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New York governments at all levels owe a combined $359.7 billion in debt to pay retired public employees health benefits, according to a new Empire Center report. Read More

For most New Yorkers, employer-sponsored health benefits exist only while they are on the job. When they retire, the benefits end. Not so for public employees.  Read More

The past decade saw significant change in Medicaid, so the time is ripe for rethinking and course correction. Read More

Much of the material in the state's pandemic stockpile had passed its expiration date when the coronavirus crisis struck in March 2020, according to newly released Health Department records. Read More

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In its editorial celebrating Gov. Kathy Hochul’s embrace of a (further) enriched state education aid formula ("A new day for schools," Oct. 19), the Times Union Editorial Board bemoans New York’s "miserly education policy." Miserly? Really? Read More

Despite , the state Health Department continues responding to requests for pandemic data with stalling tactics that became notorious . In one striking example, the department recently responded to the Empire Center’s request for updated nursin Read More

New York's employment recovery slowed to a near halt in the crucial month of September, falling further behind the national growth rate in the 18th full month since the pandemic hit in March 2020, according to and federal monthly job reports. Read More