Month: March 2022

The coronavirus pandemic exposed a fundamental imbalance in New York’s approach to health policy: Albany spends too much money on its bloated Medicaid plan but neglects the public-health programs that used to be the Health Department’s main focus Read More

New York will confront an increasingly serious energy-supply problem of its own making within the next decade. Read More

The pandemic and its fiscal aftermath have given rise — temporarily — to a state budget trend unique in New York’s history. Read More

After years of foot-dragging, State Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon finally gave an estimate of how much in unemployment insurance benefits her agency paid out to fraudsters d Read More

A bill awaiting Governor Hochul’s signature or veto would make it more difficult for state agencies to outsource work. Read More

New York legislators yesterday voted to raise their salary to $142,000 in a lame-duck special session. Read More

Retiring New York State Senator Daphne Jordan will join the Empire Center as Director of Development in January of 2023. Read More

New York state officials this week took their most serious step yet to limit the state’s greenhouse-gas emissions. But they also showed they are more serious about taking care of one of Read More