Statement on Governor Cuomo’s Proposed 2014-2015 Budget

January 22, 2014. In his budget message, Governor Andrew Cuomo rightly touts his strong record of leadership in Albany. However, when it comes to the state budget, the governor’s approach is out of focus and falls far short in making the essential public investments to expand opportunities for the millions of New Yorkers in poverty or still struggling to pull away from the Great Recession of 2008-09. The question is whether the Governor’s approach to the budget is the right set of proposals for a [...]

More kerfuffle over Cuomo’s tax cuts

January 15, 2014. Crain's New York Business quoted FPI's James Parrott in a news article on a report by the Business Council of New York State’s Progressive Policy Institute that touted the supposed economic benefits to the state from the Governor’s business tax cut proposals announced on January 6. Parrott suggested the Business Council’s analysis was “severely, if not fatally, flawed” since it did not factor in the reduction to state spending that would result from steep tax cuts. When FPI, assisted by the Institute on [...]

2014-01-20T13:40:41-05:00January 15th, 2014|FPI in the News|

2014-2015 Annual Budget Briefing in Albany

On Tuesday morning, February 4, 2014, the Fiscal Policy Institute will present its twenty-fourth annual budget briefing in the Albany Room on the concourse level of the Empire State Plaza. A breakfast buffet will be available beginning at 7:45 a.m. with our presentations starting at 8:15 a.m. and finishing promptly at 10:00 a.m. We are confident that this will be a useful and informative session. To register for this free event, click here. The topics to be covered during the briefing include: The Social and [...]

2020-12-21T14:48:17-05:00January 9th, 2014|Fact Sheets|

Gov. Cuomo Begins His Campaign

January 8, 2014. In a lead editorial on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s January 8 State of the State address, the New York Times took the Governor to task over his package of tax cut proposals announced on January 6 and which he touted in his State of the State. The editorial echoed many of FPI’s criticisms of the Governor’s tax reduction proposals and cited FPI’s James Parrott in raising questions about the advisability of the Governor’s proposal to substantially reduce the state’s estate tax. The Times [...]

2014-01-20T13:36:28-05:00January 8th, 2014|FPI in the News|

2014-2015 Annual State Budget Briefing in NYC

On Tuesday, February 11, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Fiscal Policy Institute will present its annual state budget briefing in New York City hosted by the Community Service Society of New York. To register for this free event, click here. The topics to be covered during the briefing include: The Social and Economic Context of the Governor’s 2014-15 Executive Budget: What are the major social and economic challenges and opportunities facing the state?  What is the outlook for the national economy and [...]

2020-12-21T14:48:17-05:00January 7th, 2014|Fact Sheets|

Statement on Governor Cuomo’s Tax Proposals

January 6, 2014. Governor Cuomo in unveiling his tax proposals today has identified a key issue in growing the state’s economy—reducing the property tax burden on New Yorkers, and we agree.  The Fiscal Policy Institute has long proposed a circuit breaker as a solution to the burden of high property taxes on moderate and lower income families and to ensure that retirees are not forced out of their homes. What the governor could have added is that creating strong, stable, middle class neighborhoods promotes a [...]

2014-01-20T13:28:12-05:00January 6th, 2014|Blog, City Budget, Tax Policy|

Briefing on the Mayor’s Preliminary 2015 NYC Budget

On Tuesday morning, March 11, 2014, the Fiscal Policy Institute will present its annual New York City budget briefing to the Economic Justice and Social Welfare Network at the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies. The briefing presentation will be from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. To register for this free event, click here. The topics to be covered during the briefing include: The social and economic context in New York City at the beginning of 2014: the unevenness of the recovery; wage, income and employment [...]

2020-12-21T14:48:17-05:00January 6th, 2014|Fact Sheets|
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