Month: August 2023

New York state lawmakers and Governor Hochul since January have steered nearly $200 million in borrowed state funds outside the regular budget process to hundreds of pet projects, according to new data posted on SeeThroughNY, the Empire Center’s government transparency website. Read More

State education officials are refusing to release the results of federally required assessments in grades 3 through 8, deliberately keeping parents and taxpayers in the dark—not only about how New York’s public schools performed, but also about how that performance was measured. Read More

The 10 highest-paid employees of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) last year were police officers who collected more than $370,000 each, according to data posted today on SeeThroughNY, the Empire Center’s government transparency website. Read More

As Governor Hochul calls for spending restraint next year, influential hospital lobbyists are pushing what could be the costliest budget request ever floated in Albany. In a , Read More

Most school board members in NY's largest districts were elected with support from the teachers' union, a new report finds. Read More

Months after lowering the scores to pass state assessment exams, New York education officials are considering eliminating the Regents diploma. Read More

In this episode, Ken Girardin and Bill Hammond discuss a former Cuomo administration offic Read More

Most school board members in New York's largest school districts were elected with teachers' union support and many are themselves teachers' union members. Read More