(Release March 31, 2010) Just over one week ago, the Public Policy and Education Fund (PPEF) released its 2010 “Race Matters” report that detailed the impact of the 2010-11 Executive Budget on people of color and immigrants. This follow-up report updates the health care section of the Race Matters report by adding a preliminary analysis of the budget proposals made by the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate, and comparing them to the Executive Budget.
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(Release March 23, 2010) While many New Yorkers of all races enjoy great educational, professional and social success, the majority of people of color in the Empire State remain perilously stranded in the shadows of the American dream. Although both the nation and state are led by accomplished people of color, the overall condition of people of color in New York is distressing, and the current national economic crisis and cuts in government programs only serve to further harm our...
The principle of ‘one person, one vote’ is central to our democracy in the United States. In order for our representative democracy to work properly, the system for determining the geographic size of a legislative district must ensure that the population size of each district is equal.
In New York, the system for determining how legislative district lines are drawn is broken. Currently, the Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment uses Census population...
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on this page about the campaign by the right wing and its corporate allies to weaken the estate tax in America — the only tax on wealth in America, and therefore the only check on extremely rich individuals passing on their wealth to their children and grandchildren without making an appropriate contribution to the society that helped them achieve their wealth.
On December 15, 2009, the Public Policy and Education Fund and its state (New Yorkers for Fiscal...
Our friends at Health Care for All New York recently produced these fact sheets on the the House and Senate health care reform bills.
House Bill – H.R. 3962:
Senate Bill – Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care...
As the nation’s and media’s attention is mostly focused on the health care fight in Congress, the right-wing is quietly gearing up for their next attempt to raid the U.S. Treasury on behalf of the wealthiest people in our country, to the detriment of the rest of us.
This campaign is to weaken the estate tax, a tax that is imposed on the transfer of property by only the wealthiest Americans to their heirs when they die. These are the same folks who just got bailed out during the last...
(Released August 15, 2009 ) The following powerpoints (“How to Fund Health Care and Other Human Needs” and “The Real Facts About Health Care Reform and Our Community”) were produced by Public Policy and Education Fund of New York, Fiscal Policy Institute, and New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness for teach-ins held throughout New York State in Fall of 2009.
Click here to download the PPT file for How to Fund Health Care and Other Human Needs.
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(Released October 13, 2009) Press Release: The Alliance for Quality Education and the Public Policy & Education Fund released a report today that evaluates the equity impacts of the Contract for Excellence on school funding in New York City.
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(Released October 13, 2009) The Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) court decisions found that many students in New York City were not being provided access to the “sound basic education” that is their right under the state constitution. In response, the governor and the state legislature enacted funding reforms to substantially increase state school aid across the state. The law, enacted in 2007, prioritized high need school districts and prioritized high need schools within those districts....
Every day, we see a new claim about health care reform – on TV, the internet, and even from neighbors. This short flyer is intended to give you a few basic facts about why we really need reform, and how it benefits all of us!
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