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DeregulateNY Contest
The Empire Center today kicked off DeregulateNY, a web-based contest inviting users to identify the worst government-imposed obstacle to doing business in New York. Contestants submit entries online a....
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NY’s Demographic Doldrums
New York has lost nearly 1.4 million residents to the rest of the country since 2010—and largely as a result of this outflow, the Empire State’s total population barely budged during the decade, a....
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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....
The MTA Transparency Story
The Empire Center's annual release of Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) payroll data on the SeeThroughNY transparency website made an especially big splash this year.
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View AllLabor strikes UI gold
Gov. Cuomo and legislative leaders have reached a deal allowing striking workers to collect unemployment benefits after three weeks.
