Economic research to improve livelihoods in NYC
Better wages and working conditions in the gig economy. Lifting the incomes of childcare providers, home health aides, and other woefully underpaid but vital workers. Ending the pernicious gender pay gap. Reforming New York State's dysfunctional unemployment insurance system. Ensuring that City and State tax and spending policies benefit every community.
Since its founding in 2017, CNYCA's Economic and Fiscal Policies Team has built a strong track record of researching and proposing solutions to these and other key issues in today's New York.
The state’s rate of on-the-job injuries is far higher than the nation’s – and it’s climbing fast.
Emergency Covid relief funds eased pressure on families and child care providers. That’s not an option anymore. Now what?
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A tale of two budgets, as State and City leaders reveal spending plans for the year ahead.
Older workers make up a growing share of the discouraged long-term unemployed who have given up actively hunting for work.
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Testimony Submitted to the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission Hearing on The Proposed Amendments to the Minimum Driver Payment Rules for High-Volume For-Hire Services
Testimony Submitted to the Labor and Public Employees Committee Connecticut General Assembly Hearing on An Act Concerning Rideshare and Delivery Driver Minimum Standards
Testimony before the Joint Legislative Hearing Committee on 2023-24 Executive Budget Proposal: Human Services
Testimony before the Assembly Standing Committee on Labor Subcommittee on Emerging Workforce Assembly Hearing to Address the Persistent Increase in People Leaving the Workforce, Focusing on the Factors Contributing to This Trend and Potential Solutions and Workers and Affected Industries
The Astoria Project survey captures the multi-dimensional impact on a single New York City neighborhood during the Covid-19 pandemic, bringing together economic findings, reflections on health and mental health effects, and new perceptions of risk now enveloping routine daily activities.
This report examines New York City’s app-dispatch driver pay standard and finds that in the first year of the pay standard (pre-pandemic) driver pay increased by about nine percent, passenger fares rose slightly but not much more than in Chicago without a pay standard, passenger wait times declined significantly, and some of the pay increase was absorbed by the app-dispatch companies through lower effective commission rates.
New York’s antiquated law governing unemployment insurance disincentivizes work and threatens to slow the economic recovery. This report from the CNYCA analyzes the proposed Stirpe-Ramos bill’s reform for New York’s partial unemployment insurance benefits and finds that low- and moderate-income workers would benefit and models several scenarios to show that additional costs to the state’s UI trust fund will be small.
Nonprofit social services provide essential services for a broad swathe of New Yorkers, yet these organizations face significant workforce retention and recruitment problems. This report from the Center for New York City Affairs outlines concrete steps that can be taken to invest in these essential workers by building robust career ladders, addressing pay disparities among workers, and raising the compensation of nonprofit workers to aid in retention and recruitment. The ongoing public health emergency and economic dislocation make clear the need to invest in social service workers essential not only during emergencies but also day in and day out.
