K-12 SOS is a pilot project of the Empire Center to inform parents, politicians, and decision-makers about the state of K-12 education in New York State. Determining why certain schools perform better than others is beyond the scope of this resea Read More
The National Football League kicked off its new season this month and fans tuning in to television broadcasts this fall may see their favorite NFL athletes hocking products during commercial breaks. Some viewers may catch a aired last season featuri Read More
The Hochul administration's move to shrink the Essential Plan in response to federal budget cuts has exposed a surprising reality: For the past decade, immigrants have been a c Read More
Governor Hochul has made Medicaid her dominant budget priority over the past four years, increasing the state's annual share of the program by $17 billion – which is more new money than she allocated for every other Read More
(Corrected on Aug. 27: The original version of this post inappropriately combined "scale scores" calculated by the Albany Times Union for the past three years with "cut scores" posted by the Educa Read More
The federal government recently updated its hospital quality ratings, and New York once again fell near the bottom. Among 132 New York hospitals that , the average grade was 2. Read More
New York's Medicaid program remained a spending outlier in 2024, with per-resident outlays that were 24 percent higher than those of any other state and 77 percent above the national average, according to a federal rep Read More
On June 24th New York’s electricity grid nearly blew a fuse. That day was extremely hot, and air conditioning was working overtime. The New York Independ Read More
UPDATE: The final version of the federal budget bill omitted a handful of provisions that had been included in earlier drafts. One would have penalized states that use their own money to provide coverage for undocu Read More
For all Governor Hochul’s talk about “affordability”, it seems electricity prices have not received that memo. Recent from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show New York ho Read More
New York has an education problem that no one really likes to talk about: it spends more than any other state or country in the world yet achieves mediocre results at best. This might come as a surprise, especially since some politicians and pundits Read More
Voters in 24 New York school districts return to the polls on Tuesday for school budget revotes. Last month, voters in 96 percent of school districts outside New York City conducting votes approved their school budgets for the upcoming year. The 6 Read More