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The average profit margins of New York hospitals — and the share of institutions operating in the black — hit their highest levels in at least five years in 2021, according to a new analysis of the most recent data published by the Empire Center.  Read More

Despite ongoing pandemic-related disruptions, New York’s hospitals bounced back financially in 2021, posting their strongest balance sheets in five years or more.  Read More

Tim talks to Nicole Gelinas, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, about the roads, bridges, and trains in New York. Read More

Three full years after the initial COVID-19 outbreak, New York’s post-pandemic jobs recovery remains among the weakest in the country. Read More

Public employee unions — and Governor Hochul — are pressuring state lawmakers to increase hiring at state agencies because, they say, more than a quarter of the state workforce is poised to retire. Read More

A state Supreme Court judge yesterday voided the bulk of New York’s “substantial equivalence” regulations aimed at religious and other non-public schools Read More

A Finger Lakes meal-kit company closed its doors suddenly this month after New York state government had sunk upwards of $14 million into the operation. Read More

In her own transparency plan, Hochul committed to expanding public participation in government, strengthening public integrity compliance, and changing the way the Executive Chamber handles its records and records requests.  Read More