Capital Investments, Capital Returns: Corporate Tax Breaks and Campaign Contributions to Governor Pataki and the New York State Legislature, 1999-2001

(Released March 15, 2002) Report finds that during the three-year period from 1999 to 2001, Governor Pataki and state legislators received a total of $13.6 million from companies and executives of ompanies that benefit directly from corporate tax cuts. Click here to download...

Broken Promises, Broken Hearts: New Yorkers Still Waiting for Health Insurance Governor and Legislature Promised more than 2 Years Ago

(Released February 14, 2002) This report finds that two years after the Governor and Legislature raised cigarette taxes to provide health coverage for one million uninsured New Yorkers, only a small fraction of those promised health insurance have actually received coverage. Click here to download the...

The Impossible Dream: Tax Credits are a 10-Foot Rope Thrown to Uninsured New Yorkers at the Bottom of a 40-Foot Hole

(Released October 2, 2001) PPEF tries to determine what the President’s tax-credit proposal would mean for uninsured adults in New York State by asking: Is the proposed tax-credit enough to purchase health insurance coverage in New York State? Is the proposed tax-credit enough to offset the cost of health insurance so that coverage is affordable for low and moderate income New Yorkers? Click here to download the...

Budget and Taxes Campaign

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