Press Releases

Press Release: New Report Reveals How NY Economic Development Funds Shortchange Communities of Color

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 2, 2018 Media Contact Yatziri Tovar, yatziri.tovar@maketheroadny.org, 917-771-2818 Ron Deutsch, deutsch@fiscalpolicy.org, 518-469-6769 New Report Reveals How NY Economic Development Funds Shortchange Communities of Color Report released today by Make the Road New York & the Fiscal Policy Institute shows white males massively overrepresented on Regional Councils and funding for communities of color drastically less than for white communities. See the press release letter here. New York, NY (August 2nd, 2018)—Today, Make the Road New York, the Fiscal Policy Institute, New York Communities [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-06T12:15:44-05:00August 2nd, 2018|Economic Trends & Policy, Press Releases|

Progressive Groups, Government and Budget Watchdogs Call On Assembly Speaker Heastie to Allow Vote on Database of Deals and Comptroller’s Procurement Integrity Act

Contact: Ron Deutsch, Fiscal Policy Institute, 518-469-6769 John Kaehny, Reinvent Albany, 917-941-9865 Jessica Wisneski, Citizen Action of New York, 845-901-0264 Jasmine Gripper, Alliance for Quality Education, 347-301-6277 Ethan Geringer-Sameth, Citizens Union; 914-715-0887 Susan Lerner, Common Cause New York; 917-670-5670 Jennifer Wilson, League of Women Voters NYS; 518-465-4162 Blair Horner, NYPIRG; 518-727-4506 Michael Kink, Strong Economy for All, 518-527-2787 Progressive Groups, Government and Budget Watchdogs Call On Assembly Speaker Heastie to Allow Vote on Database of Deals and Comptroller’s Procurement Integrity Act Bills have already passed [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-06T11:44:11-05:00June 7th, 2018|Economic Trends & Policy, Press Releases|

75 New York State Organizations Call on Congress to Oppose Federal Budget Cuts to Critical Programs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2018 Media Contact: Ron Deutsch, Executive Director of FPI 518-469-6769 / deutsch@fiscalpolicy.org 75 New York State Organizations Call on Congress to Oppose Federal Budget Cuts to Critical Programs Group urges Congress to reject a Farm Bill that takes food off the tables of needy Americans See the release of the letter here (New York, NY) – On May 10, 2018, the New York Federal Budget Response Team submitted a letter on behalf of 75 service providers and advocacy organizations (listed below) asking [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-06T11:38:23-05:00May 10th, 2018|Press Releases|

Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez Stood Alongside Nonprofits In Opposition To President Trump And Congressional Republicans’ Harmful Cuts To The Social Safety Net

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 30, 2018 Media Contact: Ron Deutsch, Executive Director of FPI 518-469-6769 / deutsch@fiscalpolicy.org Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez Stood Alongside Nonprofits In Opposition To President Trump And Congressional Republicans’ Harmful Cuts To The Social Safety Net Group calls on Congress to reject a Farm Bill that takes food off the tables of needy Americans when they return from recess See the full press release here New York, NY. - On April 30, 2018, Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez stood alongside nonprofit service providers on the Steps [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-06T11:29:20-05:00April 30th, 2018|Press Releases|

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|

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|