December 31, 2003.  Economic Update: Yes, New York is outpacing the nation in job growth BUT the current national recovery is creating jobs at an unprecedented low rate. (PDF)

The State of Working New York 2003: Unbalanced Regional Economies through Expansion and Recession.

~Executive Summary in PDF.

~Chapter 1 in PDF.

~Chapter 2 in PDF.

~Chapter 3.  Includes a 4-page regional profile for each of New York's 10 regional economies in PDF.
    ~New York State
    ~Capital District
    ~Central New York
    ~Finger Lakes
    ~Hudson Valley
    ~Long Island
    ~MohawkValley
    ~New York City
    ~North Country
    ~Southern Tier
    ~Western New York

~Appendices in PDF.

~Complete Report in PDF (3+MB)

October 29, 2003.  Revitalizing the Cities of Upstate New York. Testimony presented by Lava Thimmayya to the Assembly Standing Committee on Cities, Public Hearing on The Tools Necessary to Revitalize the Cities of New York. (PDF)

August 2003.  New York City's Garment Industry: A New Look? This report by Sarah Crean focuses on the continued resiliency of New York City’s apparel manufacturing sector, and how it is evolving in order to survive in a global production market. The report highlights business models which appear particularly promising, in terms of both capitalizing on consumer trends and creating sustainable living wage jobs. (PDF) 

July 11, 2003.  Revitalize New York By Putting People to Work: A Jobs-Based Strategy for Economic Diversification and High-Road Growth.  A comprehensive proposal for economic revitalization in New York City after the September 11, 2001, attacks. Published by LCAN, the Labor Community Advocacy Network to Rebuild New York, a network of 40 organizations convened by the Fiscal Policy Institute and the Central Labor Council, and coordinated by FPI senior fellow David Dyssegaard Kallick.

June 26, 2003.  Ideas for Ending (or, At Least, De-escalating) the Economic War Among the States. (PDF) Paper presented by FPI Executive Director Frank Mauro at symposium on the Economic War Among the States co-sponsored by FPI and Good Jobs First at Georgetown Law Center,

June 2003.  The Construction Labor Market in New York City: Trends and Issues. (PDF)

May 22, 2003.  New York City's Unemployment Crisis and the Need for an Emergency Job Creation Program. Testimony presented by FPI Deputy Director and Chief Economist James Parrott to the Assembly Committee on Cities. Related article in Newsday: Expert: Jobs Are the Problem. (Both documents PDF)

May 1, 2003.  New York City's Economy and the Situation of Low- and Moderate-Income Households. (PDF) Testimony presented by James A. Parrott to the New York City Rent Guidelines Board.

April 2003.  Security Guards & Building Services Occupations in New York City: Trends and Issues. (PDF)

April 28, 2003.  TANF and Child Care Spending in New York: An Update.  (PDF) 

April 24, 2003.  Schools, Taxes and the New York Economy: An Economic Analysis of a Balanced Budget Alternative to the Governor’s School Aid Cuts (PDF). Based on an economic impact analysis prepared for FPI by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, this report shows that the economic benefits of restoring the Governor's school aid cuts far outweigh the effects of an income tax increase to fund those restorations.  The report was released jointly by FPI and the Alliance for Quality Education: New analysis shows that Governor's school aid cuts are "job killers" in the short run and even worse for the state's economy over time. Positive effect of restoring school aid cuts swamps negative impact of income tax increase. (PDF)   

April 23, 2003.  New analysis shows New York to face $1.6 billion in cuts over the next ten years due to federal tax and budget agreement. Groups call on House to join Senate in passing fiscal relief for the states (PDF).   Joint statement from FPI and New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness releasing new EPI/Institute for America's Future report, New York Impact Analysis: Effects of 2004 Congressional Budget Resolution (PDF).

March 13, 2003.  Revitalize New York By Putting People to Work: A Jobs-Based Strategy for Economic Diversification and High-Road Growth (PDF).  This new 30-page report prepared by FPI for the Labor Community Advocacy Network to Revitalize New York (LCAN) makes the case for a $1 billion Liberty Jobs Program to counteract the massive job losses that New York City has experienced as a result of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.  The report was released at a March 13, 2003, press conference by Brian McLaughlin, President of the New York City Central Labor Council, and James Parrott, Co-Chair of the Labor Community Advocacy Network to Rebuild New York and Chief Economist at the Fiscal Policy Institute. Click here for a PDF version of the press release from this event.

March 3, 2003.  FPI's Testimony at the Legislature's Joint Budget Hearing on Human Services (PDF). Includes updated tables on TANF block grant spending, minimum wage workers, disposable income of New York SSI recipients, and each county's public assistance shelter allowance as a percent of its Fair Market Rent (FMR). 

February 26, 2003.  FPI's Testimony at the Legislature's Joint Budget Hearing on Taxes and Economic Development (PDF).

February 12, 2003.  Balancing New York State's 2003-2004 Budget in an Economically Sensible Manner (PDF). This is FPI's main analysis of Governor George E. Pataki's Executive Budget and alternative approaches to balancing New York State's 2003-2004 budget. Also see the PowerPoint version with many of the same charts and graphs but presenting the textual analysis in condensed form.

February 12, 2003.  Meeting New York City's Fiscal and Economic Challenges in 2003 (PowerPoint).  Released at FPI's  budget briefing, this analysis is based on Mayor Bloomberg's January 28 Financial Plan for FY 2003 - 2007. 

January 2003.  New York State & Local Taxes in 2002 (PDF).  See why low and middle income New Yorkers pay much more of their income in state and local taxes than the top 5% of the income distribution - those with incomes above $160,000 a year.  This color coded chart and the accompanying table show the impact of state and local taxes (by type of tax, in total before taking federal deductibility into consideration, and in total after taking federal deductibility into consideration) on the family incomes of non-elderly New Yorkers broken down into seven income categories, ranging from the bottom 20% (taxpayers with incomes of less than $15,000) to the top 1% (taxpayers with incomes above $634,000).  This analysis was recently completed by the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy applying 2002 tax law to 2000 income levels.

January 27, 2003.  Time to get rid of the LMDC. New York Daily News Op Ed by David Dyssegaard Kallick.

January 27,2003.  Employees as Regulators. New York Times Op Ed by Moshe Adler.

January 17, 2003.  Management and Accountability Issues Pertaining to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's New York City Transit Operations. Testimony by Matthew T. Mitchell before the Transportation Committee of the Council of the City of New York.