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2015-2016 Annual Budget Briefing in Albany

On Tuesday morning, February 10, 2015, the Fiscal Policy Institute will present its twenty-fifth annual budget briefing in the Clark Auditorium of the New York State Museum on the concourse level of the Empire State Plaza. Please note the venue change for this year’s briefing. A complimentary continental breakfast will be available from 8:15 a.m. until our presentation begins at 9:00 a.m. We will finish promptly at 10:00 a.m. We hope that you and/or members of your staff will be able to join us for [...]

2024-12-18T12:27:06-05:00January 28th, 2015|Fact Sheets|

Local Fiscal Stress: State Austerity Policy and Creative Local Response

December 9, 2014, Saratoga Springs. Hosted by the Fiscal Policy Institute and Cornell University's Community Regional Development Institute, this dynamic free event represented a collaboration of unions, management, municipalities, schools and academia. It built from the 2011 State of Upstate New York conference and the March 2014 State of Cities conference. Municipal and school district officials, union leaders, fiscal administrators, state legislators and staffers, New York State agency representatives are all invited to attend. For a two-page summary of the conference, click here. For further [...]

2024-12-18T12:27:23-05:00November 15th, 2014|Fact Sheets|

Expanding Opportunities and Improving City Social Services Quality through a Career Ladder Approach

September 24, 2014. The City of New York delivers most human services through $5 billion in annual contracts with non-profit providers. However, there are insufficient opportunities for lower-level social service case workers at these providers to acquire the education needed to move up a career ladder to more responsibility and better compensation. The result is a two-tiered job market that confines many women of color to the lower tier making inadequate wages. Thisprogram, explored a unique opportunity to address this challenge. Presenters Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO/Executive [...]

2014-2015 Annual Budget Briefing in Albany

On Tuesday morning, February 4, 2014, the Fiscal Policy Institute will present its twenty-fourth annual budget briefing in the Albany Room on the concourse level of the Empire State Plaza. A breakfast buffet will be available beginning at 7:45 a.m. with our presentations starting at 8:15 a.m. and finishing promptly at 10:00 a.m. We are confident that this will be a useful and informative session. To register for this free event, click here. The topics to be covered during the briefing include: The Social and [...]

2024-12-18T12:27:27-05:00January 9th, 2014|Fact Sheets|

2014-2015 Annual State Budget Briefing in NYC

On Tuesday, February 11, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Fiscal Policy Institute will present its annual state budget briefing in New York City hosted by the Community Service Society of New York. To register for this free event, click here. The topics to be covered during the briefing include: The Social and Economic Context of the Governor’s 2014-15 Executive Budget: What are the major social and economic challenges and opportunities facing the state?  What is the outlook for the national economy and [...]

2024-12-18T12:27:27-05:00January 7th, 2014|Fact Sheets|

Briefing on the Mayor’s Preliminary 2015 NYC Budget

On Tuesday morning, March 11, 2014, the Fiscal Policy Institute will present its annual New York City budget briefing to the Economic Justice and Social Welfare Network at the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies. The briefing presentation will be from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. To register for this free event, click here. The topics to be covered during the briefing include: The social and economic context in New York City at the beginning of 2014: the unevenness of the recovery; wage, income and employment [...]

2024-12-18T12:27:27-05:00January 6th, 2014|Fact Sheets|

JobsFirstNYC Community-Based Organization Meeting

July 23, 2013, Manhattan. JobsFirstNYC hosts their quarterly Community-Based Organization (CBO) Network meeting. The agenda will include discussion around the New York City budget, what the next administration is poised to inherit and what the workforce development agenda should look like. James Parrott, the deputy director and chief economist at the Fiscal Policy Institute, will be there to present on this topic. Register here. JobsFirstNYC's  CBO Meetings are standing, quarterly events convened for front-line, managerial, senior, and executive staff who work in organizations committed to [...]

2024-12-18T12:27:29-05:00July 17th, 2013|Fact Sheets|

Barriers to Entry: The Increasing Challenges Faced by Young Adults in the New York City Labor Market

May 2, 2013, Manhattan. JobsFirstNYC is pleased to share a new report with the field - Barriers to Entry: The Increasing Challenges Faced by Young Adults in the New York City Labor Market. This report takes an in-depth look at both the supply and demand dimensions of the job market faced by New York City's 18-24 out-of-school/work population. The report also considers the key characteristics of young people who are out-of-school and out-of-work, including their demographics, where they live, their skills, and barriers they face [...]

2024-12-18T12:27:54-05:00April 15th, 2013|Fact Sheets|

Immigration Reform Forum in Patchogue

March 13, 2013. A forum in Patchogue on immigration reform, sponsored by the Long Island Civic Engagement Table, at the church that played an important role after the killing of Marcelo Lucero. A forum on the economic benefits of immigration reform will be taking place at the Congregational Church of Patchogue Monday morning at 10:30 a.m. ...panelists include Congressman Tim Bishop and representatives from Long Island Association, Long Island Federation of Labor, Long Island Farm Bureau, Local 32BJ (SEIU) and Local 1102 (RWDSU). The forum is [...]

2024-12-18T12:27:56-05:00March 13th, 2013|Fact Sheets, FPI in the News|

A Better Choice Budget for New York State

March 9, 2013, Poughkeepsie. A Better Choice Budget Forum was held on Saturday morning, March 9, 2013 at 11 am at the Holy Light Pentecostal Church at 33 South Clover Street in Poughkeepsie. Speakers included Poughkeepsie Common Councilmember Ann Perry, Dutchess County Legislator Joel Tyner, long-time community activist Mae Parker-Harris and FPI Executive Director Frank Mauro.

2024-12-18T12:27:57-05:00March 9th, 2013|Fact Sheets|

Managing shifting risks: combatting a shrinking safety net with financial empowerment

December 13, 2012, Manhattan. Financial responsibility and risk have shifted from institutions and businesses to individual households over the last three decades. This trend, accelerated by recent state budget cutbacks in social service programs, means many families are left to navigate a more complex system on their own. Can cities use technology and policy innovation to bridge the gap? How are philanthropy and non-profit networks promoting new structures to enable hard working families to meet these challenges? The program co-hosted by The New America Foundation [...]

2024-12-18T12:27:59-05:00December 13th, 2012|Fact Sheets|

Municipal Art Society Summit for New York City

October 18-19, 2012, Manhattan. Innovative city shapers and thought leaders gathered at the third annual Municipal Art Summit for New York City. On Thursday afternoon (October 18), FPI senior fellow David Dyssegaard Kallick participated in a session called Entrepreneurship, Job Creation and Sustaining a Diverse Economy in the Livable City.

2024-12-18T12:28:01-05:00October 18th, 2012|Fact Sheets|

Measuring Poverty in NYC: Why it Matters

October 5, 2012, Manhattan. The Community Service Society hosted a forum to discuss newly released census data on poverty in New York City and how it compares to the City’s alternative poverty measure. Should the city continue to produce its own measure? What does it reveal that’s different? And what does it mean for public policy? The following panel experts helped to answer these questions: James Parrott, Deputy Director and Chief Economist, Fiscal Policy Institute Mark Levitan, Director of Poverty Research for NYC's Center of Economic [...]

2024-12-18T12:28:01-05:00October 5th, 2012|Fact Sheets|
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