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For analysis of unemployment data, please see Social & Economic Conditions.

• July 2, 2009.  Albany Inaction Costs Jobless New Yorkers $267 Million. A potent tool for fighting downturn, unemployment benefits deliver economic stimulus where it's most needed. But New York's jobless benefit has been frozen since 2000, and now lags behind dozens of states. This report from FPI and the National Employment Law Project shows that upstate counties have been hurt the most by the legislature's failure to increase unemployment benefits. More >>

• January 22, 2009.  Record Surge in NYS Unemployment in December: Lagging Benefits Expose Holes in Safety Net for Jobless NYers. Data released today by the New York State Department of Labor  reveal that the state's unemployment rate jumped to 7.0 percent in December (the highest figure recorded in the state since 1994) from November's revised level of 6.0 percent. Over 671,000 New Yorkers were unemployed in December, an increase of 229,000 (52 percent) from December of 2007. The national recession began in December 2007. Both the one-month unemployment increase of 1.0 percent and the 229,000 12-month increase in the unemployed count are all-time highs in the 32-year official Labor Department series.

• March 12, 2008.  New York's unemployment insurance system: A vital safety net for New York workers and their families during economic downturns. The unemployment insurance system serves as government’s first responder to economic problems. In a volatile economy with frequent layoffs and job changes, a strengthened unemployment insurance program will help boost the economy of every county in the state.

• Modernizing New York's Unemployment Insurance System, Jennifer McCormick and Trudi Renwick, June 2000.  (Printed copies of this report are available upon request.)

• Social Security, the Nation's Most Effective Safety Net Program, Keeps More than 800,000 Elderly New Yorkers Out of Poverty.November 18,2004. 

• New York Workers Lost $10.78 Billion in Retirement Assets Due to Stock Market Decline.  A new report from the Institute for America's Future estimates that workers and retirees in New York lost $10.78 billion in 401(k) assets in 2001.  This report also assesses recent congressional action on retirement security issues. Click here for FPI's press release on this report. September 20, 2002

• Testimony of FPI Senior Economist Moshe Adler to the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security. September 2001.

• Testimony of Frank Mauro to the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security. September 2001.

• Strengthening Social Security and Medicare --- Rhetoric and Reality in the 2000 Election. September  2000.

• Young Social Security Beneficiaries  in New York.  September  2000.

Escalating Prescription Drug Costs - The Reality and Options for Reform.   February 2, 2005.

FPI Comments on Medicare Prescription Drug program proposed regulations.  October 4, 2004.

Escalating Prescription Drug Costs - The Reality and Options for Reform.  FPI Testimony to the New York State AFL-CIO Task Force on Prescription Drugs.  June 17, 2002.

Impossible Choices:   Food and Housing or Prescription Drugs. Report prepared by the Fiscal Policy Institute for USAction.  Click here for the text of Impossible Choices in HTML (no tables or graphs) or click here for a complete HTML copy of Impossible Choices, with its many tables and graphs or click here for a PDF version of the report. October 2000.