As Governor Hochul and legislative leaders rush to finalize the overdue state budget, outlines of some healthcare-related deals have begun to emerge from the closed-door negotiations. Read More
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As voters across New York head to the polls to decide their local school budgets, the big question – why New York schools deliver poor results despite spending the most in the nation – is barely on anyone’s mind. New York’s fourth-grade an Read More
Cover Image Credit: / at Wikipedia School districts presenting budgets to voters on Tuesday, May 19, plan to spend an average of $37,033 per student, up 4. Read More
The Coalition for Safe and Reliable Energy petitioned the New York State Public Service Commission to hold a hearing to evaluate whether to temporarily suspend or modify the obligations under the Renewable Energy Program established as part of th Read More
Mrs. Hochul had been warning that the state’s green energy regime, a product of the Climate Leadership Climate Protection Act, needs changes to spare New Yorkers from a self-inflicted surge in energy costs. Unfortunately, Mrs. Hochul’s 2027 Bu Read More
104 employees made over $500k in 2025 total annual pay. 2,450 employees were paid more than Gov. Kathy Hoc Read More
Each year, hundreds of newly retired government workers across New York garner a benefit that would be unheard-of in the private sector: pensions that exceed the salaries they received while still on the job. This is possible only because most cur Read More
May 2026 Summary and Insights Electricity. In February 2026, New York’s average residential electricity price reached 29.99 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh). New York ranked sixth - highest among the states and 70 Read More