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New York City set an example worthy of approbation and emulation by publishing their grade 3-8 test results in math and English language arts. Read More

In a provocative flex of executive power, the state Health Department is requiring a hospital system to spend $50 million on health care in Brooklyn and Queens if it wants to open an $8.4 million heart transplant center in Manhattan. Read More

The future is not bright for the Empire State’s electrical power grid, according to the newly released 2021 - 2040 System & Resource Outlook Read More

One of New York City’s largest public-sector unions has been effectively taken over by its national parent after an audit revealed extensive financial mismanagement. It’s the latest example of misconduct made possible under New York’s public-sector collective bargaining rules that force the government to collect hundreds of millions of dollars annually without any safeguards on how the funds are spent.  Read More

Nationwide test results revealing major pandemic learning loss have been front page news this month. Read More

The state's Essential Plan has generated billions in surpluses as the program automatically drew pandemic relief money that it did not need Read More

Two of Albany’s most-vetoed concepts are headed toward Governor Hochul’s desk, this time concealed as a “firefighter bill of rights.”  Read More

Over the past three years, the Empire State's recovery has been steady but slow, moving payrolls back to within three percentage points of the 2019 pre-pandemic level Read More

As Labor Day weekend arrives, another push by Albany legislators to hike the state minimum wage is gaining steam. Read More

In a bit of awkward timing, a severe heat wave is boosting electrical demand in California, causing the State to beg citizens to delay charging electric vehicles until after 9 p.m. Read More

Private employment in New York State remained more than 300,000 jobs short of the pre-pandemic level Read More

Washington's newly enacted climate, health and tax package harbors an only-in-New York glitch: It pours even more money into the state's Essential Plan, which is sitting on a multi-billion-dollar surplus that officials Read More