Publications
Race Matters: Impact of the 2009-10 Executive Budget Proposal
(Released March 3, 2009) This report examines the impact of the Executive Budget on people of color in several major policy areas: education, higher education, health care, human services, and criminal and juvenile justice. (It is therefore a snapshot of a few major...
The Value of After-School Programs
(Released December 7, 2008) After-school programs: a wise investment in the future of our children, our families and our communities. Click here to download the PDF.
Are New York City’s High-Needs Students Receiving Educational Equity and Quality?
(Released August 15, 2008) This report sought to evaluate recent funding trends and performance of New York City schools. The report found evidence that the funding gap between schools with the highest and lowest concentrations of student poverty has grown larger over...
Do New York’s “Rockefeller Drug Laws” Mean Anything to You?
(Released July 18, 2008) For more information visit realreformny.org Click here to download PDF.
Clean Elections Poll: Zogby Poll of Likely Voters in New York
(Released April 28, 2008) Zogby International did a poll of 770 likely voters in New York in early April, commissioned by the Public Policy and Education Fund of New York. The poll asked New Yorkers about a specific proposal for public financing of election campaigns...
Clean Elections poll – Zogby poll of likely voters in New York
(Released April 28, 2008) A Zogby poll, commissioned by PPEF, found 74% of likely voters in NYS favored a system of public financing for elections.
Hospital Financial Assistance Programs: Are New York Hospitals Complying with New Requirements?
(Released March 21, 2008) A survey of whether New York hospitals are complying with a landmark law that took effect in 2007 to protect uninsured New Yorkers from high hospital bills found that many hospitals were voluntarily offering greater financial assistance than...
Will Education Funding Promises be Broken?: Students in Poverty, Students of Color and English Language Learners Face the Largest Cuts in Basic Classroom Operating Aid under Proposed Budget
(Released February 14, 2008) For fourteen years the Campaign for Fiscal Equity school-funding lawsuit faced a series of appeals and delays that stymied fair school funding reform. The New York State Court of Appeals ruled in the CFE case that the state was failing to...
2008 Agenda for Change
QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL! QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL! END THE WAR IN IRAQ AND FUND HUMAN NEEDS CLEAN ELECTIONS - FULL PUBLIC FINANCING! Click here to download the PDF.
Racial and Ethnic Disparity in Manhattan Jury Pools: Results of a Survey and Suggestions for Reform
(Released June 2007) Members of the Manhattan community have long been concerned that juries in the county do not reflect a fair cross section of the community. In response to a particular concern expressed by members of the bar that people of color and Hispanics...