Budget Briefing - FPI Archives

 

Archive:
FPI on the State Budget

 

 

2010-2011

February 3, 2010.  New York State's Economic and Fiscal Outlook for 2010-2011. The Fiscal Policy Institute's twentieth annual budget briefing, revised.

More information here, including analysis, commentary, testimony, and links to budget advocacy pages.

2009-2010

November 5, 2009.  A Better Choice for Addressing New York State's Projected Budget Gaps, by Frank Mauro and Ron Deutsch.

January 14, 2009.  Balancing New York State's 2009-2010 Budget in an Economically Sensible Manner. The Fiscal Policy Institute's nineteenth annual budget briefing.

December 16, 2008.  FPI Reaction to the Executive Budget. The governor's proposal hurts low- and moderate-income New Yorkers while requiring little from wealthy New Yorkers, and would would cause needless harm to the state economy. The lessons from 2003 show that New York can successfully close large budget gaps without these negative impacts.

More information here, including testimony on the impact of the economic crisis, and links to budget advocacy pages.

2008-2009

January 15, 2008.  New York State's Economic and Budget Outlook for 2008-2009. Economic and fiscal context for the 2008-09 Executive Budget, including an analysis of the property tax crisis and alternative property tax relief mechanisms.

More FPI commentary here on the 2008-2009 budget, including testimony on human services, economic development and taxes and lessons from years past on how to close large budget gaps.

2007-2008

February 7, 2007.  Balancing New York State's 2007-08 Budget in an Economically Sensible Manner (PDF). Governor Eliot Spitzer's first executive budget is the focus of FPI's seventeenth annual budget briefing: a discussion of economic and fiscal context for the budget, and an analysis of the extent to which the budget helps the state's regions grow together and strengthens and expands the middle class.

More information here about the 2007-2008 budget, including conference committee reports.

2006-2007

January 31, 2006.  Balancing New York State's 2006-07 Budget in an Economically Sensible Manner (PDF). This is an updated and revised version of the Fiscal Policy Institute's analysis of Governor George E. Pataki's Executive Budget and alternative approaches to balancing New York State's 2006-2007 budget.

2005-2006

January 25, 2005.  Balancing New York State's 2005-2006 Budget in an Economically Sensible Manner (pdf). This is the Fiscal Policy Institute's briefing book on Governor George E. Pataki's Executive Budget and alternative approaches to balancing New York State's 2005-2006 budget.

2004-2005

FPI's main Briefing Book on the 2004-2005 Executive Budget: Balancing New York State's 2004-2005 Budget in an Economically Sensible Manner (pdf).

2003-2004

Balancing New York State's 2003-2004 Budget in an Economically Sensible Manner (pdf). This is FPI's main analysis of Governor George E. Pataki's Executive Budget and alternative approaches to balancing New York State's 2003-2004 budget.

2002-2003

January 23, 2002.  FPI Budget Report: Economically Sensible Options for Budget Balancing During a Recession.

January 23, 2002.  FPI Budget Report: New York and the Federal Fisc in the Aftermath of September 11th, The State and Local Impacts of Federal Policy Options.

January 23, 2002.  FPI Briefing Book: Balancing New York State's 2002-03 Budget: The Economic Context.

2001-2002

The Fiscal Policy Institute's analysis of Governor Pataki's 2001-2002 Executive Budget.  Balancing Revenues, Expenditures and Human Needs in the 21st Century:  Assessing New York's 2001-2002 Executive Budget in Economic, Social and Fiscal Context.

 

For earlier versions of the budget briefing, please contact FPI at 518-786-3156 or info@fiscalpolicy.org.