Roughly $234 million of the $1.4 billion Buffalo Bills stadium construction funding package isn’t required to build the new 60,000 seat facility. Read More
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As they contemplate a major increase in Medicaid spending on home care for the elderly and disabled, state legislators are relying on information that's outdated, incomplete or inaccurate – and neglecting to think through the predictable consequences. Read More
As of February, job counts in 21 states had surpassed their pre-pandemic employment levels, according to federal Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Read More
A huge outflow of residents from New York City accounted for nearly all of New York State's record single-year population loss following the Covid-19 outbreak Read More
The amount the Legislature proposes to spend, while dramatically increasing the size of the bond itself, is barely even a down payment on the huge cost of the CLCPA. Read More
A penetrating new audit of the Health Department's pandemic response makes clear that problems at the agency run much deeper than its misreporting of nursing home deaths. Read More
State spending will rise next year billions beyond what Governor Hochul proposed in her January budget, if the Senate and Assembly have their way. Read More
In the private sector, false advertising can get you into legal trouble. In the public sector, it’s often good politics. Read More