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Excelsior Scholarship “Illusion” Inferior to TAP, Report Says
NY's Excelsior Scholarship program is crudely designed, regressive and wasteful.
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Busting the cap
The budget crisis in New York’s Medicaid program stems from the failure of a key cost-control measure adopted during Governor Cuomo’s first term. In 2011, Cuomo and the Legislature imposed a “gl....
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Under Assault: New York’s Private and Parochial Schools
Will the Regents and education bureaucrats succeed in forcing nonpublic schools to conform to unprecedented state control?
Protecting the Tax Cap
New York's property tax cap became permanent as part of New York's fiscal 2020 state budget. The Empire Center has been a tireless champion of the policy, which has saved homeowners and businesses billions of dollars since its temporary enactment in 2011.
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View AllThe secret behind the secrecy
Why are public-sector union negotiations always held behind closed doors? A major NY union has spilled the beans: it's better for them.
