January 31, 2008.  Babylon, N.Y.: Pocketbook Issues Are Central. The immigration debate has given way to money matters. By Kirk Shinkle, U.S. News and World Report.

January 31, 2008.  多团体发起移民教育运动.  The Epoch Times (Australia).

January 31, 2008.  Tax reform long overdue. A letter to the editor by Robin Vaccai Yess, Middletown Times Herald-Record.

Funding schools through property taxes is inequitable, unfair and unrelated to a person's ability to pay. Until it changes to an income-based tax to fund schools, our seniors and young families will continue to be forced out.

It's a two-part problem - the funding mechanism and school district spending. If district budgets continue to rise by more than twice the rate of inflation, the tax must continually increase. So, yes, we need a different, equitable method to fund schools, but school spending must simultaneously be brought under control.

The commission should seek help from the Fiscal Policy Institute, the Public Policy Institute and the numerous tax reform groups throughout the state for tax reform solutions that have already been developed. Many members of the Assembly and Senate, who are paid with taxpayer dollars, have drafted proposed legislation.

January 30, 2008.  Campaña contra mitos antiinmigrantes. By Judith Torrea, El Diario/La Prensa.

January 29, 2008.  ECONOMICS: Spitzer's budget: SOS from the middle class. By Christine Carrie Fien, Rochester City Newspaper.

January 28, 2008.  Trying to make it safer to do a dangerous job. By Jillian Jonas, CityLimits.org.

January 28, 2008.  Labor groups, lawmakers ask for IDA reforms. By Heather Senison, Legislative Gazette.

January 24, 2008.  An economy wrapped in uncertainty. By Randi Marshall, Newsday.

January 22, 2008.  City Comptroller urges IDA reform. By Diane Hess, Crains.com.

January 18, 2008.  Wall Street dip threatens state tax revenue. By Jay Gallagher, Journal News.

January 17, 2008.  We Want Higher Taxes. [Thanks Jay for the snappy headline. What we really want is to take a fresh look at rolling back all the tax cuts enjoyed by those with the highest incomes - in order to ease the pressure of property taxes as well as income taxes on those of more modest means.] By Jay Jochnowitz, Capitol Confidential.

January 17, 2008.  Recession is here or coming, say pros. By Rich Schapiro, New York Daily News.

January 17, 2008.  Bloomberg won't call for property tax hike. By Karla Schuster, Newsday.

January 15, 2008.  Assessing the Economic Impact of Immigration at the State and Local Level. From the American Immigration Law Foundation's Immigration Policy Center.

January 15, 2008.  For Bloomberg, recession could be campaign theme. By Karla Schuster, Newsday.

January 14, 2008.  Can Bloomberg Save Wall Street? By Andrew J. Hawkins, City Hall News.

January 12, 2008.  D.A.'s target employers who skirt labor, tax laws. By David Schepp, Journal News.

January 10, 2008.  City Is Facing Big Hike in Property Tax. By Grace Rauh, New York Sun.

January 9, 2008.  Tax reform on Spitzer's agenda for speech. By Tami Luhby and Mark Harrington, Newsday.

January 5, 2008.  Anti-immigration fervor casts city out. Nation wants fewer workers, while NYC needs more; political heat intensifies split. By Elizabeth MacBride, Crain's New York Business.

January 5, 2008.  City on tenterhooks: Uncertainty looms. NYC better off than in former downturns, but importance of Wall Street still pervasive. By Tom Frederickson, Crain's New York Business.

January 5, 2008.  School Officials Hear Same Aid Story. By S. Alexander Gerould, Jamestown Post-Journal.

January 4, 2008.  Businesses warm to idea of universal health care: Getting there will be contentious journey as groups jostle over competing paths. By Barbara Pinckney, Albany Business Review.

January 1, 2008.  Funding special districts: The perks your tax dollars pay for. By Sandra Peddie, Newsday.

December 26, 2007.  Immigrants Make Their Mark On New York City. By Richard Gentil Viso, Queens Gazette.

December 24, 2007.  On the move: Immigrants an economic force in the suburbs. By John Golden, Westchester County Business Journal.

December 24, 2007.  Schools expected to get $47M in state aid. By Paul Brooks, Middletown Times Herald-Record.

December 23, 2007.  Estudio: explotan a obreros de construcción. By Maria Vega, El Diario/La Prensa.

December 23, 2007.  N.Y.C. ‘Underground’ Construction Economy Costs Workers and Taxpayers. By Mike Hall, AFL-CIO Now News Blog. Also bay area indy media.

December 21, 2007.  New York City at year's end. By Leonard Quart, Berkshire Eagle.

December 19, 2007.  Parker seeks an edge for upstate. By Jay Gallagher, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.

December 19, 2007.  Groups testify to Empire Zone failure: Momentum grows to end costly program that has been unable to produce jobs. By Delen Goldberg, Syracuse Post-Standard.

December 15, 2007.  Projection Shows Districts Receiving More State Money. By S. Alexander Gerould, Jamestown Post-Journal.

December 10, 2007.  Many New York City Construction Workers Part of Underground Economy, Study Says. By John Herzfeld, Daily Labor Report, Bureau of National Affairs.

December 7, 2007.  New Yorkers hit by growing debt. By Elizabeth Lazarowitz, New York Daily News.

December 6, 2007.  N.Y. homeowner rebate nears $800M. By Jay Gallagher, Journal News.

December 6, 2007.  Construction Workers Off The Books. WNYC.

December 6, 2007.  Off-the-books work booms. Report: 'Illegal economy' tracks building surge. By Amy Zimmer, Metro New York.

December 6, 2007.  The Other Side of Immigration. Queens TimesLedger Newspapers.

Immigration is much more a blessing than a problem in New York. New immigrants have made a marked contribution to virtually every community in Queens. In Jackson Heights, Elmhurst and Flushing, immigrant-owned businesses have flourished, creating jobs and raising property values. These businesses pay taxes that enable the city to build schools and pay for health care for the poor.

December 5, 2007.  Some 50,000 NYC building workers paid off the books. By Joan Gralla, Reuters.

December 5, 2007.  25% of NYC construction jobs are 'off the books.' The fiscal costs to taxpayers were $489 million in 2005 and are likely to reach $557 million in 2008, according to a report. By Tom Frederickson, Crain's New York Business.

December 5, 2007.  Underground Construction Economy Booms in NYC. By Michael Whitely, workcompcentral.com.

December 5, 2007.  Epidemic Of Illegal Construction Employment Is Hurting Taxpayers. By Doug Cunningham, Workers Independent News.

December 4, 2007.  Cutting consultants key to balanced budget. By Senator Neil Breslin. An op ed in the Albany Times Union.

December 4, 2007.  Myth-buster reveals depth of immigrants' contribution to NY. By Rong Xiaoqing, South China Morning Post.

December 3, 2007.  What Three Million Immigrants Do. By Larry Tung, Gotham Gazette.

December 3, 2007.  Immigrants Create Nearly a Quarter of New York State's Economic Output, Report Finds. PND-Philanthropy News Digest.

December 2, 2007.  An Immigration Red Herring. An editorial from the New York Post.

FPI's study concluded that immigrants contributed $229 billion to the New York state economy in 2006; that's about 22.4 percent of the state's GDP.

According to David Dyssegaard Kallick, an author of the report, "These figures should wipe away any impression that immigrants are holding the New York economy back; in fact, immigrants are a central component of New York's economic growth."

Well, duh.

November 30, 2007.  A portrait of immigration: Regional profile adds to the debate. An editorial from Newsday.

November 30, 2007.  Spending by MTA on track to soar 43% over '04 budget, documents show. By Pete Donohue, New York Daily News.

November 30, 2007.  La contribucion economica y laboral de los inmigrantes. By Monica Bastidas, El Correo de Queens.

November 29, 2007.  Sanctuary Was a Lovely Word. Then the G.O.P. Got Hold of It. By Clyde Haberman, New York Times.

November 29, 2007.  The Brian Lehrer Show: An Economy without Mexicans. (37:36)

November 29, 2007.  Why don't you teach English? An editorial from El Diario/La Prensa.

November 29, 2007.  Latinos son clave para economía de Nueva York. By Jose Acosta, El Diario/La Prensa.

November 29, 2007.  Immigrants add billions to NY economy. By Pete Davis, Queens Courier.

November 29, 2007.  Immigrants boosting boro economy: Study. By Jeremy Walsh, Flushing Times Ledger.

November 29, 2007.  Reports Add Depth To Illegal Immigration Picture. By Sarah Garland, New York Sun.

November 27, 2007.  City of immigrants. An editorial from the New York Daily News.

New York's burgeoning immigrant population is helping to build just what this city needs to prosper: a thriving middle class. So says a new study that examined in detail the economic impact that the foreign-born are having on the Big Apple.

Any way the Fiscal Policy Institute researchers sliced the data, they found the city's 3 million immigrants - legal and illegal - are pulling their load. The researchers also uncovered how the immigrants have become deeply woven into the fabric of life.

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The numbers add up to the fact that the 3 million New Yorkers born overseas have had surprisingly positive impacts on a city whose neighborhoods would wither without them. They are opening large numbers of small businesses, and more than half have become U.S. citizens. They can vote and they will surely remember politicians who play on nativist fears.

November 27, 2007.  A fuller view of immigrants. An editorial from the Schenectady Gazette.

November 27, 2007.  Report Profiles Immigrants' Impact On New York’s Economy, Workforce. By Gerald Silverman, Daily Labor Report, Bureau of National Affairs.

November 27, 2007.  Immigrants help fill upstate college, medical ranks: Their contributions critical to New York's economy, report says. By Michael Hill, with Chris Swingle, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

November 27, 2007.  Immigrants hold many of upstate's top jobs: 35% of doctors are foreign-born. By Dan Osburn, Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin.

November 27, 2007.  Positive Report on Immigrants Fails To Cool a Fiery Debate. By Sarah Garland, New York Sun.

November 27, 2007.  Caribbean Migrants Moving Up 'Down State.' hardbeatnews.com

November 27, 2007.  Immigrants aid state economy: They pumped in $229 billion, report says. By Joshua Rhett Miller, New York Metro.

November 26, 2007.  New Report: Immigrant Impact on New York. Reported by Craig Lewis and Mike Clifford, New York Public News Service.

November 26, 2007.  Immigrants Contribute $229B to State's Economy. By Karen DeWitt, WXXI.

November 26, 2007.  Immigration Battle: Do They Help or Hurt the Economy? By Richard French and Carolyn Rowe, RNN-TV.

November 26, 2007.  A Profile of Immigration. By Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation's "The Notion."

November 26, 2007.  Immigrants Pull Weight in Economy, Study Finds. By Patrick McGeehan, New York Times.

November 26, 2007.  An economic engine in immigration: Study by New York state labor, immigrant groups emphasizes contributions by those born elsewhere. By Rick Karlin, Albany Times Union.

November 26, 2007.  Report: Immigrants play significant role in N.Y. economy. By Leah Rae, The Journal News.

November 26, 2007.  Report: NY immigrants doctors as well as low-wage workers. By Michael Hill, Newsday.

November 26, 2007. Muchos doctores y profesores inmigrantes. By Michael Hill, El Diario.

November 26, 2007.  Immigrants are changing the face of New York. By Srirekha N. Chakravarty, India Post.

November 26, 2007.  Immigrants Are Seen as a Boon: A New Report Sees Big Impact. By Sarah Garland, New York Sun.

November 26, 2007.  New Report Measures Immigrants' Contribution to NYS Economy. By Marianne McCune, WNYC.

November 26, 2007.  Report Finds That Immigrants Are Driving Force In State Economy. New York 1.

November 26, 2007.  Study: N.Y immigrants "central component" in economic growth. By Joe Mahoney, New York Daily News.

November 26, 2007.  Aliens boost New York economy. New York Post.

November 26, 2007.  Foreigners impact on NY economy adds up. Business First of Buffalo.

November 26, 2007.  The Faces of Immigrants. By Michael Hill, Troy Record.

November 13, 2007.  Proposed fare hike would add to overall rise in living costs. By Pete Donohue, New York Daily News.

November 8, 2007.  Economic slump is worst time to raise subway fares - critics. By Pete Donohue, New York Daily News.

October 31, 2007.  Mayor Softens On Rangel's $1T Tax Plan. By Grace Rauh, New York Sun.

October 30, 2007.  Advocates for poor call for increase in N.Y.'s welfare. AP, Auburn Citizen. Also via the Syracuse Post-Standard, the Staten Island Advance, WSTM, and the New York Examiner.

October 24, 2007.  Bankruptcy Filings Jump Signals Trouble. By Eliot Brown, New York Sun.

October 22, 2007.  Paying the Price for Living in New York. By Courtney Gross, Gotham Gazette.

October 22, 2007.  Groups urge overhaul of food stamp benefits. By Kyle Miller, Legislative Gazette.

October 19, 2007.  City Jobless Rate Drop Is Sharpest Since 1978. By Eliot Brown, New York Sun.

October 17, 2007.  Report: LI property taxes based on flawed premises. By Jennifer Barrios, Newsday.

October 13, 2007.  Zoo admission costs are beastly for poor families. By Douglas Feiden, New York Daily News.

October 8, 2007.  Digging behind the numbers can find where the jobs are. By Tory N. Parrish, Utica Observer-Dispatch.

October 1, 2007.  Feeling budget pinch: Spitzer says Wall Street uncertainty and the lack of a budgetary surplus mean frugal times, with fewer programs and less spending. By James Madore, Newsday.

September 24, 2007.  Senate Dems ask Bruno to pass family leave law. By Kelly A. Chase, Legislative Gazette.

September 23, 2007.  Small-town school at Ivy League cost: Mandates, system of property value-driven tax bills create disparities in spending per student. By Rick Karlin, Albany Times Union.

September 23, 2007.  Despite the Cognac Index, Futures Are Dim. By John Aidan Byrne, New York Post.

September 16, 2007.  Under Bloomberg, Budget and Revenues Swell. By Diane Cardwell, New York Times.

September 11, 2007.  Silicon Alley, 6 Years Later. The IT sector in New York City today, with a reference to FPI's 2005 report, Prospects for Information Technology Jobs in New York’s Finance Sector. By Deborah Perelman, eWEEK.com.

September 11, 2007.  Economy here beats the state. By Diana Ladden, The Independent (covering Columbia and southern Rensselaer counties).

September 10, 2007.  Gap between rich and poor in America ever-widening: Though many still see this as the land of opportunity, the promise of the good life is fading. By Leigh Donaldson, Maine Today.

September 10, 2007.  Worrying About Wall Street. By Courtney Gross, Gotham Gazette.

September 9, 2007.  There is some hope on the local job front. By David Robinson, Buffalo News.

September 3, 2007.  A day to celebrate America's laborers. An editorial from the Troy Record.

September 3, 2007.  Jobless rate up slightly for Broome and Tioga: Local figure still lower than state, U.S. averages. By Doug Schneider, Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin.

September 3, 2007.  Upstate economic picture brightens: Wages, job creation figures show 2006 was stronger, report says. By Jay Gallagher, Elmira Star-Gazette.

September 3, 2007.  N.Y. workers see a 1.7% wage rise - Report finds a pulse for Upstate; Tompkins fares better than many. By Jay Gallagher, Ithaca Journal.

September 2, 2007.  Labor of Love. By Dwayne Kroohs, Kingston Daily Freeman.

September 1, 2007.  State Of NY Labor. By Jay Jochnowitz, Capitol Confidential.

The Fiscal Policy Institute today released State of Working New York 2007, its annual report on how workers are faring in the Empire State.

The findings were mixed, with wages, median income, and job growth all up last year, but pay not keeping pace with increases in productivity, wages still not back up to their 2002 levels, top earners benefiting more than those further down the scale and more families falling into the category of working poor.

The report also found employers relying more on independent contractors, the result being that fewer working people are receiving health and other benefits they would traditionally have gotten as employees.

The report recommends raising the minimum wage to $8.25 in 2007 dollars, a level it says would be a “fair permanent standard,” requiring that Industrial Development Agency incentives be keyed to creating good jobs, more focus in economic development on jobs for New York’s well-educated workforce, cutting property taxes and relying more on income tax to pay for government.

It also urges the state to move quickly on ways to trim health care costs and look at universal coverage, rein in the use of independent contractors, and increase unemployment benefits and basic welfare grants.

September 1, 2007.  Reports differ on state's economy: Fiscal Policy Institute says New York's productivity is best in U.S.; Business Council says state lagging. By Chris Churchill, Albany Times-Union.

September 1, 2007.  Wages in New York up by 1.7%: First rise in 4 years; report upbeat on jobs. By Jay Gallagher, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.

September 1, 2007.  Wages Rise for New Yorkers -- finally. By Rick Moriarty, Syracuse Post-Standard.

September 1, 2007.  Regional economy is healthy. By Michael Hill (AP), Middletown Times Herald-Record. Also in the Troy Record: Jobs increased, salaries inched up in state.

September 1, 2007.  Jobs, wages rise; problems remain: Upstate job growth of 0.9% best in a decade. By Jay Gallagher, Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin.

August 31, 2007.  NY economy shows income growth. By Kira Bindrim, Crains New York Business.

August 23, 2007.  Should retail stores get Empire Zone benefits? Taxpayers subsidize many big-box stores, but local stores cry foul. By Tory N. Parrish, Utica Observer-Dispatch.

August 15, 2007.  Tax breaks on parking Yank group: 2,500 more parking spaces planned. By Bill Egbert, New York Daily News.

July 24, 2007.  U.S. hikes minimum wages. The U.S. government raised the minimum wage by 70¢ to $5.85 today, the first increase in 10 years. The federally mandated wage hike is the first of three that will push the minimum wage to $7.25 by 2009. Reported by Jeanne Yurman of Reuters.

July 24, 2007.  Businesses back wage raise; state should, too. By Lya Sorano, Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

July 23, 2007.  Boost for small businesses. By Steve Fernlund, Daytona Beach News-Record.

July 20, 2007.  Newspaper report prompts Lottery to reveal video game receipts. By Bruce Golding, Journal News.

July 11, 2007.  Cleaning Up The Brownfields (And Empire Zones And IDAs). By Rick Karlin, Capitol Confidential, Albany Times Union.

July 7, 2007.  Selling out workers' safety. By Mark Ehrlich, Boston Globe. This op ed does not mention FPI by name, but does cite our recent study, The Underground Economy in New York City's Affordable Housing Construction Industry.

July 6, 2007.  Privatizing Medicare at Crossroads: Some groups opposed to Bush plan. By Marc Gronich, Statewide News Service.

July 3, 2007.  Alcoa bid for low-cost power called boggling: Per-job subsidy comes to $148,000 a year. By James Heaney, Buffalo News.

July 2, 2007.  Don’t hold breath waiting for minimum wage hike: U.S. rate is lower than New York’s - so workers in state won’t see a raise until 2009. By Carrie Mason-Draffen, Buffalo News.

July 1, 2007.  Builders, unions aim to cut costs: Pushing changes to regain share of residential market; seek Council's help. By Erik Engquist, Crains New York.

June 18, 2007.  Sealed with a Kiss: The 2008 Budget. By Courtney Gross, Gotham Gazette.

June 15, 2007.  School tax elimination proposal widely booed but ignites debate. By Joseph Spector, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.

June 14, 2007.  Starting at Ground Zero. Reported by Alisa Roth on NPR's Marketplace.

June 9, 2007.  Investigating Mislabeling of Workers. By Steven Greenhouse, New York Times.

June 8, 2007.  Empire Zones: A corrupt giveaway? By Karen DeWitt, North Country Public Radio.

June 8, 2007.  Empire Zone: Fix it or end it. By Delen Goldberg, Syracuse Post-Standard.

June 5, 2007.  Low wages push some out of job market. By Rita Chappelle, Baltimore Examiner.

June 3, 2007.  Minimum wage politics. Albany Times Union.

June 1, 2007.  Q&A: More for the lowest-paid. Hourly workers get a higher minimum wage, but raise won't affect New York until 2009. By Carrie Mason-Draffen, Newsday.

May 29, 2007.  Help often goes unclaimed. By Charles Fiegl, Glens Falls Post-Star.

May 29, 2007.  Living on $3.50 each day for meals: Event aims to illustrate need for more generous food stamp program. By Scott Waldman, Albany Times Union.

May 28, 2007.  Danger & ripoffs are on the rise: How hot construction biz brings a black market, scams & death. By Brian Kates, Daily News. Also see Kates's follow up story (May 29) on Mayor Bloomberg's reaction: We'll make quick fix, Mike vows.

May 28, 2007.  A property tax outcry, but little else: A push for new solutions is met with entrenched, steadfast resistance. By Rick Karlin, Albany Times Union.

May 25, 2007.  For New York, Big Job Growth in Home Care. By Patrick McGeehan, New York Times.

May 21, 2007.  'Food stamp diet' draws attention to federal program’s shortcomings. By Sari Zeidler, Legislative Gazette.

May 17, 2007.  Going Hungry. An editorial from the Times Union.

May 17, 2007.  Local leaders tackle food stamp issue. By Jessica Mokhiber on Capital News 9.

May 17, 2007.  Hunger advocates: You try eating on $3.50 a day. By Dan Wiessner, The Journal News.

May 15, 2007.  NYS tax burden leads nation: report. By David Jones, Crains.

May 14, 2007.  Groups demand more bang from IDA bucks. By Ashley Lucas, Legislative Gazette.

May 13, 2007.  Promising year for school budgets: State aid offsets proposed programs and salary increases. By John Hildebrand, Newsday.

May 8, 2007.  Key Lawmaker Demands: Kick Out Empire Zone Abusers. By Michelle Breidenbach and Mike McAndrew, Syracuse Post-Standard.

May 4, 2007.  Business, labor focus on economy: Changes needed to aid upstate, all say. By Mary Chao, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

May 2, 2007.  Empire Zones facing probes. By Mike McAndrew and Michelle Breidenbach, Syracuse Post-Standard.

April 30, 2007.  Behold, a Mini-City Rises. By Matthew Schuerman, New York Observer.

April 27, 2007.  Bloomberg: 'Las cosas van bien, pero nada es para siempre.' By Alexandra Ochoa, Hoy Nueva York.

April 24, 2007.  Rebates in place, NYC plays the numbers game. By Randee Dawn, Hollywood Reporter.

April 20, 2007.  Region's jobless rate in March: 4.8% … Better than the 5.4 percent in March '06. By Tory N. Parrish, Utica Observer-Dispatch.

April 18, 2007.  Ley intenta salvar vidas. By Judith Torrea, El Diario.

April 15, 2007.  City Housing Boom Creating Underground Economy. WNYC.

April 15, 2007.  Off-the-Book Construction Jobs Soar in City, Study Shows. By Steven Greenhouse, New York Times.

April 13, 2007.  Downtown businesses praise commercial rent break from Albany. By Chris Bragg, Downtown Express.

April 3, 2007.  Political World Has Mixed Reviews Of Spitzer's Freshman Budget. By Josh Robin, New York 1. (This story also ran on Capital News 9 Albany and News 10 Now in Syracuse.)

April 2, 2007.  Activists Fight for County Living Wage Laws. WICZ Binghamton.

March 31, 2007.  Tax Deal Provides Added Relief to Middle-Income Homeowners. By Danny Hakim and Ford Fessenden, New York Times.

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November 1, 2005.  Rich get all the breaks with Mike. By Juan Gonzalez, New York Daily News.

September 5, 2005.  Associated Press article on the State of Working New York 2005. (PDF)

September 5, 2005.  Gannett News Service article on the State of Working New York 2005. (PDF)

September 5, 2005.  Unsolved problem: Upstate just can't catch a break. Newsday editorial.

September 4, 2005. Stagnant wages mar Labor Day. Commentary on the State of Working New York 2005 by business reporter and columnist David Robinson in the Buffalo News. (PDF)

September 4, 2005.  In Manhattan, Poor Make 2¢ for Each Dollar to the Rich. Sam Roberts of the New York Times reports on new analysis conducted by Professor Andrew Beveridge of Queens College, and compares it to findings of the Fiscal Policy Institute and others. (HTML)

September 4, 2005.  Little in the Middle. An op ed by FPI Senior Fellow David Dyssegaard Kallick, New York Times.

September 2, 2005.  Inside Albany coverage of the State of Working New York 2005. (PDF)

June 4, 2005.  Jets stadium vote delayed. By Errol A. Cockfield, Jr., Newsday.

May 31, 2005.  Scrutiny for stadium funding: State leaders are questioning whether plan for Jets to borrow more than $1B violates New York City law. By Errol A. Cockfield, Jr., Newsday.

May 26, 2005.  Revitalizing Manhattan: Officials outline how they're spending $800 million in grants set aside after Sept. 11. By Pradnya Joshi, Newsday.

May 25, 2005.  Officials allocate $800M for downtown. By Pradnya Joshi, Newsday.

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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.  

June 22, 2000.  State Lawmakers Should Boost Minimum Wage. Letter to the editor by Tom Michl and Trudi Renwick, Albany Times Union.

June 2, 2000.  Assembly to pass minimum-wage hike.  Albany Times Union.

May 23, 2000.  Nassau Bailout's Bleak Possibility. Newsday.

May 1, 2000.  Robin Hood in reverse:  New York state is taking federal welfare money to pay for middle-class subsidies.  Times Union editorial.

May 1, 2000.  Approval Expected for Transit Agency's Spending Plan. By Richard Perez-Peña, New York Times.

May 1, 2000.  Private Promoter for Transit Debt: Agency 's M.T.A. Bond  Sale Designed by Likely Underwriter. New York Times.

May 1, 2000.  Street Addict. New York Magazine.

April 30, 2000.  Threat to take jobs can pay: Companies can exact public incentives to just stay put. By Claire Hughes, Times Union.

April 30, 2000.  State rides wave of Wall Street. By Anny Kuo, Associated Press.

April 23, 2000.  Federal Welfare Windfall Frees New York Money for Other Uses. New York Times.

April 17, 2000.  Inside the New State Budget:  A Welfare Slush Fund. City Limits Weekly.

April 17, 2000.  Groups examine schools' financing needs, cost-effectiveness. Capital District Business Review.

April 12, 2000.  Catholic Conference Opposes TANF Raid. Troy Record.

April 11, 2000.  Critics call plan raid. Troy Record.

April 3, 2000.  A sweet deal: This could make the difference. Capital District Business Review.

March 6, 2000.  McCall, agency spar over accountability. Capital District Business Review.

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

February 2000.  The Politics of Taxe$. By Robert A. Fois, Empire State Report.

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.

September 6, 1999.  Workers in New York Fall Behind, Study Says. By Tom Robbins, Daily News.

October 12, 1998.  State Think Tanks on the Move.  By David Callahan, The Nation.