New York’s Medicaid program is currently on a crash course for fiscal disaster in the near future, warns Bill Hammond. Read More
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About 15 percent of unionized New York state government workers chose not to pay union dues last year, up from 10 percent in 2020, according to a new research report from the Empire Center. Read More
Plans to hike state school aid to record levels would come as school enrollment is falling, and despite past aid hikes having failed to translate into improved student outcomes Read More
Albany, NY — The Empire Center and the Government Justice Center (GJC) filed an amicus brief yesterday with the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in Biden v. Nebraska, a case that will determine whether President Biden’ Read More
The latest career retirees from school districts in Westchester County and on Long Island were eligible for pensions averaging more than $90,000. Read More
After Governor Hochul’s budget unveiling this afternoon, Empire Center experts offered their reactions to the latest framework. Read More
In response to Governor Hochul’s State of the State address and policy book, Empire Center experts issued the following reactions. Read More
The report, issued just as the new Legislature convenes, analyzes the results of the first full administration of these annual exams to be conducted since the onset of the pandemic. Read More
Retiring New York State Senator Daphne Jordan will join the Empire Center as Director of Development in January of 2023. Read More
The Empire Center for Public Policy has released a policy guide and briefing book focused on the most important issues confronting New York. Read More
Albany, NY — An Albany mandate requiring 100 percent of new passenger car and truck sales be zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs) by 2035 could be as improbable as it is harmful for middle- and low-income New Yorkers, a new Empire Center Read More
New York’s legislative employees are not eligible to unionize under the state’s sweeping public-sector collective bargaining law. Read More
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