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Extending the budget window reveals large, yawning budget gaps growing from nearly $8 billion in 2026 to nearly $20 billion by the end of the decade. Read More

Now that the COVID-19 "emergency" is in the rearview mirror, how far is New York's economy from its pre-pandemic normal level? Read More

Remote work and a more mobile professional class will increase the speed and scope of New York's ongoing out migration. Read More

While New Yorkers waited to see whether the results of Tuesday’s primary would move Gotham politics even further to the left, an avowed socialist had scored a huge upset victory in the Empire State’s second-largest city. With all primary-day and Read More

New York's Medicaid and Child Health Plus programs added three-quarters of a million enrollees during the coronavirus pandemic, roughly matching the pace of a national surge in sign-ups. Read More

The Empire Center has filed for coronavirus-related records from the Department of Health and other state agencies. The requests demand a broad range of public records documenting the toll of the virus across New York as well as officials’ attempt Read More

Personal income in New York bounced back more slowly than the national average during the first quarter of this year, according to new data Read More

The Empire Center filed 62 Freedom of Information Law requests for coronavirus-related records from the Department of Health. Read More