Why Jobs Go Where They Go: A Closer Look
To understand clearly why jobs grow in one place and not elsewhere, it’s helpful to understand what every business is trying to achieve. That is, to create the best possible service or product, at the lowest possible cost — because that’s the way to maximize the odds you’ll stay in business, make a profit, and maybe even be able to grow
Presented by: Diana A. Ehrlich
October 22, 1997, Sayville, New York
Before we begin, we wish to thank the members of the Committee, especially Chairman Ramirez and Assemblyman Paul Harenberg, for their formidable efforts to bring about meaningful reform of the property tax system in 1997.
Thanks in large part to your commitment this past spring and summer, we've now taken the first important steps toward creating a fairer, more workable, and better understood real property tax assessment process in New York State
A new Constitution for a new Century
The people's opportunity to act
After decades of decline, New York State has at long last made a solid start on its comeback. We are cutting taxes, encouraging work and job growth, welcoming new business investment, and fighting hard to improve our educational system
The Public Policy Institute, research affiliate
of The Business Council of New York State Inc., today released its 1997-98
edition of Just The Facts,
a compilation of important data about New York State.
Among the 54 tables in the booklet are statistics showing:
New York State's job growth continues to lag that of the nation
Legislators have
passed a bill that exempts Internet access services from
sales tax. The Business Council supported the bill.The
bill is designed to preserve in law an exemption that was
first given administratively, at Governor Pataki's direction,
in January 1997
(Districts ranked by increase in taxes per student)
School District
Increase in Taxes Per Student, 1985-95
Increase in Total Tax Collections, 1985-95
1995 Taxes Per Student
1985 Taxes Per Student
Increase in State Aid Per Student, 1985-95
1995 State Aid Per Student
1995 Enrollment
Enrollment change, 1985-95
CENTRAL SQUARE
206
(Districts ranked by increase in taxes per student)
School District
Increase in Taxes Per Student, 1985-95
Increase in Total Tax Collections, 1985-95
1995 Taxes Per Student
1985 Taxes Per Student
Increase in state aid per student, 1985-95
1995 State Aid per student
1995 Enrollment
Enrollment change, 1985-95
SACHEM*
213
ATTACHED TABLES SHOW TAX INCREASES FOR ALL LARGER SCHOOL DISTRICTS STATEWIDE AND FOR A SELECTION OF OTHER DISTRICTS. FOR DATA ON ALL DISTRICTS IN YOUR AREA, CONTACT THE PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE.
School taxes across New York State more than doubled from 1985 to 1995, increasing at nearly three times the rate of inflation, a new Public Policy Institute analysis of the latest comprehensive data shows
(Districts ranked by increase in taxes per student)
School District
Increase in Taxes Per Student, 1985-95
Increase in Total Tax Collections, 1985-95
1995 Taxes Per Student
1985 Taxes Per Student
Increase in State Aid Per Student, 1985-95
1995 State Aid Per Student
1995 Enrollment
Enrollment change, 1985-95
EDWARDS-KNOX
4
(Districts ranked by increase in taxes per student)
School District
Increase in Taxes Per Student, 1985-95
Increase in Total Tax Collections, 1985-95
1995 Taxes Per Student
1985 Taxes Per Student
Increase in State Aid Per Student, 1985-95
1995 State Aid Per Student
1995 Enrollment
Enrollment change, 1985-95
INDIAN RIVER
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