Just in time for the pandemic's fourth anniversary, the state's latest monthly jobs data offer fresh evidence of the lingering economic damage wrought by New York's heavy-handed response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Read More
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State officials awarded $29 million in 'distressed' provider funding to a politically active medical group in the Bronx, state records confirm. a network of physicians and oth Read More
New York state energy officials are taking the exceptional step of hiring a public relations outfit, using $500,000 per year of public money, to "maintain a positive narrative" and “respond to negative viewpoints” about the state’s 2019 climate law. Read More
The pace of population change in most New York counties slowed during the 12 months ending July 1, 2023, the third annual period measured by U.S. Census estimates since the disruption of the 2020 pandemic. Read More
Legislative leaders are proposing an additional $4 billion tax on health insurance plans in the upcoming state budget – but withholding specifics of how it would work. Read More
The SUNY-owned hospital in Brooklyn facing a newly announced downsizing plan has seen its patient volume and revenue plunge over the past decade, according to a review of its financial reports. Read More
Nearly four full years since the COVID-19 lockdown of March 2020, statewide private employment in New York has finally (barely) returned to pre-pandemic levels—but it's hardly the "full economic recovery" touted by Governor Hochul in a self-congratulatory "New York is Back" press release. Read More
New Yorkers got a thorough lesson on the difference between a constitutional amendment and a law. Read More
The number of New York residents with incomes above $1 million hit a new high in the Wall Street boom year of 2021—but the state's share of all U.S. income millionaires dropped lower, according to new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data released to Read More
New York State's budget-making process sometimes works like a closed loop, as interest groups on the receiving end of state spending reinvest a portion of their proceeds to lobby Albany for still more money. Read More
New York in 2022 imposed the largest unfunded mandate on schools in a generation, requiring them to replace their buses with electric models. New price data indicate the cost is still rising. Read More
Weeks after state university officials warned about looming deficits, state legislators and construction unions are pushing to make SUNY’s financial picture worse. Read More