New York City 2006 Budget and Economic Outlook
February 9, 2006. Presentation by FPI Deputy Director and Chief Economist James Parrott. Presentation >>
Balancing New York State’s 2006-2007 Budget in an Economically Sensible Manner
January 31, 2006. The Fiscal Policy Institute's analysis of Governor George E. Pataki's Executive Budget and alternative approaches to balancing New York State's 2006-2007 budget. (See pages 28, 29 and 42 through 57 for analysis of school funding issues.) Briefing book on the 2006-2007 executive budget >>
Introduction to the Federal Budget Process
January 17, 2006. Policy basics from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - first written in 2003, and updated regularly.
Back to the future for tax fairness
January 2006. The State Legislature must act to provide New York with new revenues - and more equity. An op ed by Frank Mauro, The Clarion.
Comments by Frank J. Mauro on the Budget Reform Constitutional Amendments
October 17, 2005. The comments below were presented by Frank Mauro at a press conference today at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, New York. These comments were based on his September 1, 2005, analysis of the budget reform constitutional amendments. The Fiscal Policy Institute, as an organization, has not taken a position in support of or in opposition to the proposal on the November 8, 2005, ballot. These are the views of Frank Mauro and not those of the Fiscal Policy Institute. The current [...]
Fair Taxes: The Key to Better Schools
Fall 2005. A training curriculum prepared by the Public Policy and Education Fund of New York and the Fiscal Policy Institute.
Understanding and Evaluating the New York State Legislature’s Proposed Budget Process Constitutional Amendments
September 1, 2005. Frank Mauro sets out the legal parameters of the New York State budget process, describes how they would change if the amendments were adopted, analyzes the interrelated concepts upon which the S1/S2 reform package is based, and critiques that approach. Analysis >>
The “Single Sales Factor” Formula for State Corporate Taxes
September 1, 2005. A boon to New York economic development or a costly giveaway? You be the judge. This report by Michael Mazerov of the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities is an update of a study first published March 27, 2001. Report >>
Comments on the New York City Charter Revision Commission’s preliminary recommendations on “public reporting and data access”
June 28, 2005. Testimony by FPI Executive Director Frank Mauro.
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.
Privatization without Competition equals Huge Losses
June 7, 2005. By FPI Executive Director Frank Mauro: how New York State's approach to "contracting out" wastes hundreds of millions of dollars a year without increasing service quality. Report >>
The Path Not Taken: How New York State has Increased the Tax Burden on the Middle Class and Cut Taxes for its Highest Income Taxpayers by Over $8 Billion a Year
June 4, 2005. A little bit of tax history by Fiscal Policy Institute Executive Director Frank Mauro. In 1972, New York State had a personal income tax with 14 brackets, ranging from a low of 2% to a high of 15%. Since that time the state government has significantly restructured the state personal income tax in a variety of ways. Among the changes that have been made since 1972 has been a move to something that is much closer to a flat tax. This has [...]
The Federal Income Tax Deduction for State and Local Taxes Paid
May 23, 2005. This deduction is a key element of American federalism and a protection against double taxation: Allowing taxpayers to deduct the state and local taxes that they pay in calculating their federal income tax liability is an essential part of a governmental system in which the federal and state governments have independent sovereign taxing authority. In the American federal system, when people pay state and local taxes, they have less money left over to pay federal taxes. Thus, when it comes to the [...]
Vulnerable New Yorkers Would Lose up to $4.4 Billion in Federal Funding under House Budget Plan
March 30, 2005. The Senate's plan has considerably smaller cuts in basic low-income programs. Will the Senate accede to the harsher House budget? A press release from the Fiscal Policy Institute. Contact: Trudi Renwick, 518-786-3156 New York's share of federal funding cuts in key programs that assist our state's low-income elderly residents, families with children, and people with disabilities could be as much as $4.4 billion over the next five years under the budget plan the House passed earlier this month, a new report from [...]
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.