As health insurance costs and the ranks of the uninsured in New York continue to grow, the Empire Center will be bringing leading national experts to Albany to discuss a promising solution -- consumer-driven health care. The Empire Center Read More
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Conditions for New York manufacturers are deteriorating, according to the latest monthly , released today by the Buffalo branch of the Federal Reserve Bank. Of most concern, the May survey reports a sharp drop in the general business condi Read More
School districts across New York want to increase their spending at more than twice the rate of inflation, according to the Public Policy Institute's Annual . And despite a record aid increase of nearly $900 million in the new state budget, proposed Read More
Mayor Bloomberg's 2006 Executive Budget is technically balanced but points to huge out-year shortfalls, despite the economic recovery and surging tax revenues. E.J. McMahon, the Empire Center's director, discusses the mayor's seemingly split perso Read More
Listening to Michael Bloomberg present the fourth budget of his mayoralty yesterday was like listening to a man having an argument with himself. The former CEO in the mayor's office made a strong case for doing more - much more - to downsize the city's exceedingly vast array of costly public services. Read More
As expected, the state Senate voted today to place on November's statewide ballot a constitutional amendment that would greatly expand the Legislature's budgeting power at the Governor's expense. If enacted, it would represent the most sweepi Read More
The continuing travails of the Yonkers City School District are the subject of an article in today's (registration required). Money graf: After decades of budget conflicts, bitter struggles over desegregation and lagging test scores a Read More
A major manufacturer is creating 150 new jobs and investing $120 million in its Buffalo facility. The Governor points out that these are "good paying jobs with health care benefits." Unfortunately, the plant in question -- owned by Toyota, as it Read More