Issues | Public Policy and Education Fund of New York

The Consumer’s Guide to New York’s Managed Care

(Released September 1, 2001) This guide explains how to use the rights and protections that New York State grants health care consumers—laws that help improve your access to health care and help resolve problems with health insurance companies. Click here to download the...

Superfund, Superbucks: Campaign Contributions from New York Superfund Companies

(Released August 7, 2001) Study finds that Superfund site owners who are members of the Business Council or Chemical Alliance ave $446,703 to current New York State elected officials during the 1998 and 2000 election cycles. Click here to download...

Your Savings or Your Health: How Asset Limitations Harm Low Income People and What Can Be Done to Eliminate the Medicaid Asset Test

(Released May 31, 2001) While some states have eliminated the asset test for families and low-income single adults without dependent children as part of their Medicaid or Medicaid expansion programs, many states continue to maintain asset limitations in their traditional Medicaid and/or Medicaid expansion programs. Click here to download the...

The Wealth Primary: Spending in the 2000 New York State Legislative Elections

(Released April 19, 2001) Report on spending by all major party candidates for the New York State Legislature in the 2000 elections. Click here to download...

Upstate, Downstate: Schools Throughout New York Will Benefit from School Funding Reform

(Released March 12, 2001) A landmark State Supreme Court decision issued on January 10, 2001 could have an enormously positive impact on the quality of education for children across New York State. In his decision in Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York (the “CFE decision”), acting in accordance with the direction of the Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, Judge Leland DeGrasse affirmed the constitutional right of every child in New York State to receive a...

Upstate, Downstate: Western New York Schools Will Benefit from School Funding Reform

(Released March 12, 2001) A landmark State Supreme Court decision issued on January 10, 2001 could have an enormous positive impact on the quality of education for children across New York State. In his decision in Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York (the “CFE decision”), Judge Leland DeGrasse affirmed the constitutional right of every child in New York State to receive a sound basic education, and ordered the New York State Legislature to establish a new state education...

Upstate, Downstate: How Southern Tier Schools Will Benefit from School Funding Reform

(Released February 21, 2001) The landmark State Supreme Court decision issued on January 10, 2001 could have an enormous positive impact on the quality of education for children across New York State. In his decision in Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York, Judge Leland DeGrasse affirmed the constitutional right of every child in New York State to receive a sound basic education, and ordered the New York State Legislature to establish a new state education funding formula by...