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The
Five Borough Report
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A Look...
Reconstructing New York
City
“For over six months, a broad
based Labor Community Advocacy Network, convened and coordinated by the
the Fiscal Policy Institute and the New York City Central Labor Council
of the AFL-CIO, has been meeting regularly to hammer out a thoughtful and
detailed program for the reconstruction of New York City in the aftermath
of the September 11 terrorist attacks. On April 24, the Network released
its initial policy statement on the rebuilding of New York City.”
The Importance of
Full Employment
Both pundits and important policy-making
organizations such as the Congressional Budget Office “...have tended to
view the recent rise in unemployment as a ‘return’ to a normal, sustainable
rate. The cost of taking this misguided notion seriously is high, and it
is a cost that falls disproportionately on the working class.” The Economic
Policy Institute addresses this issue in this thoughtful and informative
Working Paper by Jared Bernstein and Dean Baker; Full Employment: Don’t
Give It Up Without a Fight.
Income Trends Nationwide
and Statewide
The Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities (CBPP) and the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) have issued a
new report, Pulling Apart:A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends, which
examines the changes in the average incomes of families of different parts
of the ecomic spectrum in each state. Findings include the fact that New
York has the most unequal income distribution of all 50 states, a situation
which has worsened over the past 20 years. Working with the CBPP and EPI,
the Fiscal Policy Institute has issued a companion report, Pulling Apart
in New York, which presents further analysis of the data on New York State.
Proposed New York
State Budget 2001-2002
The New York State Senate Democratic
Conference’s website provides essential summaries and analyses of the Executive,
Senate and Assembly versions of the proposed New York State Budget for
2001-02.
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