June 8, 2010. Groups Call Upon Schumer and Gillibrand to Restore Medicaid
and COBRA Health Insurance Funding. This press release from coalition partners
highlights FPI's analysis of the impact on New York State and New York City of a
6-month extension of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's increased share of state Medicaid costs.
The groups also call for extension of ARRA's assistance with COBRA
premiums.
April 19, 2010. New York Has the Ways and Means: How and Why Wall Street
Should Give Back to Main Street. Sensible options for closing the state
budget gap meet three goals: 1. To
support rather than undermine the needs of New York families. 2. To minimize the
negative impact of this year’s budget decisions on the fragile state economy. 3.
To require the New York financial industry - which bears responsibility for much
of the negative impact on the state’s economy and finances since 2007, and which
has now realized enormous profits because of the taxpayer-funded bailout - to
contribute a fair share to Main Street’s recovery.
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April 12, 2010.
Look to Wall Street for help. An op ed by Frank Mauro, FPI's executive
director, and Ron Deutsch of New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, Albany
Times-Union.
April 7, 2010.
Establishing a Fair, Adequate and Economically
Sensible State-Local Tax System.
This policy brief from FPI reviews specific revenue raising options that would
enable New York to close its budget gap while making the overall tax system
fairer and minimizing damage to the economy.
April 2, 2010. Testimony at
the Joint Legislative Public Hearing on the 2010-2011 Executive Budget Proposal
- Human Services.
Presented by Carolyn Boldiston, FPI's Senior Fiscal Policy Analyst.
(This is a revised version of testimony originally delivered on February 10,
2010.)
March 12, 2010. Raise
Taxes to Balance the Budget.
Capitol Tonight. In discussing Lieutenant Governor Richard
Ravitch's fiscal reform plan, FPI Executive Director Frank Mauro explained why
tax increases should be part of a balanced approach to closing New York State's
projected budget gap.
March 11, 2010.
The
Ravitch Plan. Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC. James Parrott, FPI's Deputy Director
and Chief Economist, discussed
Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch's plan to reform the New York
State budget process and to borrow money to help solve New York State's fiscal
problems.
