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Most New York City high school seniors missed at least 18 days of school last year, according to a new research report published by the Empire Center for Public Policy. Read More

Absenteeism was and remains particularly problematic for students in high school, Black and Hispanic students, and special education students. Read More

Public elementary and secondary school spending in New York rose to $26,571 per pupil in 2020-21, according to the latest Census Bureau data Read More

Empire Center Senior Fellow for Health Policy Bill Hammond will testify before the Congressional Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. Read More

New York school districts are getting record levels of state aid. But how many are using it to cut taxes? Read More

Albany, NY — The Empire Center for Public Policy and New Yorker’s Family Research Foundation (NYFRF) have at the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) connected to confidential c Read More

New York’s latest tax collection data indicate New York’s just-passed state budget was based on rosy assumptions about income tax receipts that are not materializing.  Read More

The stage is set for a battle royale within the New York Democratic Party over climate policy. Governor Hochul has suddenly realized that the cost of the state’s planned emission reduction scheme will be “extraordinary,” and is challenging her Read More