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Social & Economic Conditions

   
  Click here for the archives of FPI's report on the State of Working New York, 1999 through 2006.
 

 

      
 

September 1, 2007.  The State of Working New York: Encouraging Recent Gains, but Troubling Long-Term Trends. This sixth edition of FPI's biennial snapshot of the state economy finds a modest increase in wages against a backdrop of worrisome trends. For example: workers aren't seeing wage increases commensurate with their productivity; New Yorkers living in upstate cities are twice as likely to be poor as people nationwide; and the gap between rich and poor (and between the rich and the middle) continues to grow. Link to press release, executive summary, full report and podcast.

August 28, 2007.  Statement from Frank Mauro on the New Poverty Data Released Today by the United States Census Bureau. Worrisome trends: New York continues to have the highest poverty rate of all of the northeastern and northern industrial states. The poverty rates in New York’s major upstate cities are incredibly high.

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September 2, 2006.  The State of Working New York 2006: An Uneven Recovery.  Western New York lags, and wages stay flat while productivity rises.

August 29, 2006.  Poverty in New York Fails to Decline Despite Four Years of Economic "Growth." New Data Suggests Need to Reinvigorate Efforts to Combat Poverty. (HTML) FPI's analysis of the new poverty, income and health insurance data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. PDF of this analysis with supporting tables.

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Labor Day 2005.  The State of Working New York 2005:  Treading Water in a Tenuous Recovery.  The tenuous economic recovery of the past two years has been characterized by such weak wage growth that most of New York’s working families have been left treading water, according to the latest edition of the Fiscal Policy Institute’s biennial report on The State of Working New York.  

May 2, 2005.  The Tentative Recovery is Still a Long Way from Restoring Jobs, Wages and Incomes to Pre-Recession Levels for New York City's Low- and Moderate-Income Households.  Testimony by James Parrott, FPI Chief Economist, before the New York City Rent Guidelines Board. 

Labor Day 2004.  Recovery Yet to Arrive for Many New Yorkers and Their Families. In HTML without tables and graphs or in full version in PDF with all tables and graphs.

Labor Day 2003.  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)

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

December 3, 2002.  Tale of Two Recessions: The Current Slowdown in New York City Compared to the Early 1990s. By James Parrott and Oliver Cooke. (PDF)

Labor Day 2002.  New York and the National Economy: Learning from the '90s.

April 2002.  Pulling Apart in New York: An Analysis of Income Trends in New York. 

January 23, 2002.  The State of Working New York 2001.  

March 8, 2002.  The Employment Impact of the September 11 World Trade Center Attacks: Updated Estimates based on the Benchmarked Employment Data.

December 6, 2001.  Economic Impact of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks and Strategies for Economic Rebirth and Resurgence.  Testimony by James A. Parrott, FPI Chief Economist, before the New York State Assembly Committee on Economic Development and Committee on Small Business.

November 5, 2001.  World Trade Center Job Impacts Take a Heavy Toll on Low-Wage Workers: Occupational and Wage Implications of Job Losses Related to the September 11 World Trade Center Attack.

September 28, 2001.  Economic Impact of the September 11 World Trade Center Attack.  Preliminary Report.

September 25, 2001.  Despite good economic times of the last several years, 2.5 million New Yorkers continue to live in poverty.

August 2001.  The Decade of Boom: A Bust for Most New York Workers and Their Families. (HTML)

October 1, 2000.  Building a Ladder to Jobs and Higher Wages. Report of the Working Group on New York City's Low-Wage Labor Market: a comprehensive set of policy recommendations to address the labor market problems of New York City's growing low-wage labor force. FPI was a member of the working group, which was chaired by Mark Levitan of the Community Service Society of New York. Click here for the full report or here  for a summary of the report's recommendations.  (PDF)

Labor Day 2000.  New York's Working Families - Still Waiting for Prosperity. 

September 2000.  New York State Self-Sufficiency Standard.

April 4, 2000.  Housing Affordability in Westchester County, New York. Affidavit filed by Trudi Renwick, FPI Senior Economist.

January 2000.  Pulling Apart in New York: An Analysis of Income Trends in New York State and New York City.

September 1999.  State of Working New York: The Illusion of Prosperity - New York in the New Economy. By James Parrott, Alice Meaker, and Zofia Nowakowski.

September 30, 1999.  New York's Poverty Rate Remains High While the National Poverty Rate Continues to Fall.

May 1999.  "Living Standards" in FY 2000 Alterbudget Agenda, City Project.

April 1999.  Social Security, the Nation's Most Effective Safety Net Program, Keeps More than 800,000 Elderly New Yorkers out of Poverty.

March 1999.  Working but Poor in New York: Improving the Economic Situation of a Hard-Working but Ignored Population.  Revised July 1999.

May 1999.  The Upstate Economy.  Testimony before the New York State Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry and Committee on Small Business. Testimony delivered by James Parrott in Albany and Trudi Renwick in Utica.

January 1996.  New York: The State of the State. Social Conditions Report Card.

 

  
     
     

 
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