Press Releases

The pension plan covering most New York city government agencies, including the City’s subway system, had 47 members with pension payments of at least $200,00 last year, 11 more than in 2021, according to Read More

New York City’s first coronavirus wave has emerged as one of the deadliest of the entire global pandemic, revealing critical weaknesses in the state’s public health defenses. Read More

On the 20th anniversary of the 2003 New York City blackout, Empire Center fellow James E. Hanley issued the following statement. Read More

Overtime costs at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) last year surged to nearly $1.3 billion, up from $1.1 billion in 2021 according to data posted today on SeeThroughNY. Read More

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Biden v. Nebraska, finding the Biden administration’s Student Debt Relief Plan unconstitutional. Read More

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

Empire Center Senior Fellow for Health Policy Bill Hammond will testify before the Congressional Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. 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 school districts holding budget referendums next week plan to spend an average of $31,929 per student, according to a new analysis from the Empire Center. Read More

After the official release of the New York state budget, the experts at the Empire Center provided the following insight. Read More

The 2022 New York state government payroll detailing pay records for individuals who last year worked in the state’s executive, legislative or judicial branches is now searchable on SeeThroughNY. Read More

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