist James Parrott of the Fiscal Policy Institute [...]

2020-11-13T14:58:53-05:00May 1st, 2012|Blog, Economic Trends & Policy, FPI in the News, Labor Market & Workforce|
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Raising New York State’s Minimum Wage

April 23, 2012. Testimony presented to the New York Assembly Labor Committee by James A. Parrott. Ten reasons: (1) to restore the minimum wage's lost purchasing power, (2) to raise New York's wage floor, (3) to help low-income families. And because it (4) won't reduce employment, or (5) hurt taxpayers. But, it will (6) boost the economy (and jobs), (7) complement the EITC, and (8) reduce burgeoning income inequality. Increasing the minimum wage will (9) restore New York's leadership on progressive issues and (10) combat [...]

2020-11-13T14:58:53-05:00April 23rd, 2012|Economic Trends & Policy, Labor Market & Workforce, Testimony|
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