Mrs. Hochul had been warning that the state’s green energy regime, a product of the Climate Leadership Climate Protection Act, needs changes to spare New Yorkers from a self-inflicted surge in energy costs. Unfortunately, Mrs. Hochul’s 2027 Bu Read More
104 employees made over $500k in 2025 total annual pay. 2,450 employees were paid more than Gov. Kathy Hoc Read More
Each year, hundreds of newly retired government workers across New York garner a benefit that would be unheard-of in the private sector: pensions that exceed the salaries they received while still on the job. This is possible only because most cur Read More
Soon after Governor Hochul floated the idea of a "pied-à-terre" tax in New York City, Albany Sen. Patricia Fahy proposed to expand the concept to the rest of the state. As w Read More
Recent data from the Energy Information Administration and Empire Center for Public Policy show New York’s average residential electricity prices at 29.99 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 70 percent higher than the U.S. average of 17.6 cents per ki Read More
April 2026 Summary and Insights Electricity. In January 2026, New York’s average residential electricity price was 28.3 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh). New York ranked sixth - highest among the states and 62 perc Read More
Albany, NY — The Arbeeny family and the Empire Center are marking five years of partnership in remembrance of Norman Arbeeny, who passed away six years ago today after contracting COVID-19 in a Brooklyn nursing home. To hono Read More
Two recently published charts tell an eye-opening story about New York City's economy: The , found in a , showed that the city's health care and social assistance workforce is Read More