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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

UPDATE: The bill discussed in this post passed the Senate at around 3:30 a.m. Friday by a vote of 57-2. Legislation that would mandate a $10 "dispensing fee" for filli Read More

New York's health-care industry stands to lose billions of dollars in federal funding under the major budget bill being debated in Washington – a rare and jarring turn of events for a sector accustomed to steadily in Read More

Every session of the state Legislature brings a fresh crop of proposals that would drive up health-care costs, and 2025 is no exception. Here is a sampling of pending bills tha Read More

In 2022-23 New York used to spend more than any other state or country – $30,000 per student. Next school year the spending might increase to $35,000 per student. Even at $30,000 New York spends twice as much as the US average, and about a third Read More

The extraordinary cash bonanza associated with New York's Essential Plan – which has generated billions more than state officials were able to spend – would come to a crashing end under the budget bill advancing in Read More

The likely impact of federal health-care cutbacks has diminished in recent days as House Republican leaders backed away from some of their bigger-ticket proposals, reducing the estimated savings to $625 billion from previous figures of $715 billion a Read More

New York's budget has sprung its first major leak just five days after being finalized by Governor Hochul and the Legislature. On Tuesday, federal officials announced a that w Read More

The state Legislature approved the last of nine budget bills Thursday evening, 38 days after the start of the fiscal year. Here are some highlights of the fiscal impact of final spending plan: Top lines Read More

We acknowledge that the impact of these measures will be determined by their scope, implementation timeline, pace, and advancements in technology, infrastructure, and market dynamics.  Read More