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Emily Eisner is an Economist at the Fiscal Policy Institute. Emily holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University of California, Berkeley where she studied macroeconomics and public finance. Emily’s economic research lives at the intersection of macroeconomics and labor economics with an emphasis on measurement of macroeconomic indicators. She has studied the role of home care in macroeconomic modeling, as well as the long-term effects of technological change on twentieth century US labor markets. Before joining FPI, Emily worked for the North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Labor and Economic Analysis Division. Emily has also taught macroeconomics at Barnard College. Before getting her Ph.D., Emily worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on economic research related to financial regulation, supervision, and the implementation of monetary policy. Emily also holds a B.A. in Mathematics, summa cum laude, from Dartmouth College.

Recent Work

Does New York State Have Universal Pre-K?

By the State’s account, it currently provides enough UPK funding to provide a UPK seat to every four-year-old in the State. Nevertheless, the program remains far short of universal, with incomplete coverage of four-year-olds outside of the state’s major cities and limited provision for three-year-olds across the state.

January 10th, 2025|Blog, Education, Social Policy|

Understanding Childcare Policy in New York

Childcare in New York State is unaffordable for many families, yet inadequately supports its workers. The State’s childcare costs are the third highest in the U.S., putting a strain on family budgets across the income distribution. The Bronx and Brooklyn have the costliest childcare as a share of family income of any county in the U.S.

November 1st, 2024|Blog, Education, Featured on Home|

The Education Debate

Support for local school districts is New York’s largest single spending program, accounting for more than one-quarter of State spending. After fast spending growth over the last three years, the fiscal year 2025 executive budget aims to curb school aid spending growth. The legislative budget proposals would roll back the executive budget’s proposed cuts to school aid and provide additional support for public higher education. This funding would preserve the current scope of New York’s education system, rather than representing transformative new investments.

The Senate’s Housing Proposal

The Senate’s fiscal year 2025 budget proposal makes substantial progress toward a comprehensive, ambitious housing package. The policies included address the overall supply of housing using a combination of tax incentives for housing, changes to zoning regulations that will allow for more housing construction, and direct spending on new housing development. The Senate also allocates funds for legal services to support tenants and low-income homeowners. Finally, the Senate proposes the creation of the New York Housing Opportunity Corporation (NYHOC) to purchase and develop new affordable housing in the state.

The Cost of New Property Tax Breaks for Local Government

Tackling New York State’s housing crisis is a central priority of the fiscal year 2024 executive budget. The budget proposes a suite of policy responses designed to create 800,000 new housing units, especially in the New York metropolitan area. Many of these measures, including required changes to local land use policy, are appropriately ambitious, given the urgency of the state’s housing shortfall.

March 29th, 2023|City Budget, State Budget, Tax Policy|
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