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In this episode, Debi talks to Ashara Baker from the National Parents Union about school choice in Rochester. Read More

Governor Hochul is releasing the brakes on Medicaid, allowing state spending on the safety-net health plan to increase more than twice as fast as it typically did during the Cuomo administration. Read More

Led by a massive decline in New York City, enrollment in New York’s public schools continued falling last year and has sunk to its lowest level since the mid-1950s.  Read More

Testimony of Edmund J. McMahon  Founding Senior Fellow, Empire Center for Public Policy Read More

Plans to hike state school aid to record levels would come as school enrollment is falling, and despite past aid hikes having failed to translate into improved student outcomes Read More

The school aid appropriation sought in the Executive Budget proposal — $34.4 billion in school year 2023-24 — would propel state spending for the public elementary and secondary education system to a level that is unprecedented in multiple respects.  Read More

A arctic blast hit the Northeast last weekend. The weather system sent temperatures plunging across the region, including in New York and Quebec, with a resulting increase in dema Read More

A pair of Senate Republicans are arguing, on procedural grounds, against Governor Hochul’s plan to allow more charter schools. Read More