Monthly Archives: October 2020

October Media

FPI is your go-to resource for messaging on the issues affecting New Yorkers across the state. nation.lk 10/24 opinion piece links to 2016 joint FPI & Center for American Progress report “Refugee Integration in the United States” in “Refugees like my ancestors are part of what made America Great” Gotham Gazette 10/20 FPI’s chief economist Jonas Shaende quoted on NYC COVID expenses in “New York City COVID Spending Tops $4 Billion, Virtually All Covered by Federal Funds” The City 10/14 FPI May report cited in [...]

2025-04-04T14:27:25-04:00October 27th, 2020|FPI in the News|
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The HEROES Act Should Include Undocumented Taxpayers

Across the United States, undocumented immigrants and their families are still experiencing eviction, food insecurity, hunger, and financial difficulties due to COVID-19. Federal relief has continuously excluded this population of immigrants from income replacement assistance, stimulus payments, and unemployment insurance, which has exacerbated the adverse economic effects on undocumented families. Earlier this year, the federal government passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) to provide financial relief to families who were impacted by COVID-19. Sadly, undocumented immigrants and their families were [...]

2024-12-18T12:24:34-05:00October 26th, 2020|Blog, Migration|
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New York Helps Pave the Way: NY’s Immigrant Inclusive Policies

In localities and states across the U.S., advocates and legislators have been working together to invest in the collective health and well-being of immigrants. This year’s Policy wins  have been significant as advocates, and legislators continued to fight back against federal attacks on immigrants, and COVID-19 exposed the already persistent racial disparities.   A recent report from the National Immigration Law Center that outlines policy victories in the United States highlighted New York’s commitment to immigrants. Despite the lack of federal leadership in response to [...]

2024-12-18T12:24:34-05:00October 26th, 2020|Blog, Migration|
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Medicaid Cuts Would Put 554,000 Essential Workers in New York at Risk

October 14, 2020 Many of New York’s “essential workers,” people working in jobs deemed necessary throughout the COVID pandemic, rely on Medicaid for their own health care. They risk severe hardship if federal policymakers fail to provide appropriate increases in Medicaid funding or weaken protections for program enrollees, according to a new analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. In New York State over half a million, 554,000, essential workers rely on Medicaid. The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic led to a [...]

2025-04-04T14:27:25-04:00October 14th, 2020|Blog, Healthcare, Labor Market & Workforce, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|
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Pandemic Economics Demand A Diverse Response

October 14, 2020 In light of New Jersey's adoption of a millionaires tax to help fill a statewide revenue hole caused by the coronavirus, many asked what about New York? Like New Jersey, New York was hard hit by the pandemic, and its economy continues to suffer. Like New Jersey, New York has historic fiscal problems with a budget shortage of $14.5 billion this year, and in the tens of billions of dollars over the next several years. Like New Jersey, we continue to wait on the federal government [...]

2025-04-04T14:27:26-04:00October 14th, 2020|Economic Outlook, Press Releases, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|
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