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The Empire Center’s online New York State budget database has been updated to reflect all the key numbers from the enacted budget for fiscal year 2022. Read More

State lawmakers ended their session by passing a flurry of bills making health insurance even less affordable. Read More

Payroll for Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) in calendar year 2020 crossed the billion-dollar threshold Read More

The cost to taxpayers of New York's generous pension benefits for government employees depends largely on the performance of pension fund investments. Read More

Albany, NY — Many of the executive orders signed during the COVID-19 pandemic should be codified into law, specifically those that address health care services, occupational licensing and government transparency, according to a new Read More

As the pandemic subsides and Cuomo’s emergency orders expire, the state should take some of what he has done by fiat and keep the change.  Read More

The new report identifies several shortcomings by New York's public health system that led to such a pronounced coronavirus crisis. Read More

As New York emerges from the worst pandemic in a century, its citizens face a new threat to their lives and economic well-being – the danger that their leaders will fail to learn from a painful experience. Read More