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FPI’s immigration research cited: The White House Blog

July 12, 2012. Blogging from the White House, Jason Furman and Danielle Gray of the National Economic Council mention FPI's June 2012 report on immigrant small business owners in their post Ten Ways Immigrants Help Build and Strengthen Our Economy. America is a nation of immigrants. Our American journey and our success would simply not be possible without the generations of immigrants who have come to our shores from every corner of the globe. It is helpful to take a moment to reflect on the [...]

2012-08-14T19:18:27-04:00July 12th, 2012|Blog, Migration, Must Read|
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Report: Transit Fares High and Rising? Blame Bailed-Out Banks

June 9, 2012. Interest rate swap agreements are costing 12 transit agencies around the country over $500 million a year. That's the gist of a new report released June 7 by The Amalgamated Transit Union and a group called ReFund Transit. WNYC's Jim O'Grady reported on the release that day. On June 9, a column by Gretchen Morgenson appeared in the New York Times, "How Banks Could Return the Favor," excerpted below. James A. Parrott, deputy director and chief economist at the Fiscal Policy Institute in New [...]

2012-06-27T11:46:57-04:00June 9th, 2012|Blog, 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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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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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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Groups call on Governor Cuomo to drop transfer language from state budget

March 8, 2012. FPI and 16 other groups delivered a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo today asking him to drop language included hundreds of times in his executive budget proposal for 2012-2013. The language undercuts legislative authority and effectively removes the public from decisions regarding the use of taxpayer money by giving the Governor power to move money between state agencies without oversight. The language goes even further than that, authorizing suballocations from "on budget" state agencies to "off budget" public authorities. Press release >> [...]

2012-04-21T11:56:12-04:00March 8th, 2012|Blog, Press Releases, State Budget, Tax & Budget|
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Transfer Authority: The Governor and the New York State Budget

February 8, 2012. WBAI Evening News: Andrea Sears of WBAI interviews FPI Executive Director Frank Mauro, about the provision that Governor Cuomo has included in his 2012-2013 State Operations and Capital Projects appropriations bills, proposing to give unprecedented powers to the Governor's Budget Director to redirect funds from many state agency appropriations to other agencies and public authorities, even off-budget public authorities. The interview with Mauro is 6.5 minutes long and starts at 3:28 of this clip from the WBAI Evening News. It follows a [...]

2012-05-14T17:33:44-04:00February 8th, 2012|Blog, FPI in the News, State Budget, Tax & Budget|
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New York’s Leaders Join the Quest for Tax Fairness

January 12, 2012. Governor Cuomo emphasizes the need to close loopholes. This column by Frank Mauro  - excerpt below - was published by 99% New York. Delivering on this objective will require an unbiased review of the litany of tax breaks that have enacted over the years in the name of economic development. Which ones actually create jobs and which ones do not? Which ones should be retained intact, which ones should be repealed, and which ones should be reformed? A year of careful study [...]

2020-11-13T14:56:16-05:00January 12th, 2012|Blog, Economic Trends & Policy, Letters, Tax & Budget, Tax Policy|
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Coalition calls on Governor and Legislature to close corporate tax loopholes and level the playing field for small business

January 9, 2012. A coalition of community, labor, student, faith and Occupy organizations gathered to release a list of corporate tax dodgers and to announce their campaign to bring fairness and transparency to New York's corporate tax system. The group, which formed last year to work on the "millionaires tax" and personal income tax reform, is calling on Governor Cuomo and the Legislature to close corporate tax loopholes, thereby raising over one billion dollars for this year's state budget. The additional revenue will help New [...]

2012-06-21T20:25:52-04:00January 9th, 2012|Blog, Press Releases, State Budget, Tax & Budget, Tax Policy|
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A Balanced Approach to Closing State Deficits

February 25, 2011. Most states are heading into their fourth year of fiscal crisis facing severe revenue shortfalls that require closing huge deficits. The choices states make about how to close those deficits have serious implications both in the short and long term. States that rely solely or primarily on widespread budget cuts to close deficits are harming residents and businesses that need immediate assistance; they also are reducing demand in the economy and impeding their state's economic recovery. This paper by Iris J. Lav [...]

2012-07-11T17:49:49-04:00February 25th, 2011|Blog, State Budget, Tax & Budget, Tax Policy|
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