Monthly Archives: September 2014

Expanding Opportunities and Improving City Social Services Quality through a Career Ladder Approach

September 24, 2014. The City of New York delivers most human services through $5 billion in annual contracts with non-profit providers. However, there are insufficient opportunities for lower-level social service case workers at these providers to acquire the education needed to move up a career ladder to more responsibility and better compensation. The result is a two-tiered job market that confines many women of color to the lower tier making inadequate wages. Thisprogram, explored a unique opportunity to address this challenge. Presenters Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO/Executive [...]

2020-12-21T14:48:17-05:00September 24th, 2014|Economic Trends & Policy, Fact Sheets, Labor Market & Workforce, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|
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Hispanic Business Owners to Share their Experiences

September 22, 2014. This opinion piece by Galen Spencer Hull celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month by focusing on immigrant and minority businesses. Tennessee has one of the fastest-growing immigrant communities in the U.S., earning Nashville the sobriquet as an “Ellis Island.” Immigrants are making notable contributions to the region’s economic development. Music City has become a hub, attracting a steady stream of immigrants. Davidson County alone has an immigrant population of about 40,000, or 7 percent of the total, followed by Williamson County (4 percent) and [...]

2014-09-23T12:00:09-04:00September 22nd, 2014|FPI in the News|
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FPI proposes a tax on the most expensive NYC pied-à-terre residential units

September 22, 2014. By James Parrott, FPI Deputy Director and Chief Economist. Introduction In the context of the continued global concentration of income and wealth, a growing number of ultra-luxury residences in New York City are being bought by people who are not full-time city residents. For many such owners, a Manhattan pied-à-terre is one among several residences they own around the world for occasional use. Some owners see it as an investment, or simply as a place to park a portion of their substantial [...]

2020-10-27T13:09:41-04:00September 22nd, 2014|Blog, Tax & Budget, Tax Policy|
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Immigrant City

September 18, 2014. The Baltimore Sun ran a long editorial about the city's efforts to attract 10,000 new families to the city, with a particular focus on immigrants, including this reference to FPI's work: ...a 2012 report from the Fiscal Policy Institute's Immigration Research Initiative found that immigrants made up 9 percent of Baltimore's population but 12 percent of the workforce and a remarkable 21 percent of business owners.

2014-09-19T11:09:39-04:00September 18th, 2014|FPI in the News|
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