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Shifting Shares
This issue brief explores the financial considerations and policy challenges associated with eliminating the local Medicaid share and reviews the options for implementing a state takeover.
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More Capital Pork Flowing from Albany
The Cuomo administration has approved 2,740 capital grants for more than $1 billion in executive and legislative pork-barrel projects.
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Taylor Made
Marking the Taylor Law's 50th anniversary, this paper reviews the background of the law and highlights provisions and precedents in need of state legislative reform.
Janus v. AFSCME
There are huge implications for New York State in the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, which will end compulsory collection of agency fees from public employees who choose not to join a government union.
The Empire Center for Public Policy has extensively documented and analyzed the Janus case from a New York perspective. Check out our research here.
Spend-O-Meter
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NYTorch Blog
View AllRAND’s iffy single-payer estimates
For New Yorkers considering a statewide single-payer plan, the RAND Corporation’s just-published report provides only partial answers.
