Editor's note: Roger Caiazza is an adjunct fellow at the Empire Center. He has a long and deep private industry background in environmental regulatory analysis and compliance. His frequently updated personal blog on New Read More
Publication: Wall Street Journal
Executive Summary New Yorkers are dissatisfied with New York’s litigation environment and broadly favor changes to the state’s liability laws. Voters overwhelmingly support reforms that align legal outcomes more closely with person Read More
New Yorkers and their employers paid the highest health premiums in the lower 48 states in 2025, and their costs moved further above the U.S. average, according to recently released federal data. Read More
Nine millionaires, all healthcare executives, emerged among the 88,228 New York public authority employees, according to, the Empire Center’s transparency website. The data includes payroll information from 385 different Read More
Enforcement by the New York's Office of Medicaid Inspector General has dropped in recent years across a range of benchmarks – a sign that the state's anti-fraud efforts have slackened even as its Medicaid spending so Read More
Long Island may be New York's strongest case that money matters in education — and also its strongest warning that, past a certain point, more money is not the answer. Long Island is widely regarded as one of New York's better education regions, Read More
SUMMARY Little Falls City School District’s student results are mixed compared with the state average. The district is below the state average in Grades 3-8 reading and math, U.S. History and Government Regents, and the four-year graduati Read More
Proponents of establishing a single-payer healthcare system in New York State are making a fresh set of unrealistic claims about their plan – this time by highlighting the supposed benefits for local governments. Read More