Albany, NY — Many of the executive orders signed during the COVID-19 pandemic should be codified into law, specifically those that address health care services, occupational licensing and government transparency, according to a new Read More
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The new report identifies several shortcomings by New York's public health system that led to such a pronounced coronavirus crisis. Read More
Peter Warren has joined the Empire Center for Public Policy as its Director of Research. Read More
More than 400 employees were paid at least $100,000 in overtime and 667 earned more in overtime than in regular pay. Read More
The complete 2020 New York state government payroll is now posted on SeeThroughNY.net, the Empire Center’s government transparency website. Read More
New York’s spending on education and Medicaid will leave a hole in the budget after federal COVID relief money runs out Read More
State lawmakers spent $7.3 million on postage for campaign-style mailings to constituents in the six-month run-up to last year’s elections Read More
New York public schools are on track to experience the largest decline in enrollment since 1981 Read More
The Cuomo administration approved more than $45 million in new pork-barrel capital grants last year. Read More
Second Deadliest Nursing Home Already in State’s hands Read More
Sharp reductions in state funding for core public health functions over the past decade may have weakened New York’s defenses against the coronavirus pandemic, according to testimony delivered today by Bill Hammond, the Empire Center’s senior fellow for health policy. Read More
“The economies of New York City and State will recover eventually—but how strongly, and how soon, are open questions. In the meantime, the Legislature’s guiding principal can be summed up in five words: don’t push more taxpayers away.” Read More