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Op Eds, Columns and Letters
From FPI Authors

   
  Below you can browse through op eds, columns and letters by FPI researchers. Also see press releases, testimony, and FPI in the news.      
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July 21, 2008.  The City Economy: Facing the Nation's Woes. By James Parrott, FPI's deputy director and chief economist, who writes regularly for Gotham Gazette's Economy section.

 

May 29, 2008.  Community Development Done Right. A column by David Dyssegaard Kallick, New York Metro.

 

April 1, 2008.  Is America becoming a lottery society? An op ed by FPI senior fellow David Dyssegaard Kallick, New York Metro.

 

March 19, 2008.  Ten Reasons We Don't Have the Economy We Thought We Had. By James Parrott, FPI's deputy director and chief economist, who writes regularly for Gotham Gazette's Economy section.

 

March 14, 2008.  State must work to fix property tax problem. A letter to the editor of The Saratogian by FPI senior economist Trudi Renwick.

 

March 9, 2008.  Film Study Misinterpreted. By FPI deputy director and chief economist James A. Parrott, The Hartford Courant.

 

February 29, 2008.  What's wrong with the CGR critique of prevailing wage requirements. In a letter to the editor of the Long Island Business News, FPI deputy director and chief economist James A. Parrott explains what's wrong with the recent report on prevailing wage requirements by the Rochester-based Center for Governmental Research.

 

February 19, 2008.  Pay fair wages, get quality work. A column about IDA reform by FPI chief economist James Parrott and Jesse Lenney of Metro Justice, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

February 14, 2008.  Paying good wages shields taxpayers from waste. A column about IDA reform by FPI executive director Frank Mauro and Micaela Shapiro-Shellaby of the Coalition for Economic Justice, Buffalo News.

January 29, 2008.  Stimulating the Economy. By James Parrott, FPI's deputy director and chief economist, who writes monthly for Gotham Gazette's Economy section.

January 28, 2008.  Could Wall Street's Woes Be Good for New York? By James Parrott, FPI's deputy director and chief economist; an earlier version of this column first appeared in the Gotham Gazette.

January 22, 2008.  Family's experiment with welfare grant shows need for a boost in funding. A letter to the editor by FPI senior economist Trudi Renwick, Albany Times-Union.

December 19, 2007.  Immigrants boosting N.Y. middle class. A column by FPI senior fellow David Dyssegaard Kallick, Metro New York.

December 18, 2007.  Could Wall Street's Woes Be Good for New York? By James Parrott, FPI's deputy director and chief economist, who writes monthly for Gotham Gazette's Economy section.

November 6, 2007.  Wall Street's Binge, Workers' Hangover. By James Parrott, FPI's deputy director and chief economist, who writes monthly for Gotham Gazette's Economy section.

August 8, 2007.  Congressmen must explain cuts in critical programs. By FPI's senior economist, Trudi Renwick, together with Bob Cohen of Citizens Action. Buffalo News.

August 7, 2007.  Neighborhoods and the Fiscal Boom. By James Parrott, who writes monthly for Gotham Gazette's Economy section.

June 21, 2007.  Income Numbers Show a Changing City. By James Parrott, who writes monthly for Gotham Gazette's Economy section.

June 14, 2007. Another voice / Immigration reform: Law should direct families toward upstate cities. By David Dyssegaard Kallick, FPI's senior fellow. Buffalo News.

June 7, 2007.  Poor's nutritional needs not being met. By Trudi Renwick. This op ed appeared in several editions of Spotlight News, a capital area weekly.

June 3, 2007.  Freelancers Inc. By James Parrott. New York Times.

May 15, 2007.  Behind the Low Unemployment Rate. By James Parrott. This column inaugurates the Gotham Gazette's new feature on the Economy.

May 13, 2007.  Many in county use food stamps. By Trudi Renwick. Saratoga Springs Saratogian.

May 8, 2007.  Expand, don't restrict, health insurance for kids. By Frank Mauro. Schenectady Daily Gazette.

May 6, 2007.  Reforms should make IDAs more accountable. By Adrianne Shropshire and James Parrott. Albany Times Union.

May 6, 2007.  Nolan had wrong idea about Resolution 99. By Trudi Renwick. Glens Falls Post Star.

April 30, 2007.  Strike a new deal, now: City & state must demand better pay for building staff in corporate retention pacts. By James Parrott and Bill Thompson. New York Daily News.

April 16, 2007.  Jittery Wall Street, Calm City? By James Parrott. Gotham Gazette.

April 9, 2007.  How to Fix the Income Gap. By James Parrott. New York Times.

March 19, 2007.  Get one return, reap tax dollars. By James Parrott. Crains.

January 29, 2007.  Like hospitals, insurance system is also in crisis. By David Dyssegaard Kallick. Buffalo News.

January 29, 2007.  How to insure the uninsured. By David Dyssegaard Kallick. Crains.

January 25, 2007.  State needs to address the upstate tax burden. By James Parrott. Albany Times Union.

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October 29, 2000.  Evaluation of Tax Cut Proposals of U.S. Senate Candidates Rick Lazio and Hillary Clinton. FPI Executive Director Frank Mauro and Governor Pataki's Chief Economist, Stephen Kagann, reach different conclusions in op eds published together in the New York Daily News. To read what Mauro and Kagann think about the Clinton and Lazio proposals, click here.  

March 4, 2000.  New York's Economy, Through Another Lens. Letter to the editor by James Parrott, New York Times.

February 1, 2000.  Broad Attacks Needed on Income Gaps. An op ed by Trudi Renwick, Newsday.

October 27, 1999.  Boost the Minimum Wage? Yes, to raise living standards. By James A. Parrott, Daily News.

July 13, 1998.  Is state death tax too high? No, gov exaggerates its impact. By Frank J. Mauro, New York Daily News. One of a pair of op eds with 'pro' side by Governor George E. Pataki.

March 29, 1998.  A taxing question: Free lunch or fair deal? Counterpoint: "Only businesses would benefit from the changes," by Frank J. Mauro, Times Union. One of a pair of op eds with opposite point of view taken by Daniel B. Walsh of the Business Council.

    

 
     
     

 

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