Comments on the New York City Charter Revision Commission’s preliminary recommendations on “fiscal stability”
June 27, 2005. Testimony by FPI Executive Director Frank Mauro.
The Tentative Recovery is Still a Long Way from Restoring Jobs, Wages and Incomes to Pre-Recession Levels for New York City’s Low- and Moderate-Income Households
May 2, 2005. Testimony by James Parrott, FPI Chief Economist, before the New York City Rent Guidelines Board. Testimony >>
Fiscal Stability for New York City
March 23, 2005. Testimony presented by FPI's Deputy Director and Chief Economist James Parrott to the New York City Charter Revision Commission. This testimony deals with the Charter Commission's interest in determining if any of the expiring provisions of the New York State Financial Emergency Act for the City of New York should be incorporated into the New York City Charter.
Expenditure of Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOTs) in New York City
March 22, 2005. Testimony by FPI Deputy Director and Chief Economist James Parrott at a hearing of the City Council. This testimony deals with the discovery of the fact that Mayor Bloomberg and several of his predecessors have been spending some PILOT payment revenues without appropriations by the City Council. Related: Mayor Bloomberg's veto message explaining his June 9, 2005, veto City Council legislation requiring greater accountability in the expenditure of PILOT revenues. Testimony >>
Testimony presented at the New York State Legislature’s Joint Budget Hearing on Economic Development and Taxes
February 16, 2005. Frank J. Mauro, Executive Director, Fiscal Policy Institute, presented testimony to the New York State Legislature's Joint Budget Hearing on Economic Development and Taxes before the Assembly Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees. I greatly appreciate being invited to appear to you today on the subjects of economic development and taxes. SPUR. As part of his 2005-06 Executive Budget proposal, Governor Pataki has proposed a new program that he refers to variously as SPUR and Operation SPUR, with the SPUR acronym [...]
Immigrants and the New York City Labor Force
February 15, 2005. Testimony presented at New York City Council Immigration Committee Hearing. Read the testimony.
Testimony presented at the New York State Legislature’s Joint Budget Hearing on Human Services
February 7, 2005. Analysis of: the ways in which the 2005-2006 Executive Budget proposes to utilize the state's federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant; the Governor's proposal to reduce the earned income disregard for long term cases and to impose full family sanctions on families out of compliance with work requirements; the Governor's proposal to provide an enhanced earned income tax credit for noncustodial parents; ways in which the Unemployment Insurance system could be reformed; and how state and local reporting on [...]
Testimony on Industrial Development Agencies
January 18, 2005. Testimony by Frank J. Mauro, Executive Director, Fiscal Policy Institute, to the NYS Assembly Standing Committee on Local Governments, Public Hearing on Industrial Development Agencies. Good Morning. We greatly appreciate being invited to appear before your committee to discuss the role and operations of Industrial Development Agencies in New York State. The Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI) has been interested in this subject since its inception in early 1991. In October of the following year (1992), FPI published the first comprehensive review ever [...]
Proposed Financing for the New York Sports and Convention Center
January 18, 2005. Testimony submitted to the Empire State Development Corporation. Testimony >>
Proposed Financing for the Hudson Yards Project East of 11th Avenue
December 15, 2004. Testimony before the NYC Council Committee on Finance. Testimony >>
FPI Comments: Proposed Regulations, Medicare Prescription Drug Program
October 4, 2004. Comments on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, submitted by Trudi Renwick, Senior Economist, Fiscal Policy Institute.
Testimony before the Board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
September 29, 2004. David Dyssegaard Kallick and Lava Thimmayya spoke at a meeting of the board of the MTA. David Dyssegaard Kallick Senior Fellow, Fiscal Policy Institute and Coordinator, Labor Community Advocacy Network to Rebuild New York (LCAN) Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is David Dyssegaard Kallick, and I am senior fellow of the Fiscal Policy Institute. I am also coordinator of the Labor Community Advocacy Network to Rebuild New York (LCAN), a coalition that came together after September 11th [...]
How Will the Proposed West Side Stadium Complex Impact Our City?
June 3, 2004. Testimony before the NYC Council Economic Development Committee. Testimony >>
Testimony on Empire Zones Program Reform
April 26, 2004. Testimony presented by Frank Mauro before the New York State Assembly Committees on Ways and Means; Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry; Corporations, Authorities and Commissions; and Labor.
The Impact of the 2004-2005 Executive Budget on Needy New Yorkers
February 11, 2004. FPI's testimony at the Legislature's Joint Budget Hearing on Human Services. Includes updated tables on TANF block grant spending. (PDF)