Publications
The Next Right-Wing Raid on the US Treasury
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....
Funding Health Care and Other National Priorities
(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...
New York City’s Contract for Excellence: Closing the Funding Gap or a Funding Shell Game?
(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. Click here to download...
New York City’s Contract for Excellence: Closing the Funding Gap or a Funding Shell Game?
(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...
What Will Health Care Reform Do for Me?
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! Click here to download pdf.
United Healthcare: New York Customers Lose While the Company Fights Reform
(Released September 22, 2009) The analysis found that United Healthcare has the third worst ranking of any of the 46 health insurers in the state. In addition to being ranked 44th of the 46 insurers in all categories of health insurers (HMOs, non-profit indemnity...
GHI/HIP and the Need for Federal Health Care Reform
(Released September 22, 2009) The PPEF analysis found that each of the 3 GHI/HIP plans is at or near the bottom of the ranking for its category of insurer and for all insurers for consumer complaints. For example, GHI HMO Select is 13th of the 13 HMOs in the state...
Moving Towards Educational Equity?: How is New York State’s School Funding Reform Impacting Educational Equity on Long Island?
(Released September 15, 2009) Long Island schools are well known for quality education, but in reality there is a wide range of differences between the educational resources and the student outcomes in school districts on Long Island. Long Island is home to some of...
The Color of Money in New York: Contributions by Race, Ethnicity and Wealth 2006-2008
(Released July 19, 2009) This analysis of campaign contribution data presents a portrait of what segments of New York State have the greatest influence over legislative actions in Albany through campaign contributions. Our analysis of campaign contributions to...
The Pulse of Main Street New York
(Released June 15, 2009) This report documents small business owners’ experiences with private health insurance and perspectives on different reform proposals - insights gained through the collection of 200 surveys from small business owners. 80 of the 200 surveys...