Press Releases

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

In another blow to transparency in Albany, a non-profit group closely tied to the state Health Department is refusing to publicly disclose its payroll records under the Freedom of Information Law. (HRI) has Read More

The Empire Center’s online New York State budget database has been updated to reflect all the key numbers from the enacted budget for fiscal year 2022. Read More

Payroll for Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) in calendar year 2020 crossed the billion-dollar threshold Read More

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

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