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News Archives

A Better Choice for Addressing New York State’s Projected Budget Gaps
11/3/09

Testimony to the Assembly Ways and Means Committee
2009-2010 Executive Deficit Reduction Plan
10/21/09

Better Choice Budget Campaign Summary for 2008-2009 Session

How to Balance the State Budget with Better Choices
3/22/09

Revenues raised by multiple possible Income Tax Increase scenarios (FPI) (EXCEL)
3/5/09

Media release on Senator Klein's Tax Proposal
2/25/09

FPI/NYFF Powerpoint Presentation on State Budget
2/20/09

NYFF Responds to Governors Press Conference on PIT issues
2/11/09

Better Choices for November

Testimony To Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Governor's Budget Modifications/Cuts

Press Release from Nov 12 - Non-Profits, Labor and faith Groups Tell Paterson There Are Better Choices

Summary of Proposed Cuts from Governor Paterson (11/13)

The Governor and Legislative Leaders Must Include New Revenues and Better Budget Balancing Solutions as They Seek to
Address the State’s Fiscal Woes
Fiscal Relief Needed From Washington

Better Choice Budget Campaign calls upon Governor and Legislative Leaders to refocus their budget priorities during this economic crisis

Citizens Committee for Children speaks out on Fair Budget Practices

Statement from Ron Deutsch, Executive Director of New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness on Emergency Economic Session

Budget Cuts Proposed by Governor Paterson - By Agency
    - Additions

FPI Press Release: Income Concentration in NYS

Déjà Vu All Over Again – Budget Balancing in Bad Times
Raising Revenue Needs to be Part of the Solution, Lessons From the Last Two Recessions Press Release | Fact Sheet

Budget battle Deja Vu All Over Again
Times Union Blog

The Property Tax Circuit Breaker: Getting to the root of the Problem.

Bad Choices/Better Choices

Top Ten Reasons to Support the Millionaires Tax

NYFF Executive Director Testifies at NYS Property Tax Commission Hearing

Tough Times Radio Ad

TREND NY Poll Says New Yorkers Prefer Circuit Breaker over Cap
(Press Release, June 24, 2008)

Broad-based Coalition Unites to Oppose Arbitrary Property Tax Cap
(Press Release, June 10, 2008)

NYFF Responds to Property Tax Commission Report

Copy of Property Tax Commission Report released on June 3rd

NYFF and Allies protest Beech Nut deal in Florida
(Press Release, May 5, 2008)

Over 100 Organizations Call Upon Leaders to Listen to the Public and Support the Millionaires’ Tax (Press Release, March 26, 2008)

Better Choice Budget Campaign Seeks Common Sense Solutions to State Fiscal Woes; Proposes “Real” Tax Relief and Reform of Wasteful Spending Practices (Press Release, January 17, 2008)

Statewide Coalition Joins Assemblyman Brodsky to Call for an Immediate Moratorium on the Empire Zone Program - Groups Support Brodsky’s Bill to Reform the Broken Program
(Press Release, June 7, 2007)

Better Choice Budget Campaign Supports Governor on Key Issues,
Urges Legislature To Do the Same (Press Release, March 8, 2007)

July 26,  2006
Groups Call Upon Governor to Resubmit $100 Million Welfare Bill–Advocates Say It Should Not Be Linked to Other Issues–Nor Should it be Left to Sit in the Bank! 

May 24, 2006
Assembly member Deborah Glick and Advocates Ask: “What is Happening with $90 million in TANF Funds Trapped in Budget Limbo?” Call Upon Governor to Adopt Legislatures Bi-Partisan Agreement on TANF Funds

May 3, 2006
Advocates Ask: “What is Happening to Over $1 Billion in TANF Funds Trapped in Budget Limbo?” Call Upon Governor to Adopt Legislatures Bi-Partisan Agreement on TANF Funds

April 19, 2006
Diverse Coalition Calls on Legislature to Override Governor Pataki’s Vetoes Next Week

March 28, 2006 
New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness Urges State Leaders to Reject Costly and Reckless Tax Cuts that will Mortgage NYS’ Future

March 27, 2006
New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness Urges State Leaders to Reject Costly and Reckless Tax Cuts that will Mortgage NYS’ Future

February 23, 2006
More than 100 organizations from throughout New York State call for “Better Choices” in the State Budget

Op-Ed:
Reckless Tax Cuts Squander our Surpluses and Mortgage our Fiscal Future

 
         
 
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