Reports, Briefs and Presentations

Reworking New York State’s Family Tax Credits

March 8, 2019. The human costs of child poverty are staggering. Experiencing poverty as a child – even for short stints – can impair brain development, physical and mental health, and academic achievement, and increase the possibility of child welfare involvement. And the impacts can last a lifetime. Childhood poverty is the single best predictor of adult poverty. Child poverty also imposes extraordinary economic costs to the state. A report just issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine estimates that child poverty costs the nation [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-06T09:55:31-05:00March 8th, 2019|Blog, Economic Outlook, Economic Trends & Policy, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|

Driving Together: Benefits of Allowing All New Yorkers to Apply for Licenses

February 15, 2019. Suddenly, with a new legislature in office, New York is poised to join 12 other states plus Puerto Rico and D.C. and allow undocumented immigrants to apply for driver’s licenses.A report by the Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI) estimates that 265,000 undocumented immigrants statewide would obtain driver’s licenses, including 64,000 north of New York City and 51,000 on Long Island. FPI also estimates that $57 million in annual revenue and $26 million in one-time revenue would be generated from the purchase of driver’s [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-06T09:37:18-05:00February 15th, 2019|Blog, Migration, Press Releases, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|

Brief- Ranked Choice Voting: Saving Money While Improving Elections

Ranked Choice Voting: Saving Money While Improving Elections June 28, 2018. The New York City Charter Review Commission is currently reviewing several proposals for changes to the charter. The proposal for ranked choice voting, also known as instant runoff voting, has garnered a good deal of enthusiasm around the city, but some questions have been raised about what the cost of such a system might be. The Fiscal Policy Institute examined this question, and our conclusion is that there would be a net savings, not [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-06T13:13:31-05:00June 28th, 2018|Blog, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|

Brief: Strong Public Employees’ Unions in New York: Better Pay, Benefits, and Working Conditions for All

June 27, 2018. By: Brent Kramer, David Dyssegaard Kallick, and Jonas Shaende The Supreme Court’s ruling today about public sector unions puts a significant new barrier in front of unions around the country. Traditionally, in New York—as in many other states—everyone covered by a union contract was required to pay either dues or an “agency fee” to support the union’s work on behalf of all employees. In the Janus decision, the Supreme Court ruled that public-sector employees can’t be compelled to pay for the union’s [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-06T11:57:06-05:00June 27th, 2018|Blog, Economic Trends & Policy, Labor Market & Workforce, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|

Refugees as Employees: Good Retention, Strong Recruitment

May 22, 2018. Employers that hire refugees see positive outcomes for their businesses, according to a report released today by the Fiscal Policy Institute and the Tent Partnership for Refugees. The study, based on over 100 interviews in four regions of the country, finds that when employers hire refugees they see lower turnover rates among refugees, and widen their pool of potential employees. In addition, many see overall improvements in the company, with their managers becoming more versatile as they adjust to working with a [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-06T13:14:52-05:00May 21st, 2018|Migration, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|

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|

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|

Policy Brief: Expand the Millionaires’ Tax and Address New York’s Worst-in-the-Nation Income Inequality

March 7, 2017. The millionaires’ tax is New York’s fiscal Swiss Army knife, a tool that addresses many different needs. It helps fund important priorities, balance the New York State budget, respond to heightened income inequality, and lessen the overall regressive state and local tax structure. And it is very much needed in New York today. PDF of full Policy Brief

Anthony Troia2021-01-07T12:38:56-05:00March 7th, 2017|Reports, Briefs and Presentations, State Budget|

New York State Economic and Fiscal Outlook FY 2018

February 7, 2017. In its 27th annual New York State budget briefing book, the Fiscal Policy Institute analyzes and comments on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s FY 2018 Executive Budget. This year’s New York State budget negotiations take shape against a worrisome backdrop. The president and congress are threatening to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, make drastic cuts to programs that help millions of New Yorkers, and create a hostile environment for the states four million immigrants. The state has an important role to play to help [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-07T12:24:59-05:00February 7th, 2017|Blog, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, State Budget|

Expanding Access to Driver’s Licenses

January 31, 2017. New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, the New York Immigration Coalition, the Fiscal Policy Institute, elected officials and immigration advocates today the release of new analyses of the fiscal costs and benefits of expanding access to driver’s licenses to all New Yorkers, without regard to immigration status, and the launch of a new campaign announced, Green Light NY: Driving Together. The announcement of the campaign comes from advocates and elected officials as Comptroller Stringer and the Fiscal Policy Institute release comprehensive reports highlighting the [...]

Anthony Troia2021-01-07T12:17:00-05:00January 31st, 2017|Reports, Briefs and Presentations|

Take-Up Rates for Driver’s Licenses

January 31, 2017. How many unauthorized immigrants actually get licenses when driver's license policies are expanded to allow them to apply? The Fiscal Policy Institute looks at the experience of five states and the District of Columbia, and finds that, based on these examples, between 25 percent and 50 percent of unauthorized immigrants over the age of 16 obtain a license in the first three years. PDF of Brief

Anthony Troia2021-01-07T12:17:35-05:00January 31st, 2017|Blog, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|

Do Immigrants Present an Untapped Opportunity to Revitalize Communities?

Wednesday, October 19. As many cities across the nation experience population decline and an increase in vacant and distressed property, there is a need for economic and housing revitalization. New research from Welcoming Economies Global Network and Fiscal Policy Institute indicates that immigrants represent some of the brightest potential for revitalizing urban communities. However, experience suggests, that immigrants are often overlooked and underestimated by homeownership, community development, and affordable housing advocates, practitioners, and programs. This report, which includes an interactive tool, show that immigrants have strong rates of potential [...]

Anthony Troia2020-11-13T14:56:15-05:00October 19th, 2016|Economic Trends & Policy, Migration, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|

Shale Researchers Release Local Government Handbook and State Policy Report Card

July 5, 2016. Last week, the Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia organizations that are part of the Multi-State Shale Research Collaborative (MSSRC), released two new reports: a handbook for local officials entitled Lessons from the Gas Patch: A Local Government Guide for Dealing with Drilling; and A Report Card on Shale Gas Policies in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The new reports build upon The MSSRC’s December 2014 report, The Shale Tipping Point: The Relationship of Shale Drilling to Crime, Traffic Fatalities, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, [...]

Anthony Troia2020-11-13T14:53:39-05:00July 5th, 2016|Economic Trends & Policy, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|