Following a record loss between 2020 and 2021, New York State's population decreased by another 180,341 people during the 12 months ending July 1, 2022 Read More
Month: July 2022
The big spending bill heading for a vote in Washington this week would scramble the outlook for Medicaid in next year's state budget, mostly for the better. The $1.7 trillion f Read More
The Climate Action Council’s approval Monday of a Scoping Plan for implementing the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) doesn’t solve — or even address — the state’s looming Read More
Propane and gas furnaces may soon disappear from New Yorkers’ homes, even if they want to keep them. On December 19, the New York State Climate Action Council (Council) approved a 24-chapter, 445-page Scoping Plan to implement the state’s so-c Read More
Debi Ghate interviews Wai Wah Chin, Charter President of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York. Read More
New York’s part-time senators and assemblymembers are poised to give themselves a 29 percent pay increase that would make them, by far, the highest paid state Legislature. Read More
In the first federal income-tax year affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, New York State's share of the nation's highest-earning filers dropped sharply. 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