At a panel event in Albany being hosted by the tomorrow morning, The Empire Center’s EJ McMahon and other budget experts and observers will discuss the timely topic of state budget process reform. Read More
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The continues to flout its statutory deadlines. After public hearings more than two months late, it has now blown past its December 31 deadl Read More
The 2023 legislative session begins in just a few days — and in this special first episode of the year, we’ll go over what you could expect from Albany. Tim interviews E.J. McMahon about our latest project, The Next New York, which outlines polic Read More
The pandemic and its fiscal aftermath have given rise — temporarily — to a state budget trend unique in New York’s history. Read More
After years of foot-dragging, State Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon finally gave an estimate of how much in unemployment insurance benefits her agency paid out to fraudsters d Read More
The coronavirus pandemic exposed a fundamental imbalance in New York’s approach to health policy: Albany spends too much money on its bloated Medicaid plan but neglects the public-health programs that used to be the Health Department’s main focus Read More
New York will confront an increasingly serious energy-supply problem of its own making within the next decade. Read More