NEWS & PRESS RELEASES ARCHIVE

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2007

• New York health insurance premiums continue to increase, November 28, 2007
  
  
• Analysis ranks New York's business tax climate among worst in the nation (November 7, 2007)
  
  
• New York Continues to be First in Nation in Per-capita Medicaid Spending (November 1, 2007)
  
  
• New York continues to lag nation in key employment sectors, new 'Just the Facts' PPI analysis shows, October 2007
  
  
• 'STAGNATION INDEX' FINDS UPSTATE TRAILING DOWNSTATE AND NATION, August 2007
  
  
• Analysis finds New York's per-capita tax burden highest in the Nation, May 14, 2007
  
  
• School Districts propose plans to raise spending at twice the inflation rate, study finds, May 3, 2007
  
  
• Number and pay of New York government employees above national average, analysis finds, March 5, 2007
  
  
• PPI updates Just the Facts data on job creation, February 21, 2007
  
  
• Analysis: New York's state spending 43 percent above national average, February 7, 2007
  
  
• Extra business costs in New York total more than $35 billion, Public Policy Institute study finds, December 26, 2007
  

2006

• Medicaid costs in New York far outpace other states', new Just the Facts shows, October 12, 2006
  
  
• New York lags in both short-term and long-term employment trends, new Just the Facts shows, August 31, 2006
  
  
• New York Times uses Public Policy Institute data to chronicle Upstate woes, June 16, 2006
  
  
• New Just The Facts shows New York leads most states in business costs, March 2006
  
  
• New PPI analysis shows New York spends more than twice the per capita national average on Medicaid, January 2006
  

2005

• Public Policy Institute finds New York government employees contribute less to pensions and receive more, October 2005
  
  
• New York needs 'Real Budget Reform,' noth this year's proposed Constitutional Amendment, report says. September 2005
  
  
• School budgets would raise spending by more than twice the inflation rate, study finds, 5/12/05
  
  
• New York government employees contribute less to pensions and receive more, new analysis in Just the Facts shows, 4/12/05
  
  
• Medicaid spending on elderly is billions higher in New York, but care may not be better, report shows, 3/28/05
  
  
• Report: New York must control Medicaid's hospital spending, 3/24/05
  
  
• Report: To restrain Medicaid spending, New York should emulate Massachusetts, 3/21/05
  
  
• Report: New York's high Medicaid costs are driven by spending on "all", 3/17/05
  
  
• Public Policy Institute launches Medicaid Watch '05, a series of reports documenting the case for Medicaid reforms to reduce total spending
  
  

2004

• Costs for employee benefits, energy, taxes add up to higher overall cost of doing business in New York State, data show
  
  
• Institute's blog publishes briefing book on the problems, and solutions, for Upstate. (December 2004)
  
  
• New PPI analysis shows New York's public employee payroll is second highest in the nation (October 29, 2004)
  
  
• Institute president to discuss Medicaid, other factors in local government costs (October 5, 2004)
  
  
• STUDY: Upstate Taxpayers pay up to $6 Billion a year extra in taxes, Mainly to fund high spending on Local Governments and Medicaid (August 2004)
  
  
• New Census Bureau data show New York once again leads the Nation in State and Local taxes (July 2004)
  
  
• REPORT: New York lags behind competing states’ job creation in almost every major industrial sector, a new online edition of the Institute's Just The Facts shows (July 2004)
  
  
• REPORT: Documents prolonged lag in Upstate New York Economy; Suggests part of the solution may be to 'Let Upstate Be Upstate' (May 2004)
  
  
• STUDY: School Budgets would raise spending by 2.5 times inflation rate, study finds (May 2004) (May 2004)
  
  
• REPORT: Assesses state's economic trends.
  New York State's economy in 2004: Which way out? (April 2004)

2003

• Newspapers' study show New York cities have nation's highest property taxes
  
  
• Workers' Compensation costs in New York remain above most states', study shows (August 21, 2003)
  
  
• Institute analysis: Census data show New York with competitive advantage in percentage of New Yorkers with advanced degrees (August 20, 2003)
  
  
• Public Policy Institute: After CFE ruling, school spending debate hinges on judge (June 30, 2003)
  
  
• STUDY shows where New York's population growth is lagging the Nation (May 30, 2003)
  
  
• STUDY: School Budgets would raise spending by 2.5 times inflation rate, Study finds (May 29, 2003)
  
  
• REPORT: Business pays one in three tax dollars in New York State; Charges that business pays too little 'misunderstand or misrepresent' reality (May 26, 2003)
  
  
• REPORT: New York should prepare for much greater use of computers in education; the State lags most others in this area (May 5, 2003)
  
  
• REPORT: 'New Jersey Plan' helped little there, and could double New York's corporate income tax, (April 1, 2003)
  
  
• New York's population growth still lags, Census data show (January 23, 2003)
  
  
• Public Policy Institute updates the 11 reports in its
  Budget Watch '03 series; will publish printed collection this month (January 7, 2003)
  
  

2002

• STUDY: Pharmaceutical industry helps New York's economy, health care; policies should encourage its growth, not punish its success (December 23, 2002)
  
  
• STUDY: High taxes, debt, and job-creation costs lessen New York's competitiveness; technology strengthens it (December 23, 2002)
  
  
• Institute analysis: New York's 'tax gap' still big, but shrinking; separate study shows state's 'tax effort' still nation's highest (December 19, 2002)
  
  
• REPORT: Health-care spending has increased much faster than aid to schools, higher education (December 13, 2002)
  
  
• REPORT: New York's higher-education system is a bargain for taxpayers (December 10, 2002)
  
  
• REPORT: State debt is too high to permit more borrowing to address budget gap (December 6, 2002)
  
  
• REPORT: Local taxes in New York are state's top competitive disadvantage, and more state aid won't help (December 3, 2002)
  
  
• REPORT: How state made this year's spending increase possible makes the case for spending restraint next year (November 26, 2002)
  
  
• REPORT: To meet its fiscal challenge, New York must restrain Government Employment (November 22, 2002)
  
  
• REPORT: Higher taxes won't solve Albany's budget problems (November 19, 2002)
  
  
• REPORT: To close budget gap, Albany must reject persistent myths about education spending (November 15, 2002)
  
  
• REPORT: State budget debate should focus on restraining Medicaid spending (November 12, 2002)
  
  
• Public Policy Institute launches Budget Watch '03, Reports on issues related to State's fiscal challenge, (November 7, 2002)
  
  
• STUDY: Manufacturing still matters to New York economy, especially upstate, and new state policies can help it thrive, (September 2002)
  
  
• Business Council's ‘School Honor Roll' salutes New York State schools that have improved the most since 1999 (August 29, 2002)
  
  
• The Public Policy Institute's director of research has written a comprehensive new book on state government structure and operations (8/28/02)
  
  
• STUDY: School Budget proposals would raise average per-pupil spending to $12,888, up 3.3 percent from current year, study finds (5/8/02)
  
  
• STUDY: High railroad taxes in New York cost rail jobs, harm manufacturers, new study finds, (2/11/02)
  
  
• STUDY: Local tax increases far outpaced inflation during 1990s, new study shows, (01/07/02)
  

2001

• STUDY:New York State's 'balance of payments' with Washington reaches deficit of $47 billion, study finds (December 13, 2001)
  
  
• Higher taxes didn't boost revenues in the last recession, and they won't work this time, either, (December 5, 2001)
  
  
• Public Policy Institute publishes Council's September panel discussion on education, (November 16, 2001)
  
  
• Latest figures on New York's job growth show mixed performance in last 12 months, (November 16, 2001)
  
  
• Census Bureau releases new data on state and local taxes, (September 10, 2001)
  
  
• Update on New York's 'Tax Gap' with other States: Census Bureau releases data on state-level taxes for Fiscal 2000; Overall state-and-local tax gap declines; Council says new data argue for spending restraint, more tax cuts, (July 26, 2001)
  
  
• SURVEY: Businesses fear energy shortages will hurt growth; They say more power, not more regulation, is needed, , (July 23, 2001)
  
  
• New York's ‘tax gap' with other states declines; Council says new data argue for spending restraint, more tax cuts (July 17, 2001)
  
  
• REPORT: Institute's Just The Facts Reports Key Economic, Social Statistics for New York State(February 19, 2001)
  
  
• 'Single Sales' Taxation of Corporations would produce new jobs in New York, Economists find (January 9, 2001)
  
  

2000

• STUDY: School district proposals contain tax increases averaging two times inflation, study finds. (May 4, 2000)
  
  

1999

• REPORT: Asks and answers questions about New York's new academic standards (December 3, 1999)
  
  
• REPORT: Reforming state mandates for Medicaid, construction, other programs could save taxpayers $5 billion a year, study says (November 28, 1999)
  
  
• REPORT: New Public Policy Institute report calls for rethinking 'The Tax New Yorkers Pay to Train Other States' Doctors' (November 15, 1999)
  
  
• STUDY: Most school districts raised taxes by more than inflation rate, study shows; taxpayers' savings from 'STAR' program at risk (May 6, 1999)
  
  
• New York State tax burden rises slightly, but competitive position improves, Census data show (April 19, 1999)
  
  

1998

• REPORT Urges New York to reexamine 'temporary' taxes for medical institutions (November 30, 1998)
  
  
• REPORT Shows that increase in lawsuits is the key factor in increasing costs of auto insurance (October 28, 1998)
  
  
• New York's economy is making a comeback, report says (September 16, 1998)
  
  
• REPORT: Manufacturing is growing again in New York — but hasn't caught up to national pace, report finds (July 28, 1998)
  
  
• New York manufacturers ship over $50 billion a year in exports; export jobs are 380,000 and growing (May 12, 1998)
  
  
• REPORT: An Accident And A Dream, new report from The Public Policy Institute says New York's lawsuit industry costs billions, distorts justice (March 19, 1998)
  
  
• STUDY: Separate And Unequal, new study shows high-minority schools teach reading poorly (March 10, 1998)
  
  
• New York growing again, new Census figures show (January 14, 1998)