Overview New York has adopted a statutory goal that 100 percent of new passenger car and truck sales be zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs) by 2035. Ultimately, the only way to accomplish this goal will be to prohibit sales of Read More
Month: May 2022
After State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett announced her departure, Empire Center's Bill Hammond issued the following statement. Read More
The attorney general's just-filed lawsuit against the Villages of Orleans nursing home has implications that reach far beyond a single facility in western New York. In addition Read More
One lesson of the pandemic is that, as profligate as the Empire State is when it comes to spending money, it has yet to learn to do it well. Read More
New York’s property tax rates are generally among the highest in the nation. Specific property tax burdens vary widely throughout the state. Read More
After remaining for months on the fate of the proposed two-year moratorium on crypto-mining, Governor Kathy Hochul has now the bill into law, as her admi Read More
In the first episode of the Empire Center's podcast, we discuss the mission of the podcast. What is a Message of Necessity — and what’s ours? The team covers some of the biggest news stories from the last couple of weeks, and Empire Center CEO Ti Read More
A pandemic-related study recently published by the state University at Albany's School of Public Health is marred by factual errors, inconsistencies and methodological issues that raise doubts about its findings – and questions about the process by which it was reviewed. Read More