New York City's “Rental Ripoff” hearings are giving tenants a chance to report hazardous conditions and hidden fees directly to city leaders. @emmurpheis.bsky.social says the effort signals a shift toward taking tenant concerns seriously and finding solutions to make housing more affordable.

Bills being debated by NYC Council would slow the building of affordable housing & make construction more expensive & less targeted to the city's needs—putting major obstacles in the way of the mayor-elect's affordable housing agenda @emmurpheis.bsky.social speaks w/ @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social

Excited to be serving on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's transition committee for housing :) Let's see what we can accomplish! mailchi.mp/zohranfornyc...

i'd like to stop receiving emails from democratic fundraisers that have the name G******ne in the subject line...i just find it kinda nauseating.

not surprising but still makes me want to vomit at the absolutely horrendous behavior coming from someone who is a supposed leader in economics and policy www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

@nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social has the right action plan. I called Gov Hochul's office and said "the governor must call a special session immediately and follow Fiscal Policy Institute's plan to provide $700 million in food aid." You can call her too: ☎️ (518) 474-8390 fiscalpolicy.org/governor-hoc...

In New York, 3 million people rely on SNAP. Ensuring they can still eat will take $700 million per month, but we have $29 billion in reserves. Governor Hochul can call a special session immediately to move the money. Our members of Congress can condition ending the shutdown on getting reimbursed. 🧵

This is the work i'm proudest from my time at FPI.

Critics of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's plan to fund social programs say raising taxes on millionaires will lead to significant out-migration among the wealthy But 2023 tax data from New York Department of Taxation and Finance refutes this—confirming that tax flight among high earners is a myth

🚨New Tax Data Confirm Tax Flight Is A Myth: Analysis of new tax data shows that the 2021 tax increases on high earners raise an estimated $3.6 billion annually, boosting state revenue without triggering increased out-migration among high earners. fiscalpolicy.org/new-tax-data...

great time to lose your job in NY!

For more info see @emmurpheis.bsky.social's report from April, "The Urgent Need to Raise Unemployment Insurance Benefits" fiscalpolicy.org/the-urgent-n...

This is Chuck Schumer's fault

See @emmurpheis.bsky.social's testimony before the Rent Guidelines Board here: fiscalpolicy.org/fpi-testifie...

Rent-stabilized units in NYC see their rents go up today based on the decision of the RGB this past June. Here's an explainer that cites my testimony to the RGB on how historically the RGB has raised rents higher than the rate of inflation (minus shelter costs). www.cssny.org/publications...

🚨NY health insurance premiums are set to rise by 13% for small businesses — on track to double by 2031. Small group markets in some areas may be facing a death spiral. (1/7)

Read more: fiscalpolicy.org/new-data-sho...

NY’s income inequality rose in 2024— remaining the highest of any state, while national inequality fell.

New data from the US Census Bureau & Bureau of Labor Statistics show rising income inequality in New York. Top earners are driving strong wage growth, while low- and middle-income households lag behind. (1/6)

looks like canceling hulu last night paid off #LibbinItUpIn2025

sometimes neoclassical theory gets your ass

Some #SNAP participants will begin to see their food assistance reduced or eliminated due to the Republican megabill, based on a memo from USDA on Friday outlining how states must begin implementing one of the new law’s SNAP cuts. fns.usda.gov/snap/admin/e...

@linkedin.com banned my post on the Trump Regime destroying research into mRNA technology as "misinformation"

Importantly, our estimates of the funding cuts are *much* higher than the State has announced. We explain why in the two reports. Report 1: fiscalpolicy.org/the-state-is... Report 2: fiscalpolicy.org/making-sense...

Today, @nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social is releasing two reports on how to understand the impact of federal funding cuts in New York. Key points: 1) the cuts amount to over $20bn annually by 2030, 2) 1.5 million NYers will lose healthcare, 3) FPI advises a special session to remedy (1) and (2).

Importantly, FPI's estimates of the funding cuts are much higher than those announced by the NYS Division of the Budget. We explain why in these reports. Report 1: fiscalpolicy.org/the-state-is... Report 2: fiscalpolicy.org/making-sense...

Today, FPI is releasing two reports on how to understand the impact of federal funding cuts in New York. Key points: 1) the cuts amount to over $20bn annually by 2030, 2) 1.5 million NYers will lose healthcare, 3) FPI advises a special session to remedy (1) and (2).

Today, @nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social is releasing two reports on how to understand the impact of federal funding cuts in New York. Key points: 1) the cuts amount to over $20bn annually by 2030, 2) 1.5 million NYers will lose healthcare, 3) FPI advises a special session to remedy (1) and (2).

the Senate's small-state ultra-bias is never more maddening than when one senator uses it to get benefits for her 740,000 constituents while openly acknowledging the bill she's supporting will harm the nation's 339 million other residents.

It is worth noting that the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" is incredibly unpopular. I haven't seen a single credible poll with support above 40% of adults. And that's just if you ask people, "Do you support the OBBB." If you poll them about the individual components, it's 30+ points underwater.

Not that anyone cares, but now that JD Vance has cast the tiebreaking vote for $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts, I'm reupping these Vance quotes from 2017, in which he flatly declared that Medicaid cuts like these betray Trumpism's promises to the working class: newrepublic.com/article/1954...

[stabs you] I will do everything in my power to reverse future stabbings

Analysis from me and Michael Kinnucan at @nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social showed that New York could lose 215k jobs due to medicaid cuts coming from the house bill... the senate bill is an even more severe cut for NY ie. more jobs lost. fiscalpolicy.org/new-york-emp...

New York stand stands to lose a lot in this budget bill. @nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social has written about job loss, healthcare access, food assistance, and economic harm.

FPI's Emily Eisner on the cruel and economically damaging impacts of cuts to SNAP in the federal budget reconciliation bill.

Here's an op-ed I wrote about the cuts to SNAP www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/29/t...

The New York economy has been sluggish and behind the rest of the country since 2020. Tax revenues have stayed strong because the wealthy are doing well. But it's only getting worse... www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/23/t...

....maybe let's not have elon musk anywhere in government?

⚠️ Hochul announces that she has tasked the New York Power Authority with building “at least one” new nuclear plant, generating 1 GW or more of energy by 2040. Would be NY’s first new nuclear plant in 40+ years

Leading economists argue that Zohran Mamdani's mayoral platform is a bold yet practical blueprint to tackle some of New York City’s most urgent challenges—above all, the cost of living.

New York enacted budget reallocates school funding away from NYC and towards rest of state. Research from @asperry.bsky.social at @nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social .

But, once the early Medicaid loss group began losing LIS, these folks started filling fewer prescriptions than those who still had LIS. Around this time, mortality rates diverged for these two groups. After both groups lost LIS, prescription fills converged; so did death rates. (9/11)

Also what I learned from my students is that no one was telling them what AI was, how it worked, and what the problems associated with it were

You can really see the deterioration of consumer expectations since the trade war began, now worse than early COVID levels and approaching peak-inflation levels

Join NOW at 12:30pm on Friday May 9 for a discussion of the NY State budget with FPI experts. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

At 12:30pm today, @nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social will give an update on the NY state budget. Please join if you're interested! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

At 12:30pm today, @nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social will give an update on the NY state budget. Please join if you're interested! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The “culture war” frame is a weasly way to avoid saying that this segregationist administration is institutionalizing white male supremacy in the nation’s military academies. “white supremacist purge strikes West Point” is more accurate. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

rewatching the two popes right now... this banger from @jacobrosenberg.bsky.social still feels pretty spot on www.motherjones.com/media/2020/0...

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