(Released June 9, 2004) The Public Policy and Education Fund (PPEF) released this report card grading the Governor, Senate and Assembly school funding plans based on statewide criteria developed by parents, educators and finance experts. Not one plan merited an “A” grade, and the Assembly’s plan, which was far more promising, received a “B.”
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(Released July 14, 2004) Three and a half years after Governor Pataki and legislative leaders promised to provide health coverage for one million New Yorkers with revenue from a new cigarette tax, more than half a million working families are still waiting for health coverage, even though the state has collected the taxes.
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(Released January 13, 2004) This report shows that Blacks, Latinos and other people of color in New York are largely left out of the federal campaign financing...
(Released October 1, 2003) A new consumer report card on New York hospitals found that it is almost impossible for consumers to access hospital charity care programs, even though New York State taxpayers provide $847 million a year to the hospitals, mostly for charity care. Along with the hospital report card, PPEF released a Guide to Hospital Free Care Programs, which includes information the surveyors were able to learn about the 70 hospitals rated in the Report.
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(Released May 19, 2003) New York families are less equipped to weather an economic slowdown than families in any other state, according to a new report released by Citizen Action of New York. The report found that New Yorkers have fewer savings and lower net worth than the residents of all other states.
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(Released April 24, 2003) A first-ever analysis of the economic impact of Governor Pataki’s proposed school aid cuts shows that those cuts are “job killers.” Restoring those cuts, even after taking into consideration the offsetting impact of an income tax increase to fund them, would be much better for the state’s economy in both the short-run and the long-run, according to this economic impact analysis.
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(Released April 1, 2003) On December 17, 1999 Governor Pataki announced agreement on “an historic health care initiative.” The Governor said: “This historic legislation will mean a healthier New York, providing the most comprehensive health care plan in the nation for those who need it most. Up to a million New Yorkers, many who work hard to provide a better life for their families, will now get the health insurance they need and deserve.”
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(Released March 19, 2003) A new report finds that children in schools already deemed “in need of improvement” under the federal No Child Left Behind Act will be even MORE disadvantaged by Governor Pataki’s budget proposal, which would reduce state aid for each child 45% more in these already-struggling districts than in other districts.
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(Released December 12, 2002) A report by the Public Policy and Education Fund shows that the MTA has wasted hundreds of millions of dollars on outside contracts to rehabilitate subway stations — and $289 million of the station rehab work is linked to companies that gave campaign contributions to Governor Pataki and the Republican Party.
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(Released October 3, 2002) State authorities such as the Power Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York State Thruway and Metropolitan Transportation Authority are a major part of New York State government. New York State frequently uses “public benefit corporations” to undertake large economic development and public works projects, rather than implementing them through more traditional governmental bodies. Authorities are more autonomous than other agencies, they have...
