Press Releases

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

In further compliance with a court order obtained by the Empire Center, the Health Department has provided data on an additional 949 pandemic deaths in New York long-term care facilities. Read More

Unfortunately, instead of learning from devastating policy mistakes, Governor Cuomo's Health Department continues to misrepresent the truth.  Read More

The admission of coronavirus-positive patients into New York nursing homes under March 25 guidance from the state Health Department was associated with a statistically significant increase in resident deaths, has found. The analysis of newly rele Read More

In further compliance with a court order obtained by the Empire Center, the Health Department has provided data on an additional 647 suspected pandemic deaths in New York nursing homes. Read More