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2018 FPI State Budget Briefing in Albany

On Tuesday morning, February 13, 2018, the Fiscal Policy Institute will present its 28th annual budget briefing in Meeting Room 7 of the Empire State Plaza Convention Center. A complimentary breakfast and check-in will begin at 8:30 a.m. Our presentation begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 10:15 a.m. We hope that you and/or your colleagues will be able to join us for what we are confident will be a useful and informative session. You can RSVP online here. The briefing will examine various aspects of the governor’s Executive [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-06T11:04:21-05:00January 24th, 2018|Fact Sheets, State Budget|

THE 29th PEOPLE’S “RESISTANCE” STATE OF THE STATE: The Empire State Strikes Back

Press Release For Immediate Release: January 2, 2018 Contact: Susan Zimet, Hunger Action Network of New York State (C) 845-527-5309 Ron Deutsch, Fiscal Policy Institute (C) 518-469-6769 (O) 518-786-3156 x7160 THE 29th PEOPLE’S “RESISTANCE” STATE OF THE STATE The Empire State Strikes Back (Albany, N.Y.) The 29th Annual People's State of the State rally took place at the State Street entrance to the State Capitol today. Organizations from across New York State joined together in the freezing cold for what has become the long [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-06T10:52:12-05:00January 2nd, 2018|Press Releases, State Budget|

Health Care Cuts and Higher Taxes Put Millions of New Yorkers At Risk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ron Deutsch, Fiscal Policy Institute, (518) 469-6769 Michael Kink, Strong Economy for All, (518) 527-2787 Health Care Cuts and Higher Taxes Put Millions of New Yorkers At Risk New Data Anticipates Loss of Health Coverage and Rising Taxes for Poor and Middle-Income New Yorkers Albany, NY - Leaders from community and worker’ rights organizations held a press conference on Friday to protest the tax reform plan that could emerge from the House and Senate conference within the next week. In [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-08T09:47:03-05:00December 8th, 2017|Press Releases, Tax Policy|

HOUSE TAX PLAN: BENEFIT FOR RICHEST 1% in NYS GROWS OVER TIME

HOUSE TAX PLAN: BENEFIT FOR RICHEST 1% in NYS GROWS OVER TIME By 2027 Wealthiest 1% Get Average Tax Cut of $34,000 and Poorest 20% Get $90 A 50-state analysis of the House tax plan released last week reveals that in New York State the wealthiest 1 percent of New Yorkers will receive the greatest share of the total tax cut in year one and their share would grow through 2027. Further, the value of the tax cut would decline over time for every [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-08T09:40:58-05:00November 9th, 2017|Blog, Press Releases|

Progressive Organizations Join Together to Urge Opposition to ConCon

Press Release For Immediate Release: Contact: October 30, 2017 Ron Deutsch, Fiscal Policy Institute (518) 469-6769 Progressive Organizations Join Together to Urge Opposition to ConCon The Risk is Simply Too Great Progressive organizations from across New York State joined together today to voice their opposition to a Constitutional Convention. The groups suggested that for virtually all New Yorkers, there is simply more to lose than to gain by holding a Constitutional Convention. The groups highlighted multiple concerns with the rigged delegate selection process, the [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-08T09:35:41-05:00October 30th, 2017|Press Releases|

Cassidy-Graham Bill Would Deeply Cut Health Coverage Funding for New York

For Immediate Release August 24, 2017 Media Contact: Ron Deutsch, Executive Director, FPI 518-469-6769 Cassidy-Graham Bill Would Deeply Cut Health Coverage Funding for New York New York Faces Deepest Cuts of All States (Albany, NY)— A new Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal bill would cut New York’s federal funding by $22 billion for health coverage by 2026, according to a new report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities based in Washington DC. New York would be the hardest-hit state, with an eye-popping estimated [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-08T09:22:34-05:00August 24th, 2017|Healthcare, Press Releases|

New York’s Public Colleges: An Engine for Economic Mobility

August 23, 2017 Brent Kramer, PhD, Senior Economist kramer@fiscalpolicy.org Public Colleges Lift Low-Income Students Into the Middle Class Investing in Public Colleges Essential to Boost Economic Mobility Earning a four-year college degree is now considered essential for achieving a “middle-class” lifestyle, even as many new graduates have trouble landing good, full-time jobs in a weak labor market. Despite the weak labor market, graduates still have better chances of finding good jobs than do their peers without degrees. The Fiscal Policy Institute examined the economic [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-08T09:22:12-05:00August 23rd, 2017|Education, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|

Response from Governor Cuomo, Senate Leader Flanagan and Speaker Heastie to Largest Bid-Rigging Scandal in State History: NOTHING

Response from Governor Cuomo, Senate Leader Flanagan and Speaker Heastie to Largest Bid-Rigging Scandal in State History: NOTHING Elected leaders fail to pass common sense reforms to curb sky-high corruption risks revealed in $800m state contracting scandal (June 22, 2017, Albany) A coalition of prominent government watchdog groups say Governor Cuomo, Senate Leader Flanagan and Speaker Heastie have completely failed to address the huge problems revealed by last year’s alleged rigging of $800m in state economic development contracts and that billions of state funds remain [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-08T09:10:40-05:00June 22nd, 2017|Press Releases|

Legislature Must Act Now: Clean Contracting Reforms

For immediate release: June 14, 2017 Legislature Must Act Now Groups say Flanagan, Heastie and Cuomo must pass meaningful Clean Contracting reforms in response to $800m state bid-rigging scandal Albany, New York - Prominent budget and transparency watchdog groups today called on the legislative leaders to act on their public statements on clean contracting, and pass meaningful legislation in response to the largest bid-rigging scandal in state history. Senate President John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie are both on the record as supporting action this session on clean contracting: Senate President Flanagan has called the issue “extraordinarily important” and [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-08T09:04:06-05:00June 14th, 2017|Press Releases|

Trump Budget Would Shift Huge SNAP Costs to New York and Put New Yorkers at Risk of Going Hungry

For Immediate Release: June 13, 2017 Media Contact: Ron Deutsch (FPI) 518-469-6769 Sherry Tomasky (Hunger Solutions) 518-414-2570 Trump Budget Would Shift Huge SNAP Costs to New York and Put New Yorkers at Risk of Going Hungry Albany, NEW YORK – President Trump’s budget proposal would shift a significant share of the cost of the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program’s (SNAP, previously known as Food Stamps) benefits to states and, for the first time, allow states to cut SNAP benefits, seriously threatening SNAP’s extraordinary [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-08T09:09:35-05:00June 13th, 2017|Press Releases, Tax Policy|

FPI Policy Brief Press Statement: Time to Expand the Millionaires’ Tax

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Ron Deutsch, Fiscal Policy Institute, 518-469-6769, deutsch@fiscalpolicy.org March 7, 2017. The Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI) recently released a Policy Brief analyzing New York’s gross income disparity, recommending common sense solutions to narrowing the gap. Since the 1980s, the income gap in the United States—as indicated by the wealthiest 1 percent’s share of total income—has grown significantly. In fact, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has been compiling income data since 1979, and has found that the top 1 percent’s income has grown [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-07T12:33:11-05:00March 23rd, 2017|Press Releases, Tax Policy|

Report: “Undervalued and Underpaid: How New York State Shortchanges Nonprofit Human Services Providers and Their Workers”

March, 2017. The substantial growth in New York’s nonprofit human services sector has come in response to a host of social, demographic and economic changes. The State and its local governments have turned to nonprofit organizations to provide these critical services; these are public services that serve many populations, including children and those with low incomes striving to enter the middle class. Millions of New Yorkers are directly served, and all New Yorkers reap the benefits of more stable communities when their neighbors are able [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-07T12:33:48-05:00March 23rd, 2017|Labor Market & Workforce, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|

Press Release: Over 80 Wealthy New Yorkers Urge Governor Cuomo to Extend and Expand Millionaires’ Tax

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 21, 2017 Contact: Ron Deutsch, Fiscal Policy Institute, 518-469-6769, deutsch@fiscalpolicy.org Mike Leyba, Responsible Wealth, 562-266-4357, mleyba@faireconomy.org Over 80 Upper-Income New Yorkers Urge Governor Cuomo and Legislature to Extend and Expand the Millionaires’ Tax As New York State braces for proposed federal budget cuts that could have a devastating impact on health care, education and infrastructure investments across the state, more than 80 New York residents with incomes in the top 1% have sent an open letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo and the [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-07T12:34:51-05:00March 21st, 2017|Press Releases, Tax Policy|