GOV. Spitzer and his successor as state attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, both have made some early moves to turn their rhetoric into reality when it comes to expanding the accountability and transparency of government in New York. Read More
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A panel of state and national education experts gathered at the state Capitol in Albany to examine and debate Gov. Spitzer's historic education reform plan, which aims to hold New York schools more accountable than ever before. Read More
Gov. Eliot Spitzer's historic education-reform plan aims to hold New York's schools more accountable than ever before. But is the state's educational-accountability system equipped to meet this challenge? That question was the focus of a major public-policy forum March 8 at the State Capitol in Albany. The event was co-sponsored by the Empire Center for Public Policy and the Foundation for Education Reform and Accountability. Read More
Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s historic education-reform plan aims to hold New York’s schools more accountable than ever before. But is the state’s educational-accountability system equipped to meet this challenge? Read More
Gov. Spitzer's proposed budget "sends the wrong signal to firms that might otherwise consider investing or expanding in our state" by raising taxes on some large corporations, E.J. McMahon of the Empire Center for Public Policy said in testimony before the Legislature's joint fiscal committees. Read More
I'd like to begin with two pointed observations about the 2007-08 Executive Budget and its impact on taxpayers and the economy: The budget will raise state taxes, in several significant respects. The budget will not provide l Read More
While Tuesday's stock market slide was a timely reminder of New York's fiscal vulnerability to external shocks, Eliot Spitzer was already voicing concern about the state's economic prospects during his campaign for governor last fall. Read More
The average public school teacher nationwide earned just over $34 per hour in 2005 -- 36 percent more than the average non-sales white-collar worker, according to a new report by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. , by Manhatta Read More