October 29, 2003. Testimony presented by Lava Thimmayya to the Assembly Standing Committee on Cities, Public Hearing on The Tools Necessary to Revitalize the Cities of New York.
May 22, 2003. Testimony presented by FPI Deputy Director and Chief Economist James Parrott to the Assembly Committee on Cities. Testimony >> Related: Newsday story, "Expert: Jobs Are the Problem."
May 1, 2003. Testimony presented by James A. Parrott to the New York City Rent Guidelines Board.
March 3, 2003. Includes updated tables on TANF block grant spending, minimum wage workers, disposable income of New York SSI recipients, and each county's public assistance shelter allowance as a percent of its Fair Market Rent. Testimony >>
February 26, 2003. Presented by FPI's Frank Mauro. Testimony >>
January 17, 2003. Testimony by Matthew T. Mitchell before the Transportation Committee of the Council of the City of New York. Testimony >>
September 19, 2002. An analysis of the building service industry in NYC and the impact of building-service worker displacement on taxpayers and the low and moderate wage labor markets. Presented by FPI Deputy Director and Chief Economist James Parrott to the NYC City Council's Contracts Committee. Testimony >>
June 25, 2002. Testimony by James A. Parrott, Ph.D., before the New York City Council Economic Development Committee. Testimony >>
June 17, 2002. FPI's testimony before the New York State AFL-CIO Task Force on Prescription Drugs.
February 26, 2002. FPI's testimony before the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees Joint Public Hearing on Economic Development and Taxation.
February 25, 2002. Testimony by James A. Parrott before the City Council of the City of New York Economic Development Committee and the Select Committee on Lower Manhattan Redevelopment. Testimony >>
February 19, 2002. Testimony of Trudi Renwick in Proceeding on Motion of the Commission To Consider Cost Recovery by Verizon and to Investigate the Future Regulatory Framework, Case 00-C-1945. This testimony focuses on a proposal to expand programs used to determine telephone lifeline eligibility to include EITC, school lunch and Child Health Plus.
February 4, 2002. FPI's testimony before the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees' Joint Public Hearing on the Human Services portion of the 2002-2003 Executive Budget. Focuses primarily on the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program.
December 6, 2001. Testimony by James A. Parrott, FPI Chief Economist, before the New York State Assembly Committee on Economic Development and Committee on Small Business. Testimony >>
November 30, 2001. Comments from FPI submitted to the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Also see: Welfare reform and social indicators: county-specific data (fall 2001) and NYC data (December 7, 2001). These fact sheets show (1) trends in poverty and other social and economic indicators since the advent of welfare reform and (2) changes in the use of temporary assistance, medicaid and food stamps during this period. FPI presentation: TANF Reauthorization (November 2001). These materials were used at [...]